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Survival of the fittestand cleanest

Polysilicon China: The Chinese government issued a Polysilicon Industry Access Standards document that listed the rules and restrictions for polysilicon manufacturers in the country. What initially looked like a possible blow might be after all a blessing for prices of the sought after material in the PV sector.

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Shamsiah Ali Oettinger

28 Mar 2011

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China had a polysilicon production boom sometime after 2008, when investors started flocking east thanks to the high polysilicon prices. Branded as a hot spot for investment, local governments in areas like Wuhan and Xuzhou decided to establish themselves as core areas for polysilicon production. China Research and Intelligence, located in Shanghai, did a market …

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