CEH: Silicates & Silicas

Dec 2021. This report covers the markets for silicates and silicas. Specifically, it covers the silicates of sodium, calcium, zirconium, potassium, magnesium, and ethyl silicate. It also covers the specialty silicas of precipitated silica, colloidal silica, silica gel, fumed silica, and fused silica. Sodium silicates account for 92% of the global consumption of silicates. Laundry detergents represent the largest single market for sodium silicates in most regions for direct use and indirect use. Another important direct-use market is in pulp and paper, where sodium silicate is used primarily to stabilize hydrogen peroxide in pulp bleaching and for deinking of recycled paper. Precipitated silicas account for about 62% of the global consumption of silicas.

• Publish Date: 2021-12-10
• Chemical Focus: Chlor-Alkali, Inorganics and Mining Materials
• Number of Pages: 233
• Content Type: Report
• Delivery: Email with link to PDF file

• Global summary; regional coverage
• Producers with annual capacities and plant sites
• Consumption and five-year forecast by end-use application
• Price and production figures and trends
• Trade imports and exports

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• Support competitive analysis, marketing and sales
• Inform merger and acquisition decisions