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Silicon metal: who produces it, who holds it

Production, silicon metal by country, 2025, and reserves, from USGS (Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026)). Shares, ranks and concentration are computed from those rows.

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Concentration of production, silicon metal: How this is computedSum of the squares of each producer’s share of world output (0–1).Method →Code → on the Herfindahl index over the countries listed individually (a single supplier would score one).

CountryProduction, silicon metal, 2025 (thousand tonnes)2024Share · rankExport restrictions
ChinaSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026): Silicon (ferrosilicon and silicon metal) · 2025Open the source →4,800How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code →3
BrazilSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026): Silicon (ferrosilicon and silicon metal) · 2025Open the source →190How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code →1
NorwaySourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026): Silicon (ferrosilicon and silicon metal) · 2025Open the source →140How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code →—
FranceSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026): Silicon (ferrosilicon and silicon metal) · 2025Open the source →90How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code →—
AustraliaSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026): Silicon (ferrosilicon and silicon metal) · 2025Open the source →47How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code →—
RussiaSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026): Silicon (ferrosilicon and silicon metal) · 2025Open the source →59How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code →1
CanadaSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026): Silicon (ferrosilicon and silicon metal) · 2025Open the source →34How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code →—
IcelandSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026): Silicon (ferrosilicon and silicon metal) · 2025Open the source →28How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code →—
GermanySourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026): Silicon (ferrosilicon and silicon metal) · 2025Open the source →29How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code →—
South AfricaSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026): Silicon (ferrosilicon and silicon metal) · 2025Open the source →15How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code →—
KazakhstanSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026): Silicon (ferrosilicon and silicon metal) · 2025Open the source →7How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code →—
SpainSourcedUSGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026): Silicon (ferrosilicon and silicon metal) · 2025Open the source →6How this is computedA place's annual production ÷ the published world total, same unit and year.Method →Code → How this is computedPosition of a country when the countries USGS lists individually are sorted by the same column, largest first; equal values share a rank.Method →Code →—
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Indianonenone—2
Malaysianonenone——
United Stateswithheld (W)withheld (W)——

World total 2025: 4,600 thousand tonnes. Countries USGS or EIA fold into “other countries” are not listed or ranked. USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026): Silicon (ferrosilicon and silicon metal), table “World Production”, read 2026-09-25.

Export restrictions on silicon metal

OECD Inventory of Export Restrictions on Critical Raw Materials (2024 data). About 80 exporting countries. A country or resource with no row is not recorded in the inventory, which is not the same as unrestricted. OECD Data Explorer ↗