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The solar industry is creating
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The high purity quartz market has gained increasing momentum in recent months, where demand has been generated largely by a resurgent semiconductor market, and by growth in the electronics and solar industries.
In a market where high grade, high purity quartz (with an SiO2 content of a minimum of 99.997%), commands a typical price of approximately $5,000/tonne, interest is naturally spreading among the industry.
Sources have suggested, though, that those not strongly affiliated with the quartz market may have a poor grasp of what constitutes high purity quartz.
“People from outside the industry often have a very poor perception of what is high purity, often confusing a fairly standard flint or even container glass grade as high purity,” Ted Dickson, owner of TAK Industrial Mineral...