IDEA International for Investment & Development is building a 10,000 tpa 9N polysilicon plant in Yanbu, western Saudi Arabia, expected to be on stream by the first quarter of 2015.
This is one of several projects aimed to kick-start a polysilicon and photovoltaic (PV) industry in Saudi Arabia which will demand inputs of metallurgical grade silicon derived from the country’s silica and quartz deposits.
IDEA specialises in the development and implementation of petrochemical, chemical, power and mineral industrial projects in Saudi Arabia, and its polysilicon project is operated by IDEA Polysilicon Co.
Presenting at this week’s Silica Arabia 2012 conference in Jeddah, organised by the Saudi Geological Survey, Dr Basel Abu Sharkh, managing director, of IDEA said: “Plant capacity will be 10,000...