Thorsil secures sales contract with Dow Corning
Plans for the new Thorsil silicon plant in Helguvík in Southwestern Iceland are moving well ahead.
Thorsil has already entered into contracts for the sale of 85 percent of the production from the plant which is being constructed in Helguvík. According to the Icelandic business media Viðskiptablaðið, the two sale contracts amounts to a total of 1.3 billion USD over the contract period. The newspaper Mogunblaðið reports that one of the two contracting parties is Dow Corning, which is the largest silicone product producer in the world. The two contracts are said to be for a period of 8 years and 10 years, respectively.
When in full production in 2017, the Thorsil plant is expected to produce up to 54 thousand tons of silicon metal, as well as 26 thousand tons of silica powder. The plant will utilize close to 85 MW of power capacity, all from Icelandic renewable energy sources. The decision to locate this new silicon plant in Iceland is based on many factors, including very competitive electricity prices and positive tax environment in Iceland.
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