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Critical · 2 lists

Silicon · Si

specialty_metal · primary

DOE_2023

USGS_2025

Bottom line

Silicon sits on 2 federal critical-minerals lists; mine supply is highly concentrated (HHI 0.55, 2025), led by 🇨🇳 China at 73% of output. US net import reliance: >50 (2025). Prices fell 24% over the past year (-12%/yr over 4y).

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Headline indicators

Price · 2025

140cents per pound

USGS MCS (Ferrosilicon, 75% silicon)

Price trend

-24% 1Y

-12%/yr · 4Y CAGR

US net import reliance · 2025

>50

Mine production HHI

0.55

Highly concentrated · 2025

From ore to use

lifecycle flow

01Reserves
-
02Production
9.6Mt
China top · 2025
03Trade
258.0Kt
net importer · 2025
04Stocks
0t
year-end · 2025
05Consumption
-

Coverage

Data coverage notes

no dataNo commodity-decomposed recycling data - No USGS MCS Fig13 scrap rows. EU WEEE / battery EOL flows (Phase 6.1.1) are country-keyed only - see country profiles.
datedExport-restriction inventory ends 2020 - The OECD industrial-raw-materials inventory (vendored snapshot) reports HS-line measures only through 2020; restrictions enacted since are not reflected in the measure table.
narrowConsumption geography is single-economy (United States) - Reported consumption covers one economy only - the world usage split must be read from trade flows, not from a consumption table.

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Methodology

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The eight-stage lens, the observed-vs-estimated membrane, stage-honest supply, per-stage concentration, ownership resolution and the demand lens - the full method is illustrated live on copper, nickel and lithium.

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NI 43-101 / AIF deposit economics (tungsten + tin)
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USGS MCS (Ferrosilicon, 50% silicon)
USGS MCS (Ferrosilicon, 75% silicon)
USGS MCS (Silicon metal)
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries World Data (legacy wide format, 2023-2025 vintages)
USGS Minerals Yearbook OFR 2025-1047
USGS Minerals Yearbook Vol III, reference year 2019

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