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Polysilicon EBITDA margins of OCI, Wacker and Daqo from Q1 2024 through Q1 2025

Polysilicon maker OCI returns to profit and overtakes Wacker

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While the Malaysian manufacturer exceeded the EBITDA margin of its German competitor in the first quarter, Chinese producer Daqo struggled with the low polysilicon price on the domestic market.

Polysilicon EBITDA margins of OCI, Daqo, Wacker and REC Silicon from Q4 2023 through Q4 2024

Wacker copes with polysilicon headwinds better than its peers

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The German polysilicon manufacturer improved its EBITDA margin in the fourth quarter, whereas its competitors OCI, Daqo and REC Silicon struggled with various, partly self-induced problems.

REC Silicon’s fluidized bed reactor plant for granular polysilicon in Moses Lake, Washington (USA) at night

Has REC Silicon been taken hostage by its shareholder Hanwha?

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After a massive investment, the U.S.-based manufacturer will shut down the production of granular polysilicon at its plant in Moses Lake, Washington. The decision raises some questions.

Polysilicon EBITDA margins of OCI Malaysia, Wacker, Daqo and REC Silicon from Q3 2023 through Q3 2024

OCI and Wacker feel weak demand due to US anti-dumping case

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Market uncertainty weighs on the EBITDA margin of both polysilicon manufacturers, whereas Chinese competitor Daqo is still in the red since its average selling price remains below cash costs.

Polysilicon EBITDA margins of OCI Malaysia, Wacker, Daqo and REC Silicon from Q2 2023 through Q2 2024

Margin of Chinese polysilicon maker Daqo crashes into deep red

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Non-Chinese competitors OCI Malaysia and Wacker left Daqo behind as their earnings benefitted from reduced costs and the increased spread to plummeting prices in China in the second quarter.

Polysilicon EBITDA margins of OCI Malaysia, Daqo, Wacker and REC Silicon from Q1 2023 through Q1 2024

Wacker is approaching the margin of Chinese competitor Daqo

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After the polysilicon price in China has fallen even below the cash costs of Daqo, its German competitor Wacker could soon outstrip the EBITDA margin of the Chinese polysilicon manufacturer.

Polysilicon EBITDA margins of OCI Malaysia, Daqo, Wacker and REC Silicon from Q4 2022 through Q4 2023

Polysilicon makers achieved mixed results in the fourth quarter

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The EBITDA margins of OCI Malaysia, Wacker and REC Silicon fell to a various extent and for different reasons. Only Chinese manufacturer Daqo New Energy was able to buck the trend.

Monthly polysilicon price average from October 2011 through December 2023

Why the pork cycle has returned to the polysilicon market

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A period of weak demand until 2020 laid the ground for a polysilicon shortage that has triggered excessive capacity expansion in China. Now overcapacity provokes the next shakeout.

Polysilicon price trend 2023 versus 2011

The crash of the polysilicon price was merely a matter of time

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After the crash below US$10 per kg, the global polysilicon price has not yet reached its bottom. This lies below US$7 per kg – the cash cost level of the last producer needed to satisfy demand.

Polysilicon plant of OCI in Bintulu, a coastal city in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia

OCI’s polysilicon business mainly depends on customer Longi

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OCI’s Malaysian polysilicon subsidiary has signed a three-year supply contract with Longi, the world’s largest solar wafer maker. The volume of 77,700 tons will fill OCI’s production capacity for the most part.

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