Global silicon metals production volume 2022, by type
The total global production of silicon amounted to some 4.31 million metric tons in 2022. Ferrosilicon, which is an alloy of iron and silicon, had a global production volume of over eight million metric tons at that time. Polysilicon, which is a highly pure and polycrystalline form of silicon, witnessed the smallest production volume among the types of silicon that year, at less than one million metric tons.