Antimony
Photovoltaics
Flame protection
resr
Buy Antimony
Raw material producers:
China, Tajikistan, Russia
Areas of application:
PhotovoltaicsÂ
Military (flame retardant effect)
Semiconductors
Alloys
Chemical industry (catalyser)
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Market forecasts:
- Antimony metal consumption in the photovoltaic (PV) sector is expected to reach around 50,000 tonnes this year, accounting for almost a third of global antimony consumption.1
- At the current production rate, antimony is likely to be one of the scarcest metals by 2050.2
1) fastmarkets.com/insights/photovoltaics-to-become-largest-use-of-antimony-twinkling-star-chairman/
2) sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0892687521005331?via%3Dihub