Silicon Metal Value Chain Analysis and Opportunities Tender, Saudi Arabia - 105349183

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Country : Saudi Arabia

Summary : Silicon Metal Value Chain Analysis and Opportunities

Deadline : 22 Aug 2024

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 105349183

Document Ref. No. : 0002010554

Competition : ICB

Financier : World Bank (WB)

Purchaser Ownership : Public

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Expression of Interest are invited for Silicon Metal Value Chain Analysis and Opportunities for Saudi Arabia

The Government of Saudi Arabia has adopted a “National Industrial Strategy” (NIS) which aims at developing a comprehensive roadmap to build an agile and competitive sustainable private-led industrial economy in line with Vision 2030. NIS has three strategic objectives: (a) build industrial national resilience, (b) become an integrated regional manufacturing hub, and (c) expand global leadership in selected segments. The NIS covers twelve priority sectors including automotive, renewables, machinery and equipment and metals (steel, aluminum, copper, and titanium).

By looking at global trends, the transition to low-carbon energy is transforming the landscape for countries to use their natural resources to contribute to economic development. Electrification of transport, decarbonization of industrial processes, and clean energy technologies for generation, transmission, and storage need more materials than fossil fuel-based energy technologies. As a result, the demand for minerals needed for the global energy transition—critical raw materials (CRMs)—is expected to grow exponentially and far exceeds current and projected production. Today, the mining and refining of CRMs and the manufacturing of products that use CRMs are concentrated in a few countries creating supply vulnerabilities along the value chain. There is room for mineral-rich developing countries to realize new business opportunities, and there is also room for other countries to position themselves in the midstream and downstream segments of these important CRM value chains.

The National Industrial Development Center (NIDC) is keen to attract industrial investment and establish new industries to diversify the economy and meet the aspirations of Vision 2030. Silicon metal is an essential building block in the transition to a low-carbon, green economy. The raw material for producing silicon metal usually comes from quartz that is then processed in high temperatures to produce silicon metal. The opportunities to engage in the silicon metal could range from producing the silicon metal itself to downstream use of the metal (following further processing and purification stages) in products such as solar cells, semi-conductor components, in aluminum alloys that are used in lightweight aerospace and automotive parts, silicones, electronics (including computer microchips for ultra-pure derivatives) and emerging applications in the next generation batteries, including electric vehicle batteries, battery anodes and energy storage. Given the wide range of uses of the silicon metal, the government has requested the analysis under this proposal to focus on the aspects of the value chain related to the potential development of an integrated silicon and solar cell supply chain (including recycling) Saudi Arabia-s commitment towards renewable energy shall boost further demand for silicon metal as it is one of the primary materials utilized in the composition of solar cells.

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