At present, the demand for quartz is becoming diversified. It can be used in fields of glass, ceramics, metallurgy, construction, chemical industry, especially in fields of electronics and semiconductors. Due to high stability and excellent piezoelectric performance, the demands for quartz in emerging technologies, such as: 5G communication, Internet of Things (IoT) and semiconductor manufacturing is becoming larger and larger. Meanwhile, quartz has a wide applincation in construction industry. Currently, Asia, especially China, dominates the global quartz market. Next, we’ll briefly analyze the development trend of quartz.
Market Trends of Quartz
According to the Mordor Intelligence™ industry report, global quartz demand maintains strong growth in 2023 and 2024, especially in fields of electronics, semiconductor and construction.
The application of quartz in electronics and semiconductor industries is expanding. With excellent piezoelectric performance and high melting point (over 1700°C), quartz becomes an ideal material for making resonator and filter. These elements can be used in various electronic devices, such as: mobile phones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers.
In addition, quartz crystals can be used to make frequency filter, frequency controller and timer, which are suitable for communication equipment, computers, electronic game machine and television receiver.
What’s more, the demand of high-purity quartz in semiconductor industry is also growing. Quartz can be used in glass manufacturing, such as rod, window, tube and crucible, and its application in this field is gradually increasing. Meanwhile, in field of metallic silicon, quartz is a key material for manufacturing semiconductor chip.
Price trend
As demands for quartz continues to grow, especially in fields of electronics and construction, quartz price will remain stable or even rise.
China will dominate the market
The report points out that the Asia-Pacific region, especially China would continuously dominate global quartz market. With the increase of government investment in industries of semiconductor, electronic, construction and automobile, as well as the continuous innovation of quartz production technology, the market share of the Asia-Pacific region will further expand.
Chinese local semiconductor manufacturers use a large quantities of quartz crystals to make key components using in 5G base stations, smartphones and other high-tech devices.
Based on the strategy of “Made in China 2025” promoted by Chinese government, local companies are increasing investment to enhance domestic production capacity, to reduce dependence on imported quartz. For example, some major electronic component manufacturers, such as BOE and Huawei, have gradually increased the use of local quartz in their supply chains.
In the field of new energy, quartz, as one of the important materials for manufacturing solar panels, is receiving more and more attention. As the world’s largest producer of solar panels, the demands of photovoltaic industry for high-purity quartz continue to increase.
The localized application of quartz in various fields in China has not only enhanced the independence of the domestic supply chain, but also promoted the innovation and sustainable development of related industries.
Overview
In general, the development trend of quartz is that the quartz industry will continue to benefit from the dual driving forces of technological innovation and increased market demand in the future, and maintain a steady growth trend.
It’s worth mentioning that in order to meet specific requirements of quartz in different fields, like electronics and new energy, it is necessary to grind and grade the quartz. Different applications have different requirements for particle size of quartz. Through grading, quartz can meet different requirements in application, furtherly to satisfy the development trend of quartz.
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