Silicon Metal added as 'critical' raw materail in EU report.
Not sure if this has been posted here before... Here is a report from the European Commission on critical raw materials... one of the new additions: Silicon Metal.
https://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/raw-materials/critical/index_en.htm
'Six new materials enter the list: borates, chromium, coking coal, magnesite, phosphate rock and silicon metal'