Last
week
German
PV
toolmaker
Centrotherm
revealed
it
won
an
order
to
kit
out
a
10,000
metric
tonne
(MT)
polysilicon
foundry
for
IDEA
in
the
Red
Sea
port
town
of
Yanbu,
with
first
production
to
commence
in
2014.
IDEA
could
not
have
chosen
a
more
challenging
moment
to
enter
the
industry,
but
Abu
Sharkh
insists
the
timing
is
deliberate.
The
spot
price
of
polysilicon
plunged
from
$80/kg
in
March
2011
to
$30/kg
in
December,
and
is
likely
to
continue
falling
throughout
2012
due
to
the
oversupplied
market.
Many
smaller,
less
competitive
manufacturers,…
