CM-PATRA / Silicon

Silicon

8 patent families, 6 with an Indian applicant, and 5 funded project(s) in the Ministry of Mines S&T list. On the India critical-minerals list. Counts are lower bounds.

Stages

  • Hydrometallurgy (leaching, solvent extraction): 6
  • Ore preparation / agglomeration: 4
  • Pyrometallurgy / smelting: 3
  • Recycling / secondary sources: 2
  • Refining: 2
  • Beneficiation / separation: 1

Most active applicants

  • CSIR (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research): 3
  • Aditya Birla Science & Technology: 2
  • Hindalco Industries: 2
  • Outotec Oyj: 2
  • Boricha Arvindkumar Balvantrai: 1
  • Bajaj Hari Chand: 1
  • Sesa Sterlite Ltd: 1

Funded projects

  • Aluminothermic Reduction of Quartz for Production of Porous Silicon Anodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries · SNTMOM/1272/2024 · Approved with Modification
  • Setting up of a 100 kg Coal Fly-ash Pilot Processing unit to extract high-purity fumed Silica and Aluminium fluoride from CFA · SNTMOM/1014/2023 · Approved with Modification
  • Synthesis of precipitated silica from waste beach sand tailings and its value addition in glass making industries · SNTMOM/967/2023 · Approved with Modification
  • Employing metallurgical silicon to develop new class of silicon composites for structural applications · SNTMOM/273/2020 · Expenditure Statement & UC Verified
  • Development of Process for Making High Pure Quartz or Silica and Metallic Silicon from Low Grade Naturally Occurring Quartz · SNTMOM/234/2020 · Approved with Modification

Patent families