China's ban on scrap polysilicon imports divides solar industry

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Overseas polysilicon suppliers say shipments to Chinese solar wafer makers have been impeded

China's recently imposed ban on imports of scrap polysilicon – a waste material that can be used to make solar wafers and panels – has closed off a market for overseas chipmakers but may prove a boon to...

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