1 Preface
2 Scope and Methodology
2.1 Objectives of the Study
2.2 Stakeholders
2.3 Data Sources
2.3.1 Primary Sources
2.3.2 Secondary Sources
2.4 Market Estimation
2.4.1 Bottom-Up Approach
2.4.2 Top-Down Approach
2.5 Forecasting Methodology
3 Executive Summary
4 Introduction
4.1 Overview
4.2 Key Industry Trends
5 Global Silica Sand Industry
5.1 Market Overview
5.2 Market Performance
5.2.1 Volume Trends
5.2.2 Value Trends
5.3 Impact of COVID-19
5.4 Price Analysis
5.4.1 Key Price Indicators
5.4.2 Price Structure
5.4.3 Price Trends
5.5 Market Breakup by Region
5.6 Market Breakup by End-Use
5.7 Market Forecast
5.8 SWOT Analysis
5.8.1 Overview
5.8.2 Strengths
5.8.3 Weaknesses
5.8.4 Opportunities
5.8.5 Threats
5.9 Value Chain Analysis
5.9.1 Quarrying/Mining
5.9.2 Primary Processors
5.9.3 Manufacturers
5.9.4 Large Construction Firm
5.9.5 Retailers and Departmental Stores
5.9.6 End-Consumers
5.10 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
5.10.1 Overview
5.10.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers
5.10.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
5.10.4 Degree of Competition
5.10.5 Threat of New Entrants
5.10.6 Threat of Substitutes
5.11 Key Market Drivers and Success Factors
6 Performance of Key Regions
6.1 China
6.1.1 Market Trends
6.1.2 Market Forecast
6.2 United States
6.2.1 Market Trends
6.2.2 Market Forecast
6.3 Italy
6.3.1 Market Trends
6.3.2 Market Forecast
6.4 Turkey
6.4.1 Market Trends
6.4.2 Market Forecast
6.5 Germany
6.5.1 Market Trends
6.5.2 Market Forecast
6.6 Australia
6.6.1 Market Trends
6.6.2 Market Forecast
6.7 Others
6.7.1 Market Trends
6.7.2 Market Forecast
7 Market by End-Use
7.1 Glass Industry
7.1.1 Market Trends
7.1.2 Market Forecast
7.2 Foundry
7.2.1 Market Trends
7.2.2 Market Forecast
7.3 Hydraulic Fracturing
7.3.1 Market Trends
7.3.2 Market Forecast
7.4 Filtration
7.4.1 Market Trends
7.4.2 Market Forecast
7.5 Abrasives
7.5.1 Market Trends
7.5.2 Market Forecast
7.6 Others
7.6.1 Market Trends
7.6.2 Market Forecast
8 Competitive Landscape
9 Silica Sand Manufacturing Process
9.1 Product Overview
9.2 Detailed Process Flow
9.3 Various Types of Unit Operations Involved
9.4 Mass Balance and Raw Material Requirements
10 Project Details, Requirements and Costs Involved
10.1 Land Requirements and Expenditures
10.2 Construction Requirements and Expenditures
10.3 Plant Layout
10.4 Plant Machinery
10.5 Machinery Pictures
10.6 Raw Material Requirements and Expenditures
10.7 Raw Material and Final Product Pictures
10.8 Packaging Requirements and Expenditures
10.9 Transportation Requirements and Expenditures
10.10 Utility Requirements and Expenditures
10.11 Manpower Requirements and Expenditures
10.12 Other Capital Investments
11 Loans and Financial Assistance
12 Project Economics
12.1 Capital Cost of the Project
12.2 Techno-Economic Parameters
12.3 Product Pricing and Margins Across Various Levels of the Supply Chain
12.4 Taxation and Depreciation
12.5 Income Projections
12.6 Expenditure Projections
12.7 Financial Analysis
12.8 Profit Analysis
13 Key Player Profiles
13.1 Badger Mining Corporation
13.2 Chongqing Changjiang River Moulding Material (Group) Co. Ltd.
13.3 Covia Holdings LLC
13.4 Euroquarz GmbH (Possehl Group)
13.5 JFE Mineral & Alloy Company Ltd. (JFE Holdings Inc.)
13.6 Manley Bros. of Indiana Inc.
13.7 Mitsubishi Corporation
13.8 PUM Group
13.9 Quarzwerke GmbH
13.10 Sibelco
13.11 Tochu Corporation
13.12 U.S. Silica
List of Figures
Figure 1: Global: Silica Sand Market: Major Drivers and Challenges
Figure 2: Global: Silica Sand Market: Volume Trends (in Million Tons), 2019-2024
Figure 3: Global: Silica Sand Market: Value Trends (in Billion USD), 2019-2024
Figure 4: Global: Silica Sand Market: Average Prices (in USD/Ton), 2019-2024
Figure 5: Silica Sand Market: Price Structure
Figure 6: Global: Silica Sand Market Forecast: Average Prices (in USD/Ton), 2025-2033
Figure 7: Global: Silica Sand Market: Breakup by Region (in %), 2024
Figure 8: Global: Silica Sand Market: Breakup by End-Use (in %), 2024
Figure 9: Global: Silica Sand Market Forecast: Volume Trends (in Million Tons), 2025-2033
Figure 10: Global: Silica Sand Market Forecast: Value Trends (in Billion USD), 2025-2033
Figure 11: Global: Silica Sand Industry: SWOT Analysis
Figure 12: Global: Silica Sand Industry: Value Chain Analysis
Figure 13: Global: Silica Sand Industry: Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
Figure 14: China: Silica Sand Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 15: China: Silica Sand Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 16: United States: Silica Sand Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 17: United States: Silica Sand Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 18: Italy: Silica Sand Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 19: Italy: Silica Sand Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 20: Turkey: Silica Sand Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 21: Turkey: Silica Sand Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 22: Germany: Silica Sand Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 23: Germany: Silica Sand Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 24: Australia: Silica Sand Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 25: Australia: Silica Sand Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 26: Others: Silica Sand Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 27: Others: Silica Sand Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 28: Global: Silica Sand Market: Glass Industry (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 29: Global: Silica Sand Market Forecast: Glass Industry (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 30: Global: Silica Sand Market: Foundry (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 31: Global: Silica Sand Market Forecast: Foundry (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 32: Global: Silica Sand Market: Hydraulic Fracturing (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 33: Global: Silica Sand Market Forecast: Hydraulic Fracturing (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 34: Global: Silica Sand Market: Filtration (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 35: Global: Silica Sand Market Forecast: Filtration (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 36: Global: Silica Sand Market: Abrasives (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 37: Global: Silica Sand Market Forecast: Abrasives (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 38: Global: Silica Sand Market: Others (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 39: Global: Silica Sand Market Forecast: Others (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 40: Silica Sand Manufacturing: Detailed Process Flow
Figure 41: Silica Sand Manufacturing: Conversion Rate of Feedstocks
Figure 42: Silica Sand Manufacturing: Proposed Plant Layout
Figure 43: Silica Sand Manufacturing: Breakup of Capital Costs (in %)
Figure 44: Silica Sand Industry: Profit Margins at Various Levels of the Supply Chain
Figure 45: Silica Sand Production: Manufacturing Cost Breakup (in %)
List of Tables
Table 1: Global: Silica Sand Market: Key Industry Highlights, 2024 & 2033
Table 2: Global: Silica Sand Market Forecast: Breakup by Region (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Table 3: Global: Silica Sand Market Forecast: Breakup by End-Use (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Table 4: Global: Silica Sand Market: Competitive Structure
Table 5: Global: Silica Sand: Key Players
Table 6: Silica Sand Manufacturing Plant: Costs Related to Land and Site Development (in USD)
Table 7: Silica Sand Manufacturing Plant: Costs Related to Civil Works (in USD)
Table 8: Silica Sand Manufacturing Plant: Cost Related to Machinery (in USD)
Table 9: Silica Sand Manufacturing Plant: Raw Material Requirements (in Tons/Day) and Expenditures (in USD/Ton)
Table 10: Silica Sand Manufacturing Plant: Costs Related to Salaries and Wages (in USD)
Table 11: Silica Sand Manufacturing Plant: Costs Related to Other Capital Investments (in USD)
Table 12: Details of Financial Assistance Offered by Financial Institutions
Table 13: Silica Sand Manufacturing Plant: Capital Costs (in USD)
Table 14: Silica Sand Manufacturing Plant: Techno-Economic Parameters
Table 15: Silica Sand Manufacturing Plant: Taxation and Depreciation (in USD)
Table 16: Silica Sand Manufacturing Plant: Income Projections (in USD)
Table 17: Silica Sand Manufacturing Plant: Expenditure Projections (in USD)
Table 18: Silica Sand Manufacturing Plant: Cash Flow Analysis Without Considering the Income Tax Liability (in USD)
Table 19: Silica Sand Manufacturing Plant: Cash Flow Analysis on Considering the Income Tax Liability (in USD)
Table 20: Silica Sand Manufacturing Plant: Profit and Loss Account (in USD)