It appears that the transaction/sale of the silicone business is proceeding according to plan. If the transaction price had fallen outside the book value range used in the sensitivity analysis disclosed in the company’s annual report, the company has stated that it would have been required to inform the market.Read more
Elkem makes key materials used in things like steel, batteries, solar panels, and construction, and the view here is that a tough period is starting to lift after a long slump. The bigger bet is that long-term demand from cleaner energy and continued industrial build-out could matter more than today’s weak cycle.Read more
Catalysts About Elkem Elkem is a global producer of silicon-based advanced materials, supplying silicon products, silicones and carbon solutions to industries such as automotive, construction, aluminum and chemicals. What are the underlying business or industry changes driving this perspective?Read more
Elkem is reshaping its silicone business and tightening up operations in key markets like China, which could set it up for a rebound if demand improves. But trade tensions and sluggish conditions in Europe and China could keep prices and profits under pressure longer than expected.Read more
Catalysts About Elkem Elkem is a global supplier of advanced silicon based materials, carbon solutions and silicones that enable critical applications in industries such as automotive, construction, aluminum, steel and energy. What are the underlying business or industry changes driving this perspective?Read more
Elkem ASA engages in the provision of advanced material solutions worldwide. It operates through Silicones, Silicon Products, and Carbon Solutions segments. The company offers silicones polymers, including silicone oils, compounds, emulsions, grease, and resins, as well as chlorosilanes, heat cured rubber silicone, lower carbon and circular silicone materials, elastomer gels, liquid silicone rubber, and RTV-1 and RTV-2 silicones. It also provides silicon-based materials comprising silicon, silicon powder/micronized silicon, silica fume/ micro-silica, ferrosilicon, grain refiners, and specialties for technical ceramics. In addition, the company offers foundry alloys, such as preconditioners, recarburizers, conditioners, nodularizers, inserts, and inoculants; and carbon-based materials comprising carbon electrodes, synthetic graphite, furnace tapping materials, electrode paste, ramming paste, prebaked electrodes, and furnace lining materials, as well as polymer additives, boron carbide, and oilfield and refractories specialty products. It offers its products to electronics, aerospace, healthcare, personal care, packaging, airbag coating, chemicals, aluminium, electronics, automotive, specialty steel, solar, construction, refractories, oil and gas, military equipment, ferroalloys, silicon, and aluminium industries. The company was founded in 1904 and is based in Oslo, Norway. Elkem ASA operates as a subsidiary of Bluestar Elkem International Co., Ltd. S.A.
