Author Archives: Sarah Creswell

Continental Gas Snapshot Methodology – September 2013

Methodology

ICIS Heren publishes Continental Gas Snapshots (CGS) on every working day of the year in Britain. CGS assesses and records prices and market activity on the liquid markets in Britain and Europe, including but not limited to: Britain Belgium The Netherlands France Germany Italy The financial value of natural gas is established by two methods: […]

Polysilicon (solar grade) Methodology – September 2013

Methodology

Polysilicon is the feedstock for the solar and semiconductor industries. Solar-grade polysilicon typically has purity levels of 6N (99.9999% pure) to 8N (99.999999%) and it is used to make solar cells; 9N (99.9999999%) polysilicon may also be used in some premium solar cells. Electronic-grade polysilicon has higher purity levels of 9N (99.9999999%) to 11N (99.999999999%) for producing silicon […]

ICIS Complaints Procedure

General Compliance

Feedback, Disputes and Complaints Policy ICIS welcomes comments, queries and other feedback on its editorial services, assessments and market-reporting methodologies. ICIS is committed to continuous improvement of its editorial standards, and feedback from customers is vital to that commitment. Inevitably, from time to time, disputes arise about ICIS methodology, or about specific news items or […]