The global washed silica sand market size is projected to grow from USD 18 million in 2021 to USD 24 million by 2026, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 5.4% during the forecast year. Washed silica sand refers to silica sand that undergoes a washing and rinsing process after mining. Salt, clay, and other powders and dust are washed out of the overall mixture. It often undergoes additional separating and classification into grain sizes or grit sizing. Washed silica sand comes in coarse, medium, fine, and ultra-fine granule sizes. Washed silica sand is used for various applications, such as glass, foundry, ceramic refractories, filtration, abrasives, metallurgical silicon, and oil well cementing.

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Browse 158 market data Tables and 48 Figures spread through 189 Pages and in-depth TOC on "Washed Silica Sand Market by Fe Content (0.01%, ≤0.01%), Particle Size (≤0.4mm, 0.5mm – 0.7mm, 0.7mm), Application (Glass, Foundry, Oil well cement, Ceramic Refractories, Abrasive, Metallurgy, Filtration) and Region - Global Forecast"

The washed silica sand market has thousands of companies which thrive in their domestic market. A few of the major players are, Sibelco NV (Belgium), U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. (US), VRX Silica Limited (Australia), Australian Silica Quartz Group Ltd (Australia), and Adwan Chemical Industries Company (Saudi Arabia), among others. These players have adopted various growth strategies, such as merger acquisitions, and agreements, to increase their market shares and enhance their product portfolios.

Merger acquisition accounted for the largest share of all the strategic developments that took place in the washed silica sand market between 2017 and 2020. Key players such as U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc., and VRX Silica Limited adopted these strategies to enhance their business, market presence, and meet consumer demand.

SCR- Sibelco NV is a global material solutions company. It provides specialty industrial minerals, particularly silica, clays, feldspathic sand, and olivine. The company operates different business segments, namely, Covia, Build Environment; Disposal Group Lime, Glass Solutions; Coating, Polymer Chemical Solutions; and Water Environment Solutions. Covia operates with 50 million tons of active production capacity. The company produces the crystalline forms of silica – quartz and cristobalite – as both sands and flours. For industrial use, pure deposits of silica capable of yielding products of at least 98% SiO2 are required. The company has three major silica sand production facilities worldwide. It has 114 production sites that are operating in 31 countries worldwide.

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U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of commercial silica products. It operates through the Oil Gas Proppnts and Industrial Specialty Products segments. The Oil Gas Proppants segment focuses in delivering fracturing sand, which is pumped down oil and natural gas wells to prop open rock fissures and increase the flow rate of natural gas and oil from the wells. The company operates in the US and Canada. It operates 23 production facilities in the US. It controls 489 million tons of reserves of commercial silica, which can be processed to make 197 million tons of finished products.

Washed silica sand is also called processed silica sand with less impurities and is gained post-washing and beneficiation process of mined silica sand. According to EUROSIL (European industrial silica producers association), “Silica is the name given to a group of minerals composed of silicon and oxygen, the two most abundant elements in the earth's crust. Silica is found commonly in the crystalline state and rarely in an amorphous state. It is composed of one atom of silicon and two atoms of oxygen resulting in the chemical formula SiO2.” The growth of the washed silica sand market is attributed to the increased demand for high-grade silica sand, especially from the glass industry, as out of the total glass production volume, about 65%-70% of material is silica sand. However, factors such as stringent regulations on the usage of silica sand may inhibit the growth of the market.

MarketsandMarkets expects the global washed silica sand market size to grow from USD 18 million in 2021 to USD 24 million by 2026, at a CAGR of 5.4% from 2021 to 2026. The market for washed silica sand is segmented, based on Fe content, into 0.01% and =0.01%. Silica sand, with an Fe content more than 0.01%, has been the larger market in 2021, owing to its high demand from industrial applications, including glass and abrasive. However, in 2020 with the outbreak of COVID-19 and the closure of manufacturing capacities of respective industries, the demand for silica sand has witnessed a decline in growth. The growth is expected to boost during the forecast period at a significant CAGR with the improving market conditions and demand from various industrial applications.

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Based on particle size, 0.5 mm–0.7 mm is projected to be the largest segment in the washed silica sand market during the forecast period. The glass making industry, being the major consumer of these sands, has supported and boosted its demand in 2021. The glass industry has witnessed a rapid growth in glass-making application owing to its major demand from construction, automobile, specialty purpose, solar energy, and pharmaceutical packing. However, in 2020, the growth for silica sand of particle size 0.5 mm–0.7 mm has declined, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and slow growth rate of the glass manufacturing industry.

Based on application, glass is projected to be the larger segment in the washed silica sand market. The persistent demand for glasses in the construction and automotive industries is the major driving factor for the growth of silica sand in glass application. The increasing demand for soda-lime-silica glass for pharmaceutical containers and as flat glass used in solar and specialty applications are expected to drive this market in the future.

The washed silica sand market is studied for five regions, namely, North America, APAC, Europe, Middle East Africa and South America. The APAC region accounted for the largest market share in 2019, in terms of both value and volume. Furthermore, the market for washed silica sand in the APAC region is projected to grow at the highest CAGR from 2021 to 2026, in terms of both value and volume.

In 2020, the washed silica sand market declined amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with a marginal decline in its CAGR. The market was affected, mainly by the slow raw material production in many countries, supply chain disruptions, and hampered trade movements in 2020. In the first quarter of 2021, the market for washed silica sand witnessed an increase in demand worldwide, compared to the same period in 2020. The US silica sand production declined by 15%-20% (projected by United States Geological Survey (USGS)) in 2020 production of silica sand.