Timminco Limited operates in the Semiconductors and related devices sector. Timminco Limited (Timminco) is a producer of silicon metal for the chemicals industry (used in silicones, as well as in polysilicon for electronics and solar energy) and the aluminum industry through its wholly owned subsidiary Becancour Silicon Inc. (Becancour Silicon) and its majority owned production partnership with Dow Corning Corporation, Quebec Silicon Limited Partnership (Quebec Silicon). The Company is also a producer of solar grade silicon, using its technology for purifying silicon metal, for the solar photovoltaic energy industry, through Becancour Silicon. It operates a silicon business (Silicon Group), which includes the production and sale of silicon metal and solar grade silicon. The Becancour silicon metal facility has a production capacity of approximately 47,000 metric tons per year of silicon metal. Its silicon metal products are used in the chemical, electronics, aluminum, iron and steel industries, as well as for the production of polysilicon and fumed silica. In
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