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| Timminco Limited 150 King Street West, Suite 2401 Toronto, Ontario M5H 1J9 Canada | T: (416) 364-5171 F: (416) 364-3451 |
| Silicon Business | |
| Bécancour Silicon Inc. 6500 rue Yvon-Trudeau Bécancour, Quebec G9H 2V8 Canada | T: (819) 294-6000 F: (819) 294-9001 |
| Silicon Customers: siliconsales@timminco.com | For Analyst & Institutional Investor Inquiries: Robert J. Dietrich | |
| Executive Vice President - Finance & CFO | ||
| Other inquiries: info@timminco.com | Timminco Ltd. T: 416.364.5171 | |
| rdietrich@timminco.com | ||
| Head Office: Timminco Limited | ||
| 150 King Street West, Suite 2401 Toronto, Ontario, M5H 1J9 | For Media & Retail Investor Inquiries: Lawrence Chamberlain | |
| Canada T: 416.364.5171 | The Equicom Group T: 416.815.0700 x 257 | |
| lchamberlain@equicomgroup.com |
Silicon Metal
With more than 30 years of experience, we are one of North America's largest producers of silicon metal and ferrosilicon. Our 70-acre facility in Bécancour, Québec has an annual production capacity of 50,000 metric tons (mt) per year. Our silicon metal products are used primarily in the chemical, electronics, aluminum, iron and steel industries, as well as for the production of polysilicon by suppliers to the manufacturers of solar cells for the solar photovoltaic (PV) energy industry. In addition, our silicon metal is used as feedstock for our solar silicon production (see Solar Grade Silicon for more information). Our proprietary compound electrode processes and access to low electricity prices available in Québec, Canada provide us with significant cost advantages in the industry.
To learn more about our Solar Grade Silicon Business, please click here.
The following table summarizes the principal products of our silicon group (excluding the solar grade silicon product line), the principal industries to which we market these products and examples of applications in which our products are used:
| Product | Industry Customer | Application |
| Silicon Metal | ||
| Silicon metal - chemical grade (>99% pure) | Chemical/silicones | More than 4,000 different consumer products (sealants, rubber, fluids, lubricants, textiles, cosmetics) |
| Silicon metal - electronics grade (98% purity) | Electronics/ chlorosilanes | Electronics (computer chip wafers, semi-conductors, solar cells, fiber optic cables), high purity fumed silica (pharmaceutical substrates, tires) |
| Silicon metal - aluminum grade (> 98.5% purity) | Aluminum/light metals | Alloying agent in aluminum mainly used for automobile components (engine pistons, housing, cast aluminum rims, wheel suspensions, engine blocks, cylinder heads, intake manifolds, oil pans) |
| Ferrosilicon | ||
| 90% ferrosilicon | Iron foundries/steel | Specialty foundry alloys |
| Other Products | ||
| Silica fumes | Construction | Ingredient in cement for marine structures or bridge foundations; thermal insulator |
| Dross and silicon-containing slags | Iron foundries/Steel | Manufacture of briquettes used to increase silicon content in certain kinds of iron |
Over the past three decades, we have established ourselves as one of North America’s largest producers of silicon metal and ferrosilicon products.
We are leveraging our 30 years of experience and expertise in the production of metallurgical silicon to produce and market solar grade silicon (also known as upgraded metallurgical silicon or UMG-Si) for the high growth solar photovoltaic (PV) energy industry. Our proprietary, patents-pending metallurgical processes enable us to purify metallurgical grade silicon into higher purity solar grade silicon for use in the manufacture of solar cells. As the global demand for energy increases, conventional energy prices continue to rise and the world increasingly looks to clean, renewable sources for their energy needs, solar energy has emerged as a viable alternative. As a result, the solar energy industry has experienced massive growth in recent years and is forecast to continue to experience strong growth in the decades to come.
Our proprietary purification processes yield solar grade silicon with a purity level of at least 99.999% (or “5-nines”) and impurity counts of boron and phosphorous that enable it to be used in solar cells, a critical component in solar modules (or panels), which convert solar energy into an electrical current. The purity of our material allows for the production of solar cells by either blending it with polysilicon (historically the primary input in the production of solar cells) or using our material exclusively. As we continue to refine our process and improve the purity of our material, we expect our customers will increasingly use our material in an unblended manner.
Our proprietary process provides us with significant competitive advantages over traditional polysilicon producers:
With the advantages of a low-cost structure and rapid capacity scale-up that we expect from our proprietary silicon purification process, we are well positioned to capitalize on the massive growth in the solar PV energy industry.
With the advantages of a low cost structure and rapid capacity scale-up that we expect from our proprietary silicon purification process, we are well positioned to capitalize on the massive growth in the solar PV energy industry.
We are a leader in the production and marketing of lightweight metals, specializing in solar grade silicon for the rapidly growing solar photovoltaic industry.
