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- Timminco Limited produces and markets silicon metal and solar grade silicon products for the chemical, aluminum, electronics, and solar industries. The company offers chemical grade silicon metal for applications including sealants, rubber, fluids, lubricants, textiles, and cosmetics; electronics grade silicon metal used in computer chip wafers, semiconductors, solar cells, fiber optic cables, pharmaceutical substrates, and tires; aluminum grade silicon metal serving as an alloying agent in aluminum for automobile components; and other products such as silica fumes for cement in marine structures, bridge foundations, and thermal insulation, as well as dross and silicon-containing slags for iron foundries and steel industries. Timminco Limited also provides a patented metallurgical process to purify silicon metal into solar grade silicon for wafers and cells in solar photovoltaic energy systems. Founded in 1934 and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, at 150 King Street West, Suite 2401, the company operates production facilities in Bécancour, Quebec, through its wholly owned subsidiary Bécancour Silicon Inc. and a majority-owned production partnership known as Québec Silicon with Dow Corning, supplying silicon metal globally to electronics, chemical, aluminum, and solar sectors.