Timminco Ltd

Timminco Limited, along with its affiliated companies, specializes in the production and distribution of silicon metal and advanced solar-grade silicon materials, serving sectors such as electronics, chemicals, aluminum manufacturing, and solar power. The company supplies chemical-grade silicon metal, which finds application in a wide array of consumer goods, including sealants, rubber, various fluids, lubricants, textiles, and cosmetic formulations. Additionally, it provides electronics-grade silicon metal essential for components like computer chip wafers, semiconductors, solar cells, and fiber optic cables, in addition to its use in pharmaceutical substrates and tire manufacturing. Its aluminum-grade silicon metal acts as a crucial alloying element in aluminum production, primarily destined for automotive parts. Timminco's product portfolio also includes other silicon derivatives such as silica fumes, which are incorporated into cement for robust applications like marine structures or bridge foundations, and also function as thermal insulators. Furthermore, it supplies dross and silicon-rich slags, utilized within iron foundries and the broader steel industry. Moreover, Timminco possesses a proprietary, patented metallurgical process that refines silicon metal into high-purity solar-grade silicon, vital for fabricating wafers and cells employed in solar energy systems. Established in 1934, Timminco Limited maintains its corporate headquarters in Toronto, Canada.