Becancour Silicon
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Becancour Silicon is a Canadian company in Bécancour
, Quebec
which produces silicon for photovoltaics. It is a subsidiary of Timminco Ltd., which is based in Toronto and is majority-owned by AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. of the Netherlands.
Bécancour, Quebec
Bécancour is a town in the Centre-du-Québec region of Québec, Canada; it is the seat of the Bécancour Regional County Municipality. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the confluence of the Bécancour River, opposite Trois-Rivières.Wôlinak, an Abenaki Indian reserve, is...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
which produces silicon for photovoltaics. It is a subsidiary of Timminco Ltd., which is based in Toronto and is majority-owned by AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. of the Netherlands.