6500 rue Yvon-Trudeau
Bécancour, Québec, G9H 2V8

Tel. : 819 294-6000
Fax : 819 294-6239

Finished	Annual Capacity
Silica ferroalloy
Silicium metal	50 000 metric tonnes

By-products	Annual Capacity
Carbon dioxide

Raw Materials

Quartz
Coal
Wood shavings

Investment

153 000 000 $

Employees

360

Area

39 hectares

Background

Established in Bécancour in 1976.

Business Description

The plant uses submerged light-arc furnaces to produce silicon.

Market

Silicium metal is used in the composition of silicones, semiconductors, optic fibre and aluminum. Ferrosilocon is used in smelting plants for steel and magnesium.

Contact Persons

René Boisvert,
President
bec@silbec.com

Dominic Leblanc,
bec@silbec.com

Carl Rivard,
Human Resources Manager
bec@silbec.com