Sinova Global aims to become a leading, vertically integrated North American supplier of high-purity silicon metal by re-opening and expanding production at its large-scale, low-impact and high-purity historic quartz quarry and by constructing a modern silicon metal manufacturing plant.
Key features
- Permitted quarry in British Columbia, Canada benefitting from existing logistics infrastructure to smelter in Tennessee, USA
- High-purity silica with low levels of impurities
- First new silicon metal manufacturing plant in the USA in decades
- Permitted downstream project with significant government support in Tennessee, USA
- Modular expansion optionality and scalability for both the quarry and smelter
End uses
- Silicon metal is critical for a diverse range of applications that include photovoltaic cells, power grid infrastructure, semiconductors, integrated circuits, light weight car bodies, silicon battery anodes and electronics
