Production should also begin at Beaver Brook in Newfoundland in early 1997, subject to permitting. Roycefield Resources Ltd. continues exploration work on the deposit. Uses of Antimony Antimony is used in semiconductors for making infrared detectors, diodes and Hall-effect devices. It greatly increases the hardness and mechanical strength of lead. Batteries, antifriction alloys, type metal, small arms and tracer bullets, cable sheathing, and minor products use about half the metal produced.
Compounds using the other half are oxides, sulfides, sodium antimonate, and antimony trichloride.
They are used in flame-proofing compounds, paints ceramic enamels, glass, fireworks and pottery. Antimony is toxic. In spite of our best efforts, the above list may not include all antimony producing companies in Canada.