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QCell had a ten-year, $3 billion offtake with REC Silicon for polysilicon materials. Hanwha has a 33% stake in REC Silicon and has solar cell manufacturing facilities in the US.",{"type":577,"attrs":702,"content":703},{"textAlign":49},[704],{"text":705,"type":582},"REC Silicon was unable to meet the purity requirements for its polysilicon product despite multiple attempts to rectify the issue and so shut down production with no plans to resume polysilicon production.",{"type":577,"attrs":707,"content":708},{"textAlign":49},[709],{"text":710,"type":582},"The company also ceased polysilicon operations at its Butte, Montana facility early last year. 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