Rio Tinto invests in a new aluminium recycling centre in Arvida
August 26 2022 - 11:59AM
Business Wire
Rio Tinto is investing US$29 million (C$35 million) to build a
new aluminium recycling facility at its Arvida Plant in
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, to expand its offering of
low-carbon aluminium solutions for customers in the automotive,
packaging and construction markets.
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The facility will make Rio Tinto the first primary aluminium
producer in North America to incorporate recycled post-consumer
aluminium into aluminium alloys.
Clean aluminium scrap sourced locally from used vehicles and
construction materials will be remelted to produce recycled content
that will be used in aluminium billets at the Arvida smelter as
well as other products from Rio Tinto's Quebec facilities.
Rio Tinto Aluminium Managing Director of Atlantic Operations
Sebastien Ross said: “Investing in new recycling facilities in
Arvida is another step in our strategy to expand our offering of
low carbon aluminium products and integrate the circular economy
into our value chain. This will allow us to continue to meet our
customers’ growing demand for responsible, traceable and
responsible products.”
The recycling center is expected to be operational in the second
quarter of 2024 and will have an initial capacity of 30,000 tons
per year. Construction will begin in coming months, with a
remelting furnace equipped with regenerative burners and an
automated scrap loading system to be installed in an existing
building at the Arvida plant.
The project is expected to generate C$30 million of economic
benefits in Quebec and will create around 10 new permanent jobs at
the Arvida Plant.
Note to editors
Rio Tinto is an industry leader in the responsible production of
aluminium, with operations in Canada powered by 100% renewable
hydroelectric energy. In 2021, the company commissioned a new
remelting furnace at its Laterrière Plant to recycle aluminium
scrap from its internal operations and manufacturing customers to
produce rolling ingots for the automotive and packaging industries.
In 2020, Rio Tinto partnered with Shawinigan Aluminium to offer its
customers a closed-loop recycling solution to complement its
low-carbon billet production.
In addition, ELYSIS, Rio Tinto's partnership with Alcoa
supported by Apple and the governments of Canada and Quebec, is
pursuing the development of a revolutionary new smelting technology
to produce aluminium without direct greenhouse gas emissions.
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