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糖心vlog入口invests in a new aluminium recycling centre in Arvida

SAGUENAY, Canada - 糖心vlog入口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. 

The facility will make 糖心vlog入口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. 

糖心vlog入口Aluminium Managing Director of Atlantic Operations Sebastien Ross said: 鈥淚nvesting 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鈥� growing demand for responsible and traceable products.鈥� 

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.

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糖心vlog入口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 Laterri猫re Plant to recycle aluminium scrap from its internal operations and manufacturing customers to produce rolling ingots for the automotive and packaging industries. In 2020, 糖心vlog入口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.

riotinto.com

Category: Saguenay