Rio Tinto is investing $29m (C$35m) to construct a new aluminium recycling facility at its Arvida Plant in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada.
The firm plans to expand its offering of low-carbon aluminium solutions for customers operating in the automotive, packaging as well as construction markets.
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With this investment, Rio Tinto expects to become the first primary aluminium producer in the North American region to include recycled post-consumer aluminium into aluminium alloys.
The facility will remelt clean aluminium scrap collected from used local vehicles and construction materials and convert it to make recycled content that can be utilised in aluminium billets at the Arvida smelter and other products from the company’s Quebec facilities.
Rio Tinto Atlantic operations aluminium managing director of 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 centre is anticipated to become operational in Q2 2024, with an annual initial capacity of 30,000t.
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By GlobalDataConstruction will commence in the coming months, with a remelting furnace fitted with regenerative burners.
Furthermore, an automated scrap loading system will be installed in a current building at the facility.
The company’s latest investment is expected to create 10 new permanent jobs.
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Image: Aluminium scrap. Credit: Business Wire/Rio Tinto.
