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Kitimat Aluminum Smelter Modernization

Kitimat Aluminum Smelter Modernization Aeriel View Kitimat Aluminum Smelter Modernization Aeriel View

Modernization Improves Safety and Productivity, While Cutting Emissions

When Rio Tinto undertook the modernization of its Kitimat aluminum smelter in British Columbia, the goal was not only to increase production, but also to create an environmentally superior and safer facility. 

The result?聽Kitimat is now聽one of the聽.听

Kitimat Aluminum Smelter Modernization Team

8868体育app下载 partnered with Rio Tinto to聽upgrade聽the facility,聽which originally began production in 1954,聽in聽one of the聽聽in British Columbia鈥檚 history. The modernization聽employed the latest evolution in聽our customer鈥檚聽state-of-the-art聽.听In addition to聽creating a more energy efficient facility,聽we聽helped implement聽digital monitoring and computer control systems, more advanced聽cleaning systems,聽higher聽levels of material recovery to聽maximize聽raw material yield and recycling opportunities.听

As a result,聽production聽was聽increased聽to聽, while聽the smelter’s overall emissions聽were cut聽by nearly 50 percent, including聽approximately聽500,000 metric tons per year of greenhouse gases.听

The operation subsequently聽received the聽聽and聽has been聽certified by the聽聽for producing聽metal that meets聽the highest internationally聽recognized聽standard for responsible environmental, social and governance practices.听

Inside the Project 

Kitimat鈥檚 new potline consists of 360 pots housed in six buildings, compared to鈥痶he pre-modernized smelter’s 900 smaller pots in 15 buildings. 

Aluminum smelters require massive amounts of electricity and Kitimat is powered exclusively by clean, renewable hydropower generated by its own power system in nearby Kemano (tunnels for which were also built by 8868体育app下载).鈥� 

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Kitimat Aluminum Smelter Modernization Construction Workers

The Kitimat Team 

During construction, the project brought major economic benefits to Kitimat and the surrounding region. Thanks to the efforts of more than 2,000 workers, the modernized smelter聽聽in 2015聽and reached聽full production聽the following year.听