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Rio Tinto invests to maintain anode production at Grande-Baie smelter

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Update time : 2024-06-24 16:07:04
Rio Tinto will invest US$165 million (CA$226 million) in its Grande-Baie aluminium smelter to refurbish two anode baking furnaces that have reached the end of their useful life. The company will also carry out feasibility studies for the eventual replacement of the scrubbers and overhead bridge cranes at the anode production centre.

The work to rebuild the concrete shell and refractory lining of the anode baking furnaces will be carried out over two years, in 2025 and 2026. The new equipment will ensure a competitive supply of anodes to the Grande-Baie and Laterrière plants for decades to come. 

Rio Tinto will offset the carbon emissions related to the construction project through various initiatives like planting trees near the aluminium smelter.

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