Multinational Rio Tinto will invest $29 million in the construction of a new aluminum recycling facility at its Arvida plant in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The objective is none other than to optimize the available options offered in the automotive, packaging and construction markets.
In this way, the facility will make Rio Tinto the first primary aluminum producer in North America to incorporate post-consumer recycled aluminum into aluminum alloys. Locally sourced clean aluminum scrap from used vehicles and construction materials will be remelted to produce recycled content for use in aluminum billets at the Arvida smelter, as well as other products at Rio Tinto’s Quebec facility.
Rafael Bernabe, general manager of Atlantic Operations for Rio Tinto Aluminum, also noted that the company will invest US$18 million in responsible recycling to produce low-carbon aluminum products. “This is part of our strategy to meet our customers’ growing needs for responsible and traceable products,” he said. he stressed.
The recycling center will begin initial operations in the second quarter of 2024 and will be constantly expanded. The estimated initial capacity is close to 30,000 tons per year, with a reactor furnace to burn the waste and an automated system to load it from the Arvida building. The project is expected to generate $30 million in economic benefits in Quebec and will create about 10 new permanent jobs at the Arvida plant.
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