Aluminum
Québec is the third-leading producer of primary aluminum in the world, after China and Russia, and accounts for 92% of all of Canada's aluminum production.
Aluminum production in Québec is:
- Three producers: Rio Tinto Alcan (5 smelters), Alcoa (3 smelters) and Aluminerie Alouette;
- Production capacity of 3.1 million tons per year;
- 23% of the primary aluminum produced in Québec undergoes its initial processing here;
- 13,000 employees in the primary and primary processing sectors.
| Québec's Aluminum Smelters |
|
Companies and
smelters
|
Location
|
Workforce
|
2007
Production capacity
(tons/year)
|
| Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. |
| Arvida |
Jonquière |
872
|
166,000
|
| Laterrière |
Chicoutimi |
585
|
229,000
|
| Grande-Baie |
La Baie |
664
|
206,000
|
| Alma |
Alma |
837
|
416,000
|
| Shawinigan |
Shawinigan |
458
|
99,000
|
| Alcoa |
| Baie-Comeau |
Baie-Comeau |
1,322
|
435,000
|
| Deschambault |
Deschambault |
531
|
254,000
|
| Bécancour |
Bécancour |
1,013
|
408,000
|
| Aluminerie Alouette Inc. |
Sept-Iles |
900
|
573,000
|
| TOTAL: 9 |
|
7,182
|
2,786,000
|
Source: Québec Ministry for Economic Development, Innovation and Exports, 2009.
Primary processing plants for light metals alone in Québec account for approximately 7% of all the white gold produced worldwide. |
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