Rio Tinto Completes Major Projects at Smelter in Canada

SUGAR LAND--July 9, 2015--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--When Rio Tinto Alcan (Montreal, Quebec), a subsidiary of Rio Tinto plc (NYSE:RIO) (London, England), announced this week it was preparing the first shipment of aluminum from the modernized Kitimat Smelter in British Columbia, it marked the end of major construction for a multi-year project that has cost the company in excess of $4.8 billion. Industrial Info began tracking the project in 1998, when it was in the early economic evaluation stage. As part of its Global Metals & Minerals Project Database, Industrial Info is tracking more than $39 billion worth of Rio Tinto-affiliated projects worldwide.

Within this article: Update of the Kitimat Smelter modernization project by Rio Tinto Alcan.