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Article: Rio Tinto Alcan Accelerates Study of Alma Smelter Expansion Project - the Next Step in US$2 Billion Quebec Investment Program.
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- April 7, 2008
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MONTREAL, Canada, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Speaking today at a Canadian Club luncheon in Montreal, Quebec, Tom Albanese, chief executive of Rio Tinto, announced that Rio Tinto Alcan will proceed, on an accelerated basis, with a pre-feasibility study for an expansion of the Alma smelter in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec. The potential expansion would add approximately 170,000 tonnes to the current Alma smelter production of slightly more than 400,000 tonnes.
"I am very pleased to announce another positive step along the way in our ten year, US$2 billion Quebec investment program," said Mr. Albanese. "Rio Tinto intends to follow Alcan's lead as a ...