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08
Jul
2015
Rio's Kitimat smelter off to a good startBy:Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor: Australasia ALUMINIUM Mining major Rio Tinto said on Wednesday it was readying to ship the first aluminium from its Kitimat smelter, in Canada, following a $4.8-billion upgrade.
The modernisation of the aluminium smelter increased production capacity by 48%, to 420 000 t/y, and would result in the Kitimat smelter becoming one of the lowest cost smelters in the world.
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