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Rio Tinto invests US$165M in Quebec aluminium smelter

It will refurbish two anode baking furnaces at Grande-Baie

Rio Tinto's Saguenay operations in Grande-Baie, Quebec. Credit: Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto's Saguenay operations in Grande-Baie, Quebec. Credit: Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto said it will invest C$226 million (US$165 million) in its Grande-Baie aluminium smelter in Quebec, Canada, to refurbish two anode baking furnaces. Rio Tinto owns five aluminium smelters in...

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