The Quebec Government and aluminium producer Alcoa have approved the next phase of the five-year, $2.1bn investment plan for the overhaul of the Baie-Comeau, Deschambault and Becancour smelters in Quebec, Canada.
The aluminum smelters will now enter into the last engineering phase of the modernisation project.
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The plan will increase the total production capacity by 120,000tpa and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The old smelting pots at Baie-Comeau smelter, which use Soderberg technology, will be replaced with a new electrolysis potline developed by Alcoa with an annual production capacity of 160,000t.
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