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08 September 2021
IOC invests in RAIL Centre of Expertise at CEGEP de Sept-Îles
SEPT-ÎLES, Canada – The Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) has announced that it will invest $750,000 CAD over three years to support research and training at the CEGEP de Sept-Îles’ RAIL Centre of Expertise. IOC has been working in close collaboration with the CEGEP de Sept-Îles for several years, providing equipment that is now used to train students. Notably, IOC has donated a train-handling simu
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26 July 2021
BC Works (Kitimat) smelter reduces production following strike
MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto has begun reducing production at its BC Works aluminium smelter in Kitimat, Canada due to a strike initiated by the Unifor Local 2301 union after negotiations failed to reach a new collective labour agreement. Production will be reduced to around 35 per cent of the smelter’s 432,000 tonne annual capacity, so that it can safely be operated by staff and emp
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17 June 2021
Rio Tinto opens new scandium plant in Canada
SOREL-TRACY, Quebec--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto has started operations at a new commercial scale demonstration plant to produce high-quality scandium oxide at its Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. The $6 million project, in which the Government of Quebec contributed approximately $650,000 through the Quebec Plan for the Development of Critical and S
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