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At Rio Tinto, we are always looking for ways to produce our materials more sustainably. So when our customers asked us to find a way to reuse their scrap metal it was an enthusiastic “you bet” from us.
From 2021, we will offer our aluminium customers in Canada and the US high-quality alloys made with recycled content, with a new service to recycle their aluminium scrap. And that is just the start.
Shawinigan Aluminium Inc. (SAI) will build a US$7 million state-of-the-art melting facility in Quebec, Canada. Once completed, it will be able to recycle up to 30,000 tonnes of our customers’ aluminium a year. We will use the recycled scrap to make alloys suited to each customer’s specific needs.
From electric vehicles to wind turbines to special alloys for lighter wheels, aluminium is set to play a big role in the transition to a low-carbon economy. Here are some of the things that make our aluminium a more sustainable choice:
One of the things we love about this metal (and there are many!) is that it can be recycled over and over without losing any of its properties. In fact, aluminium is so efficient that 90 per cent of what is used in both the automotive and construction industry is made from entirely recycled sources. Just one more reason to love aluminium.