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Rio Tinto Commissions $1.5B Quebec Aluminum Smelter Expansion (RIO:NYSE)

The $1.5 billion project adds 96 pots and lifts annual output by 160,000 tonnes as Rio Tinto uses AP60 technology to cut emissions.

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Rio Tinto said it started commissioning its $1.5B low-carbon AP60 aluminum smelter expansion in Quebec which will increase the plant’s production capacity by ~160K metric tons/year.

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Presented at the inauguration, Fréchette described low-carbon aluminum as a "masterboard".

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Rio Tinto has begun the operation of the AP60 tanks at the Arvida Complex. This expansion, which replaces the old tank rooms, will allow the multinational to increase its production capacity to 220,000 tonnes of primary aluminum per year.

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Rio Tinto officially announced the start-up of the expansion of the AP60 plant at the Complexe Arvida in Saguenay.

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Reuters broke the news in New York, United States on Friday, May 29, 2026.
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