Our aluminium smelter is one of the most efficient, lowest-cost smelters in the world, powered exclusively by clean, renewable hydropower. Kitimat is powered by the 896 MW capacity Kemano Powerhouse. The Nechako Reservoir provides water for …

Feb 10, 2025 · An aluminum smelter site in Kitimat in northwest B.C. is likely to feel the impact of new proposed tariffs revealed by U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday.

Alcan became the second biggest primary aluminum production company. It then became the world's largest aluminum manufacturer in 2004 after acquiring the Pechiney Group, the fourth player in worldwide production and fabrication of aluminum and the number-three in packaging.

Between 1951 and 1954, after signing the agreement with the British Columbia government for land and water rights, Alcan undertook the Kitimat–Kemano Project, one of the most ambitious Canadian engineering projects of the 20th century. [7]

Dec 22, 2021 · Located at the head of the Douglas Channel on B.C.’s north coast, Kitimat — named after the Haisla’s local Kitamaat Village — allowed for a deepwater port, providing Alcan with valuable access to overseas markets.

Apr 23, 2013 · The Kitimat Modernization Project (KMP) is a $3.3 billion project by Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) designed to modernize and increase production at the company's aluminium smelter in Kitimat. The project was first announced in 2007 and given the formal notice to proceed in 2011 by RTA's Board of Directors.

The massive Alcan project in northwest British Columbia was completed in just five years - dam, tunnel, powerhouse, Kemano, transmission line, smelter, and Kitimat. Browse through Kitimat history with these project images - a BC digital collection.

Kitimat, CANADA – Rio Tinto is marking the 70th anniversary of its BC Works operation, celebrating seven decades of significant contributions to the aluminium industry and the Kitimat community. As the only aluminium smelter operator in British Columbia, Rio Tinto has established itself as a cornerstone of the local economy and a leader in ...

Here, we will look at how and why Kitimat came to be chosen as the site of the Alcan aluminum smelter, and what it takes to produce aluminum. Stop three, located down Haisla Boulevard and Alcan Road next to the smelter itself, digs into the immensity of the project and looks at what it took to construct.

4 days ago · The town of about 8,200 residents in the North Coast region of B.C. did not exist in 1950. In the early ‘50s, the Aluminum Company of Canada (later Alcan and now Rio Tinto Alcan) acquired the land for a new smelter, and a new community was born. “Industry is the only reason we exist,” said Mayor Phil Germuth, District of Kitimat.