Aluminerie Alouette
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| founding | 1992 |
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Sept-Îles , Quebec , Canada
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| Branch | aluminum |
| Website | www.alouette.qc.ca |
Aluminerie Alouette is an aluminum smelter in Sept-Îles , Québec , Canada and was founded in 1992.
After the largest expansion of the plant was completed from September 2002 to May 2005, it is now the largest aluminum smelter for primary processing on the American continents with an annual capacity of 550,000 tons.
The construction of an aluminum smelter in Sept-Îles, Québec came about with the completion of the Churchill Falls hydropower plant in Labrador in 1972 . Power lines from Churchill Falls bring power to the Hydro-Québec transmission network, which passes near Sept-Îles, which is also home to a major Hydro-Québec substation. Due to the low electricity tariffs of Hydro-Québec and the good connections to the sea, a consortium of six companies decided in 1989 for a joint aluminum smelter on the south coast of Sept-Îles. These companies were: SGF ( Canada ), Kobe Aluminum ( Japan ), Marubeni (Japan), AMAG ( Austria ), VAW ( Germany ) and Hoogovens ( Netherlands ).
In 2002 the factory began to be expanded in order to more than double production. This phase 2 was completed in May 2005. At maximum capacity, 800 MW of electricity are required.
Alouette currently has five shareholders: Alcan (Canada, 40%), AMAG (Austria, 20%), Norsk Hydro ( Norway , 20%), SGF (Canada, 13.33%), Marubeni (Japan, 6.67%) .
