Alcan is Kitimat's founding industry. There is a video and guided bus tour into the plant to see the major operations in pot rooms, where aluminum is produced, and casting where the metal is cast into ingots. It also includes a visit to the plant's deep-sea wharf. Shortly past Alcan and Hospital Beach is the end of the road. As a 10 year old, coming from Hamburg, Ron couldn't figure out how a city could just end.
Alcan is just embarking on a massive modernization and expansion project of this 52 year old smelter. They will invest about $1.7 billion , boosting the current production level of 245,000 tonnes per year to 400,000 tpy. This is expected to be fully operational by 2012, securing 1000 technologically advance jobs for the next 35 - 50 years and making this a world class aluminum producing facility.
Alcan is just embarking on a massive modernization and expansion project of this 52 year old smelter. They will invest about $1.7 billion , boosting the current production level of 245,000 tonnes per year to 400,000 tpy. This is expected to be fully operational by 2012, securing 1000 technologically advance jobs for the next 35 - 50 years and making this a world class aluminum producing facility.
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