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It was founded in 1902 as the Northern Aluminum Company, renamed Aluminum Company of Canada in 1925, and Alcan Aluminum in 1966. It took the name Alcan Incorporated in 2001. During that time, it grew to become one of the world's largest aluminum manufacturers. Alcan was purchased by Australian-British multinational Rio Tinto for $38 billion in ...
R.E. Powell left Alcoa to become Vice President of the Aluminium Company of Canada (later Alcan) in Montreal, was President from 1937 to 1957 and was then Chancellor of McGill University from 1957 to 1964. Alcan has gone through several name changes: Northern Aluminum Company Limited – 1902; Aluminum Company of Canada Limited – 1925
Jamaica Clarendon 1,400 50% Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals, 50% Jamaican Government [3] Jamaica Ewarton Alumina 675 Jamaican Government, United Company of Rusal [5] Jamaica Nain St. Elizabeth (Alpart) 1,700 65% United Company of Rusal, 35% Hydro Aluminium [5] Jamaica Kirkvine Alumina 625 Jamaican Government, United Company of Rusal: Japan Ehime 0
Tomago Aluminium Company Pty. Ltd. Rio Tinto 51.55%, Gove Aluminium Finance Ltd 36.05%, Hydro Aluminium 12.40% Australia: Portland, Victoria: 358,000: Alcoa World Alumina Australia Ltd. - Portland Aluminium
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It mines and manufactures bauxite, alumina and primary aluminium. Rio Tinto Aluminium is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto Group and provides about 20% of Australia's total production of bauxite, 8% of its alumina and 24% of its primary aluminium. In 2002, Rio Tinto Aluminium earned US$256 million for its shareholder Rio Tinto.
Alumina is extracted from the ore bauxite by means of the Bayer process at an alumina refinery. This is an electrolytic process, so an aluminium smelter uses huge amounts of electric power; smelters tend to be located close to large power stations, often hydro-electric ones, in order to hold down costs and reduce the overall carbon footprint ...
In 1968, Alcan had applied for planning permission for the construction of a new aluminium smelter in Northumberland at Lynemouth. [6] [7] Later that year, Alcan was granted the permission and site preparation would soon begin. [8] However, to meet the electric demand of the new smelter, a power station would also be needed to be a built. [6]