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Rio Tinto Alcan is a Canada-based mining company.Headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, it is a subsidiary of global mining conglomerate Rio Tinto.It was created on 15 November 2007 as the result of the merger between Rio Tinto's Canadian subsidiary and Canadian company Alcan.
The Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium is the successor to the Dow Planetarium (known in later years as the Montreal Planetarium), and is located in the Space for Life, near the Olympic Stadium and the Biodome in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [1] The new installation has two separate theatres as well as exhibits on space and astronomy.
Alcan Incorporated was amalgamated with Rio Tinto Canada Holding Incorporated and renamed Rio Tinto Alcan Incorporated in 2008. [13] The various Alcan facilities on the 53-acre site in Oxfordshire closed between 2006 and 2007, and the factory and laboratory were demolished over the course of 2008–2009. [4] [14] [15] [16]
The company's Rio Tinto Alcan subsidiary in Québec resolved a lengthy labor dispute in July, and the affected operations had not yet returned to full capacity by the end of September.
The Planetarium, also known as the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium, is one of the newer additions to Olympic Park. It started its operations in 2013, replacing Montreal's previous planetarium, which closed in 2011. The planetarium features a number of films and expositions centered around astronomy and outer space. [3]
Maison Alcan (English: Alcan House) is a building complex located on Sherbrooke Street in the Golden Square Mile district of Montreal, [2] Canada. The complex was used to house the world headquarters for Alcan, now part of Rio Tinto Alcan, until 2015. Completed in 1983, the complex's integration of new construction with restored or renovated ...
The Dow Planetarium (later renamed the Montreal Planetarium) is a decommissioned public planetarium located at Chaboillez Square just South-East of downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It closed permanently in October 2011. [1] A new facility, The Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium, near Olympic Stadium in Montreal, opened in April 2013.
The Planetarium Rio Tinto Alcan is a $33 million project to relocated the Planetarium with a new design near the Stade Olympique de Montréal. The Planétarium will be LEED certified. The project began in 2010 and is expected to be complete in 2012. [14]