Aluminerie de Becancour (Bécancour)
Canada /
Quebec /
Gentilly /
Bécancour
World
/ Canada
/ Quebec
/ Gentilly
World / Canada / Québec / Bécancour
metallurgy, production, aluminum
Owned jointly by Alcoa (75%) and Rio Tinto (25%), it produces 413,000 tonnes of aluminum per year and has 1075 employees. The smelter was constructed by a consortium including, Alumax, Pechiney and Quebec Investment. The $1.65 billion plant was opened in 1986. Reynolds Metals purchased half of Pechiney's shares to become a 1/4 owner and in 1995 bought the shares of Investment Quebec. Alumax shares were acquired by Alcoa in 1998. Alcoa then became the owner or 75% of the shares in 2000 when it bought Reynolds Metals. Pechiney sold their remaining shares in 2000 to Alcan which was purchased by Rio Tinto in 2007.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 46°22'51"N 72°23'31"W
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- Hindalco 400 km
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- Exploration Orbite mining area 607 km
- Constellium 1131 km
- Logan Aluminum 1598 km
- St. Croix Aluminium 3267 km
- Akranes 3617 km
- Longview Aluminum smelter 3827 km
- Red Mud Depository Interalumina Plant 4334 km
- former Norsk Hydro 1.5 km
- Gentilly Nuclear Generating Station 3 km
- Gestion 3LB 4.5 km
- Laprade Industrial Park 5.2 km
- Cranberry fields 34 km
- Nicolet HVDC Static Inverter Plant 35 km
- Cranberry fields 39 km
- Beaudet reservoir 47 km
- Laurier Golf Course 49 km
- L’Érable Wind Farm 65 km