In 2009, Montréal-based international corporation Rio Tinto Alcan began the process of modernizing its aluminium smelter located in Kitimat, B.C. To provide space for the new smelter, several existing facilities were dismantled and the...

The Project Management Institute (PMI) announced AP60 Phase I, an aluminum smelter in Jonquière, Que., as its Project of the Year. The Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA)/SNC–Lavalin/Hatch joint venture beat out contenders from around the...