Rio Tinto Alcan Inaugurates Quebec Aluminum Research Lab

Rio Tinto Alcan officially inaugurated its integrated research and development laboratory located on the campus of the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi at Saguenay in Quebec. The CURAL laboratory is dedicated to studying and developing aluminum products and processes, intensifying research in the treatment of bauxite and metal fabrication processes, especially in forging and assembling. Jean Pierre Blackburn, federal minister of labour and minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for Quebec, Claude Béchard, minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife for the Quebec government and Minister in charge of the Saguenay Lac Saint Jean region attended the ceremony. Rio Tinto Alcan’s investment was around CAD 2 million of the CAD9-million project announced in November 2005. COPYRIGHT All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of WAM News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of WAM.