Rio Tinto Fer et Titane steel plant
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Rio Tinto Fer et Titane steel plant, also known as QIT-Fer et Titatane Inc. (predecessor); Rio Tinto Quebec, is a basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada:
- Location: 1625, Marie-Victorin Road, Sorel-Tracy Quebec J3R 1M6, Canada
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 46.044367, -73.138474 (exact)
Background
The Rio Tinto Fer et Titane steel plant began operating in 1986. The facility also refines titanium dioxide.[1] In February 2021, Rio Tinto announced they would be exploring the production of a low-carbon steel feedstock at their steel plant sites in Canada along with Paul Wurth (a Luxembourg-based engineering company) and SHS-Stahl-Holding-Saar (a management holding of the two large Saarland-based steel companies).[2] In October 2021, Rio Tinto Fer et Titante announced that some of their facilities had switched to using plant matter known as lignocellulosic biomass, instead of coal, as a chemical reductant in the steel-making process in the hopes of cutting the steel industry's emissions.[3]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|---|
| Operating[4] | 1950[5][6] | 1400[7] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent company GEM ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner company GEM ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Tinto PLC [100.0%] | 4295894786 [100%] | E100000001119 [100%] | Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium Canada Inc[5] | 5071504912 | E100000131063 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel sector end users | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished; finished rolled[4] | automotive; energy[4] | BOF[8] | 1 BOF (began in 1980)[8] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status* | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 600 TTPA[8] | 600 TTPA[8] |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ "Rio Tinto (Corporation)". Wikipedia. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Rio-Tinto teams up with Paul Wurth and SHS-Stahl-Holding-Saar on low-carbon iron in Canada". Rio Tinto. 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Rio-Tinto-targets-low-carbon-steel-production-with-new-technology". Rio Tinto. 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125062409/https://www.riotinto.com/en/operations/canada/rio-tinto-fer-et-titane. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20211019020628/https://minedocs.com/21/Rio-Tinto-RTFT-site-tour-CP-09142012.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2021.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220627174240/https://www.riotinto.com/en/can/canada-operations/rio-tinto-fer-et-titane. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221029161930/https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/canada-invest-rd-cutting-emissions-quebec-rio-tinto-plant-2022-10-11/. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "2023 AIST Basic Oxygen Furnace Roundup". Association for Iron & Steel Technology. January 2023.
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