Rio Tinto Fer et Titane steel plant
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Rio Tinto Fer et Titane steel plant, also known as Rio Tinto Quebec, QIT-Fer et Titatane Inc. (predecessor), is a steel plant in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, Canada that operates basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.
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] In 2022, RTFT announed plans to invest $737 million over the following 8 years to decarbonize the steel plant. The plans include reducing GHG emissions by up to 70%. The government of Canada is also contributing $222 million to support these initiatives.[4] In 2023 RTFT started up its BlueSmelting demonstration plant at its steel plant, which involves an ilmenite reduction technology that could generate an estimated 95% fewer GHG emissions.[5]
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Start date | Workforce size |
|---|---|
| 1950[6][7] | 1450[8][9] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Parent GEM entity ID | Owner | Owner company PermID | Owner GEM entity ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Tinto PLC [100.0%] | 4295894786 [100.0%] | E100000001119 [100.0%] | Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium Canada Inc [100%][7] | 5071504912 | E100000131063 [100%] |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Main production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished, finished rolled[9] | automotive, energy[9] | 2023-03-14[10] | unknown | BOF |
Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Capacity operating status1 | Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|---|
| operating | 600[11] | 600[11] |
Table 5: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Year | BOF production |
|---|---|
| 2024 | unknown |
Unit Details
Table 6: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Furnace manufacturer and model | Current capacity (ttpa) | Current size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown BOF (1) | operating[11] | 1986[12] | KOBM[13] | 600[11] | 115.0 tonnes[11] |
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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) - ↑ Iannucci, Esmarie (October 12, 2022). "Rio invests C$737m in Canadian critical minerals". Mining Weekly. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
- ↑ Scales, Marilyn (April 3, 2023). "Rio Tinto fires up BlueSmelting demo plant in Quebec". Canadian Mining Journal. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220627174240/https://www.riotinto.com/en/can/canada-operations/rio-tinto-fer-et-titane. Archived from the original on 2022-06-27.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 (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 2021-10-19.
{{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 2022-10-29.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125062409/https://www.riotinto.com/en/operations/canada/rio-tinto-fer-et-titane. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://qmp-powders.com/wp-content/uploads/ISO-14001-certification-en.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 https://imis.aist.org/store/detail.aspx?id=PR-RU2023-1.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://imis.aist.org/store/detail.aspx?id=PR-RU2024-1.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://imis.aist.org/store/detail.aspx?id=PR-RU2025-1.
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