Ottawa backs Quebec aluminum processing with $193.3M
Published by BriefDash · · Toronto
Canada announced $193.3 million from the Strategic Response Fund for two Quebec aluminum projects. Up to $164.8 million will support Rio Tinto's new billet-casting centre in Alma and modernized anode furnaces in Grande-Baie, while $28.5 million will help Aluminerie Alouette modernize electrolysis. The department says the investments are expected to help maintain about 6,000 full-time jobs; they are funding commitments, not completed projects.
Why it matters
The funding targets domestic processing capacity in an export-intensive industry facing trade and supply-chain pressure.
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