Aluminerie Alouette, based in Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada, announced several investments in its aluminum smelting operations. These include upgrades to anode baking furnaces as well as a planned installation of new potline technologies that will address waste streams at the site. The Canadian aluminum producer’s new technologies will increase operations and address environmental issues.
Alouette restarted the first firing ramps of its No. 1 (ABF-1) anode baking furnace after a refractory relining project, which was completed with EPCM support from Hatch. With furnace No. 1 restarted, the companies are now beginning work on the restart of a second furnace reline (ABF-2), which is expected to be completed in 2024.
Additionally, Alouette signed two contracts totaling $2.7 million with PyroGenesis Canada Inc. The first contract will address the treatment of spent pot lining (SPL) waste. The technology proposed will use plasma arc thermal treatment to transform the carbonaceous and refractory materials contained in SPL into synthesis gas and aluminum fluoride. The objective of the second contract is to process excess electrolytic bath in a plasma arc thermal treatment plant with the goal of producing aluminum fluoride.
