Alcoa upgrades Quebec aluminum smelter, raises capacity

Alcoa has completed a $47 million infrastructure investment at its aluminum smelter in Deschambault, Quebec, that improves the plant’s efficiency and boosts its nameplate capacity by 27,000 mt/year, the company said March 9. “Through continuous improvement, we have been able to economically increase the capabilities of many of our assets, and this capital project at Deschambault should help us meet…