Agreement covers smelter, powerhouse workers Company says pact will help move to new, expanded smelter Kitimat smelter produced 168,000 T of aluminum in 2011 July 24 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto Alcan and ...

The incident occurred when a worker misused combustible manganese dust, triggering a flame that displaced a lid on a nearby platform ...

MONTREAL, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Alcan Inc. said on Tuesday that a British Columbia regulator's rejection of a power-sale agreement could affect plans for a $1.8 billion expansion of its aluminum smelter ...

The strike follows seven weeks of negotiations and is due to what Unifor president Jerry Dias, called "Rio Tinto's greed and lack of respect'" for the union members. Unifor said it had proposed making ...