Grande Baie aluminium plant

Grande Baie aluminium plant is an aluminium smelter in Canada with a reported capacity of 236,000 t of alumina/aluminum. It smelts alumina into primary aluminium by high-current electrolysis. It is operated by Rio Tinto Ltd. By capacity it ranks #9 of 11 aluminium smelters tracked in Canada. It emits about 501,533 tonnes of CO₂e per year (Climate TRACE) — roughly the tailpipe emissions of 116,907 cars.

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3672965.

Em contexto: como esta instalação se compara

Com 236,000 t of alumina/aluminum, Grande Baie aluminium plant é abaixo de a mediana de aluminium smelter em Canada (314,000 t of alumina/aluminum). Subsetor: aluminum. Como aluminium smelter, requer calor de processo intenso (tipicamente 600–900°C) para suas operações industriais centrais — calor que deve ser fornecido por caldeiras, fornos ou combustão direta, e as perdas através de vasos e tubulações não isolados representam combustível desperdiçado. O isolamento modular removível pode reduzir essas perdas em 80–96%, esfriando superfícies a ≤45°C, com payback geralmente inferior a 2 anos. As fundições de alumínio usam grandes correntes elétricas para refinar alumina em alumínio fundido acima de 900°C, e o metal quente deve fluir através de cadinhos e equipamentos de fundição.

Comparação de capacidade e intensidade de CO₂ calculada a partir dos dados de instalações industriais Climate TRACE; função do setor baseada em referência de engenharia.

What 501,533 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's reported annual CO₂e in the everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest aluminium smelters in Canada

Reported capacity (t of alumina/aluminum), Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

Operator

Operated by Rio Tinto Ltd. All facilities by this operator →

Local climate

Grande Baie aluminium plant sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate zone (Köppen Dfc), at 48.3°N in the northern hemisphere.

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

How it compares & nearby sites

The #9 largest of 11 aluminium smelters in Canada by reported capacity.

Nearby industrial sites

• Laterrière aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 552,536 t CO₂
• Arvida aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 493,032 t CO₂
• Alma aluminium plant · Aluminium Smelter · 1,020,066 t CO₂
• Valero Jean-Gaulin Refinery · Refinery · 2,459,580 t CO₂
• Rolland Enterprises Inc. - Breakey Fibres Division · Pulp & Paper Mill · 88,433 t CO₂
• Saint Basile Cement Plant · Cement Plant · 615,898 t CO₂

Location

Coordinates 48.30615, -70.92606. View on OpenStreetMap.

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