
Rio Tinto plot to form Quebec scandium plant
Rio Tinto Plc [RIO-NYSE, ASX, LSE] is plot to become North The usa’s main producer of scandium oxide with a brand contemporary commercial scale demonstration plant below building at the Rio Tinto Fer metallurgical advanced and Titane (RTFT) in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec.
RTFT operates an originate-pit ilmenite mine at Lac Tio, terminate to Havre-Saint Pierre, on the North shore, Montreal. The ore is then sent by boat to its metallurgical advanced in Sorel-Tracy, the assign titanium dioxide, pig iron, steel and metallic powders are extracted.
The two web sites exhaust roughly 1,600 americans.
Rio Tinto chanced on scandium oxide within the ore at Lac Tio 5 years ago.
RTFT expects to birth commercial production of scandium oxide within the 2nd quarter o...