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Alcan suspends anode output at Alma aluminum smelter
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Rio Tinto Alcan has suspended anode production at its 424,000-tonne-per-year Alma aluminum smelter in northern Quebec while it investigates the cause of a fatal accident overnight.
The anode operations at the site will remain shut until further notice after an employee died following an accident at the plant, the company said on Tuesday.
Aluminum production is not affected, a spokeswoman said.
The accident happened early on Tuesday morning, and the company would make no other details available while it investigates the cause, she said.
The plant, which is located in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, about 310 miles (500 km) northeast of Montreal, produces 250,000 anodes per year.
The anode operations at the site will remain shut until further notice after an employee died following an accident at the plant, the company said on Tuesday.
Aluminum production is not affected, a spokeswoman said.
The accident happened early on Tuesday morning, and the company would make no other details available while it investigates the cause, she said.
The plant, which is located in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, about 310 miles (500 km) northeast of Montreal, produces 250,000 anodes per year.
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