On Friday, August 16, Elysis reportedly marked the start of construction of its Research and Development Centre within Rio Tinto's Complexe Jonquière, the site of the Arvida smelter, Vaudreuil refinery, and Arvida Research and Development Centre. In this research and development centre, technical experts will carry on with the advancement of the breakthrough technology that eliminates all direct greenhouse gases (GHG) from the aluminium smelting process.
The project, worth $50 million (CAD) is expected to be fully operational in the second half of 2020 with 25 technical experts.
As per the report, Elysis will continue to work closely with the Rio Tinto technology design team in France and Alcoa’s Technical Centre (ATC) near Pittsburgh in the United States. The former creates commercial-scale designs for the ELYSIS™ technology so that it can be retrofitted into existing smelters or used for new ones, while the latter provides support to Elysis for the materials used to manufacture proprietary materials for the new anodes and cathodes that are essential to the ELYSIS™ process.
Representatives from the governments of Québec and Canada and senior leaders from Elysis, Alcoa and Rio Tinto attended the event of the official launch of construction.
At the event, CEO of Elysis Vincent Christ said, “The launch of construction for the Elysis Research and Development Center marks a significant step towards bringing this technology to the market by 2024. We are looking forward to the work that will take place in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, a region internationally recognized for its expertise and know-how.”
Elysis is a joint venture company between the two global industry leaders - Alcoa and Rio Tinto, with a goal to revolutionise the way aluminium is produced across the globe.
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