Rio Tinto Alcan's Kitimat Modernization Project floating hotel or "flotel" the Silja Festival, also known as the Delta Spirit Lodge, left Kitimat harbour at about 5 pm, this afternoon, April 28, 2015. There was no advance notice from Rio Tinto Alcan to the media or the community. However, it is clear that the Kitimat Modernization Project […]
Updates with corrected figure 156 acres from Rio Tinto Alcan and District of Kitimat Rio Tinto Alcan has donated 156 acres (63 hectares) of waterfront land on Minette Bay to the District of Kitimat, Gaby Poirier, RTA General manager BC Operations, said Wednesday, November 12, 2014. It's a major step in getting people in Kitimat access […]
Rio Tinto Alcan and the Kitimat Modernization Project (KMP) are chartering a converted Baltic ferry to expand the modernization project's work lodging for nine months, as the company gears up for "the final construction year," RTA said Tuesday in a news release. The ship, the Motor Vessel Silja Festival, will be renamed the "Delta Spirit […]
At least one of the two large liquified natural gas projects in Kitimat is, at least at this point, planning to self-generate the power required using a gas-fired, steam-driven electrical generation system. A job ad posted this weekend by the headhunting firm Fircroft is seeking a Lead Project Engineer, Power Plant for “Our client, a […]
The announcement Monday that the federal government intends to turn the private port of Kitimat into a public port, an announcement confirmed by Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver in Terrace, Tuesday, came as a surprise to Rio Tinto Alcan, which now operates the port. This morning RTA issued a brief statement: This announcement was not […]
As a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit off Haida Gwaii shortly after eight o'clock on Saturday, I was at the Haisla Recreation Centre as the Haisla Nation marked the return of the G'ps Golox totem pole. Like a boat being lifted by gentle waves, the Rec Centre began to quietly roll up and down, then the rolling seemed […]
Negotiations between Rio Tinto Alcan and Canadian Auto Workers Local 2301 are going down to the wire. The current contact expires Monday, July 23. The CAW says 96 per cent of members voted in favour of strike action during voting Thursday and Friday. The Local represents 1150 workers at the Alcan smelter. One of the […]
The Kitimat Modernization Project, the $3.3 billion upgrade of the Kitimat aluminum smelter will create capable and competitive contractors that can go on to work at the future energy developments in the region, Rio Tinto Alcan CEO Jacynthe Côté said Thursday, March 8. Côté was in Kitimat to tour the region, a trip that was […]
According to documents obtained by Canadian Press, Enbridge lobbyists met with DFO officials just before the government cut off Moore Foundation funding via the TIdes Foundation for the PNCMIA Share Enbridge pressured government to scuttle deal OTTAWA - The Conservative government cancelled an agreement with a charity that supports environmental causes eight months after energy […]