Orbite starts to commission high-purity alumina facility

Dec 18, 2012 | 12:40 PM | Suzy Waite

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LONDON — Orbite Aluminae Inc. is close to completing construction of its high-purity alumina plant in Quebec and has initiated commissioning on many sections of the facility, the Montreal-based alumina start-up said Tuesday.

All of the "critical equipment" is in place and the company is on schedule to begin commercial production in the spring, it said.....





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