Un projet d’usine pour trier le minerai à la mine Tio de Havre-St-Pierre

Est-ce qu’on produit du métal titane à Sorel? De la poudre pour blanchir peinture,plastique,oui.De l’acier de qualité et du scandium très rentable, mais aucune retombée pour Havre-Saint-Pierre, de ce dernier,le métal critique.

Québec
Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTIT) Québec traite le minerai du Nord du Québec depuis plus de 70 ans. L’entreprise est un chef de file mondial dans la production de dioxyde de titane de haute qualité , un produit couramment utilisé comme pigment pour blanchir divers produits tels que la peinture, les textiles et le papier. Elle produit également du fer et de l’acier utilisés dans des applications spécialisées comme l’industrie automobile et les éoliennes.NB.Pas de métal critique.

Établie à Sorel-Tracy depuis 1950, Rio Tinto Fer et Titane Opérations Québec est un important fabricant de matières premières pour les marchés du dioxyde de titane, répondant à 19 % de la demande mondiale. Nous sommes le leader mondial de la production de poudres métalliques et de fonte brute de haute pureté et mettons actuellement en service la première usine de scandium en Amérique du Nord, et la première usine de scandium vert au monde.

Notre mission : En tant qu’équipe fière et engagée, nous travaillons ensemble pour fournir en toute sécurité des solutions innovantes, durables et écologiques à nos clients et au monde en tirant le meilleur parti de nos mines et en exploitant le plus grand complexe de minéraux critiques et métallurgiques au monde.

Complexe métallurgique, RTIT Opérations Québec

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Complexe des minéraux critiques et de la métallurgie, RTIT Opérations Québec
Le Complexe des minéraux critiques et de la métallurgie des opérations RTIT Québec est composé de 7 usines interreliées et représente 100 terrains de football.
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Mine au lac Tio
Notre mine du Lac Tio est située à 43 kilomètres au nord-est de Havre-Saint-Pierre sur le plus grand gisement d’ilménite solide au monde.
Innovation aux opérations de RTIT Québec
Tout au long de son histoire, RTIT Opérations Québec a constamment amélioré ses procédés. Après avoir été les pionniers d’une nouvelle technique de traitement de l’ilménite, nous avons relevé le défi de diversifier notre gamme de produits, RTIT ciblant les marchés des poudres métalliques et de l’acier.

Plusieurs avancées technologiques ont ensuite renforcé l’avantage concurrentiel de nos produits. Dans les années 1990 et au début des années 2000, nous nous sommes concentrés sur le développement, la commercialisation et la mise au point du procédé UGS, qui produit des scories à très haute teneur en dioxyde de titane. En développant l’UGS™, une scorie de titane enrichie vendue aux producteurs de pigments utilisant le procédé au chlorure, et le RTCS (scorie de chlorure Rio Tinto), une scorie issue de sable minéral de Madagascar, RTIT Opérations Québec s’est taillé une solide position sur un marché florissant. Au cours de la dernière décennie, nous avons continué de diversifier nos produits avec l’introduction du laitier de titane RTCS-A™, le développement de nouvelles poudres d’acier pour la fabrication additive (impression 3D) et la production d’oxyde de scandium à partir de résidus miniers.

In 2022, RTIT Quebec Operations became the first North American producer of scandium, a critical mineral used in solid oxide fuel cells and aluminium alloys. Rio Tinto now plans to quadruple its production capacity from the current nameplate capacity of 4 tonnes to up to 12 tonnes of scandium oxide per year.

Decarbonisation of our operations
RTIT Quebec Operations is looking for better ways to decarbonise its operations, with the aim of achieving a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reaching net zero by 2050.

In partnership with the Government of Canada, Rio Tinto has pledged to invest up to C$733 million by 2030 to decarbonise its operations in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec, and position Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium Quebec Operations as a centre of excellence for critical minerals processing.

Scientists at the Critical Minerals and Technology Centre in Sorel-Tracy have pioneered BlueSmelting™, an innovative technology that involves the pre-reduction of ilmenite ore before it is processed in the reduction furnaces. By integrating BlueSmelting™ into our process, we could reduce the amount of energy required to transform the ore by using green hydrogen, among other sources, as a reducing agent.

Critical Minerals and Technology Centre
RTIT Quebec Operations was founded on research and development (R&D), and R&D continue to drive our growth strategy today. The addition of a Technology Centre in 1967 underlined the strategic role that R&D plays at RTIT. The Centre’s mission is to improve our processes, thereby expanding our markets and enhancing the value of our products. Having a team of specialists in a wide range of science and technology fields who provide cutting-edge services and support to RTIT Quebec Operations, Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM), and RTIT customers is our biggest strength.

Today, RTIT Quebec Operations is among the 100 most active companies in research and development in Canada.

Research has an impact on all areas of activity at RTIT, from mining to finished products. The research process is one of constant synergy between research staff and production operations personnel, with all research conducted on site. The Critical Minerals and Technology Centre boasts state-of-the-art equipment and highly specialised instruments, including reactors and other equipment to simulate our processes at the laboratory and pilot levels, as well as inductively coupled plasma spectrometers, X-ray spectrometers, atomic absorption units, gas and image analysers, scanning electron microscopes, and a 3D printer for metals.

Research and development
RTIT Quebec Operations were founded on research and development and they continue to drive our growth strategy. The founding of our Critical Minerals and Technology Centre in 1967 underlined the strategic role that research and development plays and their mission is to develop and improve processes and build the value of our products to expand our markets. Our team of specialists in a wide range of fields of science and technology is a key strength for our business. Today, RTIT Quebec Operations are among the 100 most active Canadian companies in research and development.

Research has an impact on all areas of activity at our RTIT Quebec Operations, from mining to the finished products. Strong links between research staff and operations personnel guarantee the continual improvement of our processes. Whether at the laboratory, the pilot plant or the production facilities, all research is conducted on site. The Critical Minerals and Technology Centre features state-of-the-art equipment and highly specialised instruments, such as inductively coupled plasma spectrometers, X-ray spectrometers, atomic absorption units, image analysers and scanning electron microscopes.

Tio Mine and Terminal
The largest solid ilmenite deposit in the world sits 43 kilometres from Havre-Saint-Pierre. There, Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium Quebec Operations operates the largest open‑pit mine in Quebec.

The mine is notable not only for its size but also for the quality of the ore extracted there. The mined ilmenite is crushed on site and transported by railcar to the port terminal, then sent by ore carrier to the Critical Minerals and Metallurgical Complex.

It is 880 km by boat from Havre-Saint-Pierre to Sorel-Tracy.

A city within a city
Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium Quebec Operations is a city within a city. More than 1,450 people work at our Critical Minerals and Metallurgical Complex in Sorel-Tracy, at 7 different facilities: the reduction furnaces, the enrichment plant, the steel plant, the powder plant, the USG plant, the SO2 recovery plant, and the scandium plant. In total, the Critical Minerals and Metallurgical Complex covers an area equivalent to 100 football fields.

Employé
The BlueSmelting™ project in Sorel-Tracy, Canada, involves a completely new ilmenite reduction technology that could generate 95% less greenhouse gas emissions than the current reduction process, enabling the production of titanium dioxide, steel and metal powders with a significantly lower carbon footprint.
Environment
Water is crucial to our operations, and most of it is pumped from the St. Lawrence River. We use water for a variety of purposes, including various processes and cooling operations in our facilities. RTIT recycles and reuses part of that water internally to reduce water consumption at the source. All the water we use, as well as most rainwater, is treated at our water treatment plant before being discharged back into the river.

As our facilities are located in urban environments, minimising the impact of our operations on the air quality of nearby communities is a priority. This includes monitoring emissions at the source and using a range of equipment to assess air quality at our facilities and in the community.

We care about our communities and look for ways to minimise our footprint and show our commitment to the environment. For example, we installed acoustic walls and silencers to mitigate potential noise pollution that could affect residents in the nearby towns of Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel and Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola. We carry out annual assessments of noise levels from various sources and take corrective action where necessary. Noise levels in the communities are also continuously monitored by 2 noise‑measuring stations.

Communauté
Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium Quebec operations communities
From the outset, Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium Quebec operations has been actively involved in the communities where we work
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Innovation
Finding better ways to do things is in our DNA
Latest RTIT Quebec Operations releases
12 June 2025
Rio Tinto launches ore sorting demonstration project at its Havre-Saint-Pierre mine
HAVRE-SAINT-PIERRE, Canada–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Rio Tinto is investing CA$7.6 million in an industrial demonstration project to assess the integration of an ore sorting technology at its Lac Tio mine located in Havre-Saint-Pierre. The Government of Quebec will contribute CA$2.5 million to this initiative through its Support Program for the Scale-up of Mineral Processing or Primary Transformation

25 July 2024
Rio Tinto and Aymium to establish biocarbon joint venture in Québec
THURSO, Canada–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Rio Tinto and Aymium have formed a new joint venture named Évolys Québec Inc. to manufacture a renewable metallurgical biocarbon product to reduce carbon emissions in large scale industrial processes. This biocarbon, sourced from biomass residues, offers an alternative for anthracite currently used in ilmenite smelting processes at Rio Tinto’s metallurgical co

03 April 2023
Rio Tinto starts BlueSmelting demonstration plant to validate decarbonisation technology
SOREL-TRACY, Canada – Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium (RTIT) has started its BlueSmeltingTM demonstration plant at its metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy as part of the process to validate the BlueSmeltingTM technology, which aims to decarbonise RTIT’s Quebec Operations. The BlueSmeltingTM project involves an ilmenite reduction technology that could generate 95% less greenhouse gas emissi

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