Northern Connector, January 30, 2015

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◆ NEWS Terrace population drops, P. 2 ◆ NEWS Fight over ferry dock , P. 3

◆ SPORTS Winterhawks win tourney, P. 23 ◆ CLASSIFIEDS, P. 14-20

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Volume 9 Issue 30

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TERRACE - Jake Blix, at right in first photo, was the gold medal winner in carpentry while Samuel Christiansen, right in second photo, was the gold medal winner in welding at the Jan. 23 Skills Canada regional competitions held at Northwest Community College. With Blix is college trades, natural resources development and health dean Brent Speidel and with Christiansen is college trades program coordinator Keisha Reichert. For results, see Page 6.

Kitimat smelter modernization project set for completion first half of this year By Cameron Orr

THE NORTHERN CONNECTOR

KITIMAT - While the company has kept mum on any specific dates, Rio Tinto, in its fourth quarter operations report, says Kitimat’s modernization will be done in the first half of 2015. “Aluminium production in 2014 was broadly in line with 2013, despite the closure of Shawinigan in November 2013 and the partial shutdown at Kitimat, which continues to prepare

for full commissioning of the modernized smelter during the first half of 2015,” read the company’s report, released January 19. The 2015 completion comes one year later than the company predicted when they first announced modernization at the tail end of 2011. Michel Lamarre, RTA’s project director for the modernization at that time, had said first metal in the new smelter would be poured in the first half of 2014.

At the time the project was slated to cost $2.7 billion as well, but that too has changed. In financial results posted last year, Rio Tinto said the project was now projected to cost $4.8 billion. Overall for Rio Tinto’s 2014 performance, Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh said “We have had a successful year of production, capped off with a robust fourth quarter. Output is in line with our targets across all of our major products. In a challeng-

ing market Rio Tinto remains focused on operating and commercial excellence to leverage our low-cost position and maximize value for shareholders.” The modernization project has resulted in the expenditure of millions in the regional economy, providing jobs to local residents and a revenue stream to suppliers of various goods and services. At the same time, traffic at the Northwest Regional Airport also increased as workers were flown in and out of camps.

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