Legault in Sept-Îles for an “important” announcement on aluminum

The Prime Minister of Quebec, François Legault, will be in Sept-Îles on Friday. He will go to Alouette alumina to make an “important economic announcement concerning the aluminum sector in Quebec”, can be read in a media invitation.

This visit occurs a few months after the alumina has announced that it had to invest $ 1 billion if Hydro-Québec was ready to revise its prices in a future supply agreement.

Two days ago, the financial and economic information agency Bloomberg even argued that Alouette was to invest $ 1.5 billion to modernize its facilities in Sept-Îles.

The news agency also indicated that aluminum has concluded a new electricity supply agreement with Hydro-Québec. The Crown Company did not respond to our request for information on this subject.

Alouette aluminum will comment on Friday noon

The investment was not confirmed by Alouette. The company said it would not comment on this information before Friday noon.

Prime Minister Legault will first meet the management of the North-Côotière aluminum before addressing the media representatives at the end of the morning.

For the occasion, the Prime Minister will be accompanied in particular by the Minister of the Economy, Innovation and Energy, Christine Fréchette, and the Minister of Employment, head of the Côte-Nord region, Kateri Champagne Jourdain.

Already palpable enthusiasm in the region

For the mayor of Port-Cartier, Alain Thibault, such an investment would be beneficial for SMEs and workers in his municipality. The modernization project could, among other things, make it possible to create jobs, according to him.

Alouette is a very good employer, it’s still good well -paid jobs. And that makes the economy turnhe argues.

The mayor estimates that around 200 citizens of Port-Cartier work at Alouette. The company has nearly 950 employees in the Sept-Îles region.

In addition to greeting job creation, citizens encountered in Sept-Îles believe that Alouette’s investments can contribute to the vitality of the region.

If it can maintain open shops and restaurants, so much the bettersays retired Pierre Morneau. It makes the city liveadds teacher Jessica Forget-Caruel.

For his part, the citizen Dominic Côté hopes that aluminum projects will help Sept-Îles to face the issue of lack of housing.

We have been waiting for new economic advances for a long time in Sept-Îles. We are happy that projects are calmly realizehe shares.

In this regard, the coordinator of the regional office of Sept-Îles of the Metallos union, Stéphane Néron, believes that more roofs and services will take so that workers can settle in the region and cause local economic benefits.

If we are not able to attract families to the regions, we may invest in companies, what it will do is that it will promote turnipageexplains Stéphane Néron.

The news is still well received from metallos, some of which working in the fields of construction and hospitality could indirectly benefit from a major alumina factory.

With information from Lucas Sanniti