B.C. minister says Rio Tinto confident it will find non-U. S. aluminum buyers

From CTV News

The operators of the BC Works aluminum smelter in the province’s north are confident it will find non-U. S. markets for its product, the minister co-ordinating British Columbia’s response to tariff threats from the United States said Monday.

Ravi Kahlon said that B.C. Premier David Eby had recently met with Rio Tinto and the company had a “good level of confidence” fresh markets would be found in a “fairly quick way” for aluminum produced at the Kitimat facility.

The government has been working with Rio Tinto and others to work out how to move B.C. products to other jurisdictions since the moment tariffs were suggested by U.S. President Donald Trump, Kahlon said.