a little rundown on ALSA2002:New dross processing plant at...

a little rundown on ALSA


2002:
New dross processing plant at Becancour (page 42)

As other Alcoa smelters in Quebec, also interested in reducing waste production, had their dross processed by Recyclage d'Aluminium Québec inc. (R.A.Q. inc.), we decided to get together and ask this supplier to implement a process making it possible to eliminate landfill of waste generated by dross treatment.
Recyclage d'Aluminium Québec inc. accepted the challenge. They also had to find a solution to empty their temporary storage units containing treated dross waste. The owners researched a number of specialized companies and entered into an agreement with a German firm, A.L.S.A., which has owned two dross treatment facilities in Germany for several years.
The deal signed with A.L.S.A. made it possible to develop, adapt and build a new dross processing plant in the Becancour Industrial Park on land owned by R.A.Q. inc.


January 12, 2009
Insolvency for salt slag recycler

Germany: Suffering from high debts, aluminium salt slag recycler AGOR AG of Cologne in Germany has filed for bankruptcy. Furthermore, company Chairman Hans Joachim Wünsche has stepped down from his position.
According to a statement from AGOR AG, the company had required immediate extra funding to cover short-term costs. Ultimately, however, the necessary liquidity could not be obtained from the banks. Some weeks ago, AGOR AG informed subsidiary ALSA Services Canada - as well as the latter's daughter companies ALSA Aluminium Canada Inc. and Recyclage d'Aluminium Quebec Inc. - that it intended to sell them.


21 April 2011
Alsa Services Canada Inc. et Recyclage D'Aluminium Québec Inc. et Alsa Aluminium Canada Inc. has been granted protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA)

Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada