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QIT’s metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy is the only one of its
kind in the world. It is the site of several interconnected plants
with varied but complementary types of production. The reduction
plant is at the heart of the complex and has nine furnaces that feed
the entire production line. The smelted ore is transformed into
titanium dioxide and iron, or transported to the steel plant and the
metal powder plant for further processing. The resulting products
are used as raw materials by pigment producers, the automotive
industry and foundries.
Developed by QIT in the 1940s, the reduction process makes it
possible to extract iron and titanium dioxide from the ore and made
QIT the first company in the world to remove iron from ilmenite for
commercial use.
QIT-Fer et Titane employs more than 1400 people at its
Sorel-Tracy site. Home to the production facilities, the complex
also houses the QIT research centre and the company’s head office.
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