ROUYN-NORANDA, QC, Sept. 22, 2023 /CNW/ - Glencore is pleased to announce the inauguration of its new Rouyn-Noranda office, located in Abitibi-Témiscamingue region. This new centre of expertise brings together more than 60 professionals from the copper division, who will support the company's activities in North America and Philippines.
"The expertise of our Rouyn-Noranda staff in metallurgy and recycling is recognized throughout the world. This expertise is required not only for our local activities, but also for Glencore's operations in North America and Philippines. It therefore became beneficial to bring together different teams in the same location and ensure that workspaces could be offered to everyone » said Claude Bélanger, Chief Operating Officer for North America and Philippines copper assets.
The opening of the Rouyn-Noranda office comes as Glencore adapts its activities to meet the needs generated by the global transition toward sustainable transportation and clean energy, which requires significant volumes of base and precious metals.
Claude Bélanger added: "Electrification requires a lot of copper and Glencore plays a central role in the supply chain of this strategic metal. Over the coming years, Rouyn-Noranda employees will improve this supply chain so that it meets the needs of emerging industries. Besides leading the Aeris project, which will bring about the complete modernization of the Horne smelter, Rouyn-Noranda employees will be called upon to support initiatives that will allow Glencore copper to provide the strategic metals necessary for the energy transition in a more efficient and sustainable way."
The Aeris project represents the largest modernization initiative in the history of the Horne smelter, with investments of more than $500 million to significantly reduce the site's overall emissions, modernize certain stages of the production process and increase recycling capacities.
Mr. Bélanger concluded: "The value-added cycle of copper already integrates many principles of the circular economy, and we will be able to increase this circularity thanks to the contribution of Rouyn-Noranda staff. It is therefore with pride that I inaugurate these new offices, which will allow Glencore to benefit from the region's talent and promote its expertise abroad."
Glencore is one of the world's largest diversified global natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities that advance everyday life. Through a network of assets, customers and suppliers that spans the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market and distribute the commodities that support decarbonization while meeting the energy needs of today.
With around 140,000 employees and contractors and a strong footprint in over 35 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, our marketing and industrial activities are supported by a global network of more than 40 offices.
Glencore's customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities.
Glencore is proud to be a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the International Council on Mining and Metals. We are an active participant in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
We recognize our responsibility to contribute to the global effort to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement by decarbonizing our own operational footprint. We believe that we should take a holistic approach and have considered our commitment through the lens of our global industrial emissions. Against a 2019 baseline, we are committed to reducing our Scope 1, 2 and 3 industrial emissions by 15% by the end of 2026, 50% by the end of 2035 and we have an ambition to achieve net zero industrial emissions by the end of 2050. For more detail see our 2022 Climate Report on the publication page of our website at glencore.com/publications.
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