LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - The Alouette aluminium smelter in Canada, the biggest in the Americas, does not plan to declare force majeure, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday, denying a market rumour.
There was speculation in the market that Alouette may have to take the measure due to a shortage of raw material alumina.
"We have not declared force majeure and we do not intend to declare it either," a spokeswoman told Reuters.
The operation has an annual capacity of 600,000 tonnes of primary aluminium, according to its website.
The smelter is owned by a consortium, with 40 percent owned by Rio Tinto RIO.L , 20 percent stakes held by both AMAG Austria Metall AG AMAV.VI and Norsk Hydro NHY.OL , 13.3 percent by Japan's Marubeni and 6.7 percent by Investissement Québec.