British Aluminium Company started hydropower plant development in 1906, and produced aluminium from 1908 to 1945.
The company was bought again by the Canadian-based Alcan in 1982.
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Despite overcapacity during the 1960s, a large smelter built on the promise of cheap nuclear generated electricity commenced production in Invergordon in 1971; this plant would close eleven years later.
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Its officials made pitches to large industrial power users, but aluminium companies Alcan, Alcoa and British Aluminium all rejected the possibility of building smelters in Labrador.