About fifteen kilometres northwest from Kitamaat is Kitimat, the industrial town that the global mining group Alcan (acquired by Rio Tinto in 2007) carved from the rainforest in the 1950s to house workers and support the needs of its aluminum smelter.
"If the project application is approved, the existing warehouse will undergo market-ready improvements, such as a refreshed ancillary office space, power upgrade, LED lights, site paving and roof repairs to accommodate a potential vehicle delivery center."