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RIO Tinto completes expansion of its Yarwun alumina refinery
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RIO Tinto has completed construction on the $2.4 billion expansion of its Yarwun alumina refinery and has begun the process of ramping up to full production next year.
"The Yarwun expansion project will more than double production at the refinery to 3.4 million tonnes of alumina per year, making Rio Tinto Alcan the world's leading bauxite and alumina producer," Armando Torres, chief operating officer for bauxite and alumina at Rio's Alcan aluminum division, said.
Mr Torres said the focus for the remainder of the year would be to bring the expanded plant safely into stable operation and gradually increase its production capacity.
The Yarwun plant, located 10 kilometers northwest of Gladstone in central Queensland, began refining bauxite into alumina in 2004.
"The Yarwun expansion project will more than double production at the refinery to 3.4 million tonnes of alumina per year, making Rio Tinto Alcan the world's leading bauxite and alumina producer," Armando Torres, chief operating officer for bauxite and alumina at Rio's Alcan aluminum division, said.
Mr Torres said the focus for the remainder of the year would be to bring the expanded plant safely into stable operation and gradually increase its production capacity.
The Yarwun plant, located 10 kilometers northwest of Gladstone in central Queensland, began refining bauxite into alumina in 2004.
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