Customer: Bechtel Australia Pty Ltd.
Owner: Rio Tinto Aluminium Limited
Location: Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
Material Standard: GB
Shop Fabrication Code: AISC AWS
Tonnage: 1,165 MT
Duration: Oct.2008~Dec.2009
USSL Project No.: 8925
Project Description:
Rio Tinto Alcan Yarwun is a world class alumina refinery situated ten kilometres north-west of Gladstone in Central Queensland. Bauxite is transported from Rio Tinto Alcan's mining operations in Weipa on Western Cape York to be processed into alumina at the Yarwun refinery using the four-stage Bayer process. Opened in March 2005 and expanded in 2012, the Yarwun refinery has the capacity to produce 3.4 million tonnes of alumina per annum and creates employment for more than 700 people.
Rio Tinto Alcan Yarwun uses leading edge technology and environmental design features. A key element of the expansion is a 160 megawatt cogeneration facility, which reduces our greenhouse gas intensity, harnesses heat that would otherwise be wasted, and feeds surplus, low emission electricity back into the Queensland electricity grid.