Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals is a joint venture between Alumina Limited (40% share) and Alcoa (60% share) and is abbreviated to AWAC. AWAC's business is the mining of bauxite,[1] the extraction of alumina (aluminium oxide) and the smelting of aluminium. It has about 25% of the global alumina market. Alcoa acts as the day-to-day manager.
The Point Henry smelter commenced full production on April 4, 1963. It has a production capacity of 185,000 tonnes of aluminium a year.[4] March 20, 1969, saw Alcoa's own brown coal-fired Anglesea Power Station brought on line at augment the electricity supply from the Victorian grid.[5] The Point Henry smelter closed in 2014.
Other operations
AWAC has other operations in Brazil, Guinea, Jamaica, Suriname, Spain, and the USA
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^Birnbauer, William; Dowling, Jason (May 21, 2006). "The Age - 'Greenhouse showdown over smelter' - May 21, 2006". Melbourne. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
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^R. Arklay and I. Sayer – 'Geelong's Electric Supply' – September 1970
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alcoa, world, alumina, chemicals, joint, venture, between, alumina, limited, share, alcoa, share, abbreviated, awac, awac, business, mining, bauxite, extraction, alumina, aluminium, oxide, smelting, aluminium, about, global, alumina, market, alcoa, acts, manag. Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals is a joint venture between Alumina Limited 40 share and Alcoa 60 share and is abbreviated to AWAC AWAC s business is the mining of bauxite 1 the extraction of alumina aluminium oxide and the smelting of aluminium It has about 25 of the global alumina market Alcoa acts as the day to day manager Contents 1 Australian operations 1 1 Portland smelter 1 2 Point Henry smelter 2 Other operations 3 See also 4 ReferencesAustralian operations EditAlcoa has two smelters in Victoria located at Portland and Point Henry in Victoria It has three alumina refineries in Western Australia located at Kwinana Beach Pinjarra and Wagerup and two bauxite mines at Huntly and Willowdale also in Western Australia 2 Portland smelter Edit Main article Portland aluminium smelter The Portland smelter produces about 360 000 tonnes of aluminium a year and is Victoria s largest single exporter 2 3 Point Henry smelter Edit Main article Point Henry smelter The Point Henry smelter commenced full production on April 4 1963 It has a production capacity of 185 000 tonnes of aluminium a year 4 March 20 1969 saw Alcoa s own brown coal fired Anglesea Power Station brought on line at augment the electricity supply from the Victorian grid 5 The Point Henry smelter closed in 2014 Other operations EditAWAC has other operations in Brazil Guinea Jamaica Suriname Spain and the USASee also EditAlumina Aluminium smelting Alcoa Alumina Limited Australian Aluminium Council List of Alumina Refineries List of aluminium smelters AWAC webpageReferences Edit Alcoa Company Profile Australian Shares Retrieved on 2014 10 08 a b Alcoa in Australia Archived from the original on 19 August 2007 Retrieved 2007 08 13 Birnbauer William Dowling Jason May 21 2006 The Age Greenhouse showdown over smelter May 21 2006 Melbourne Retrieved 2007 08 13 About Point Henry Archived from the original on 2007 09 27 Retrieved 2007 08 13 R Arklay and I Sayer Geelong s Electric Supply September 1970 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals amp oldid 1098937501, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
