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'''Queensland Alumina Limited''' (QAL) is one of the largest [[alumina]] [[Refinery|refineries]] by alumina production capacity in the world<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107084533 |title=Q. Alumina refinery to be world's biggest |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=43, |issue=12,265 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=21 March 1969 |accessdate=13 October 2017 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125645684 |title=Queensland Alumina's ' output up to 2.4m tonnes |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55, |issue=16,539 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=7 January 1981 |accessdate=13 October 2017 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>, located in [[Gladstone, Queensland]], Australia.
'''Queensland Alumina Limited''' (QAL) is one of the largest [[alumina]] [[Refining (metallurgy)|refineries]] by alumina production capacity in the world<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107084533 |title=Q. Alumina refinery to be world's biggest |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=43, |issue=12,265 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=21 March 1969 |accessdate=13 October 2017 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125645684 |title=Queensland Alumina's ' output up to 2.4m tonnes |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55, |issue=16,539 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=7 January 1981 |accessdate=13 October 2017 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>, located in [[Gladstone, Queensland]], Australia.


The refinery was planned in 1964<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105767703 |title=£52 Million Alumina Plant Plan |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=38, |issue=10,885 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=27 June 1964 |accessdate=13 October 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and has been operating since 1967<ref>{{Citation | author1=Queensland Alumina Ltd | title=Queensland Alumina : official opening procedure, August 1967, Thursday August 3 - Friday August 4 | publication-date=1967 | publisher=Gladstone, Qld. Queensland Alumina | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/210850924 | accessdate=13 October 2017 }}</ref>, the refinery has a capacity to produce 3.95 million tonnes of alumina a year. In 1981 the output was at a quarterly basis over 600,000 tonnes per quarter.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127049670 |title=Alumina record |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55, |issue=16,721 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=8 July 1981 |accessdate=13 October 2017 |page=27 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The refinery was planned in 1964<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105767703 |title=£52 Million Alumina Plant Plan |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=38, |issue=10,885 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=27 June 1964 |accessdate=13 October 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and has been operating since 1967<ref>{{Citation | author1=Queensland Alumina Ltd | title=Queensland Alumina : official opening procedure, August 1967, Thursday August 3 - Friday August 4 | publication-date=1967 | publisher=Gladstone, Qld. Queensland Alumina | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/210850924 | accessdate=13 October 2017 }}</ref>, the refinery has a capacity to produce 3.95 million tonnes of alumina a year. In 1981 the output was at a quarterly basis over 600,000 tonnes per quarter.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127049670 |title=Alumina record |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55, |issue=16,721 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=8 July 1981 |accessdate=13 October 2017 |page=27 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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Queensland Alumina Limited
The refinery in 2008
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OperatedSince 1967 (1967)
LocationGladstone, Queensland
Coordinates23°52′1″S 151°17′25″E / 23.86694°S 151.29028°E / -23.86694; 151.29028
IndustryAlumina refinery
Owner(s)Rio Tinto Alcan (80%)
Rusal (20%)

Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) is one of the largest alumina refineries by alumina production capacity in the world[1][2], located in Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.

The refinery was planned in 1964[3] and has been operating since 1967[4], the refinery has a capacity to produce 3.95 million tonnes of alumina a year. In 1981 the output was at a quarterly basis over 600,000 tonnes per quarter.[5]

At times of lower demand, operations have been altered.[6][7] Subsequent rises in demand have seen expansion in output and employment.[8]

QAL has been operated by a range of consortium partners of international aluminium producers over time. Comalco brought in to the consortium in 1969.[9] In 1982 it was owned Comalco (30.3%), Kaiser Aluminum (28.3%), Alcan (21.4%), and Pechiney Ugine Kuhlmann (20%).[10]

Since April 2005, it has been owned by Rio Tinto Alcan (80%) and Rusal (20%).[11] In September 2017 the QAL celebrated 50 years of operation.[12][13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Q. Alumina refinery to be world's biggest". The Canberra Times. Vol. 43, , no. 12, 265. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 March 1969. p. 15. Retrieved 13 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  2. ^ "Queensland Alumina's ' output up to 2.4m tonnes". The Canberra Times. Vol. 55, , no. 16, 539. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 January 1981. p. 19. Retrieved 13 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  3. ^ "£52 Million Alumina Plant Plan". The Canberra Times. Vol. 38, , no. 10, 885. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 June 1964. p. 3. Retrieved 13 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  4. ^ Queensland Alumina Ltd (1967), Queensland Alumina : official opening procedure, August 1967, Thursday August 3 - Friday August 4, Gladstone, Qld. Queensland Alumina, retrieved 13 October 2017
  5. ^ "Alumina record". The Canberra Times. Vol. 55, , no. 16, 721. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 July 1981. p. 27. Retrieved 13 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  6. ^ "Alumina troubles not long term". The Canberra Times. Vol. 46, , no. 13, 019. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 January 1972. p. 19. Retrieved 13 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  7. ^ "Alumina shut-down". The Canberra Times. Vol. 56, , no. 17, 031. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 May 1982. p. 20. Retrieved 13 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  8. ^ "Alumina plant to lift output". The Canberra Times. Vol. 57, , no. 17, 421. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 June 1983. p. 13. Retrieved 13 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  9. ^ "Comalco gains interest in Q'ld Alumina". The Canberra Times. Vol. 44, , no. 12, 457. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 1 November 1969. p. 22. Retrieved 13 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  10. ^ "Alumina shut-down". The Canberra Times. Vol. 56, , no. 17, 031. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 May 1982. p. 20. Retrieved 13 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  11. ^ In the aluminium power play, water works The Age 23 April 2005
  12. ^ Christine Mckee, (13 September 2017), QAL celebrates 50 years in Gladstone, The Observer (Gladstone). Retrieved 13 October 2017
  13. ^ Queensland Alumina Limited (1975), Queensland Alumina : the giant that never sleeps, the Company, retrieved 13 October 2017

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