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Overview – Übersicht

Today- Heute: New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited Formerly früher: Comalco

Operation data

Employees (2009)

750 and 120 contractors

Production (2009)

271,902 tonnes

Products

Ingot, Billet, Rolling Block & T-Bar

Operation commenced production

April 1971

Rio Tinto Alcan ownership

Rio Tinto Alcan 79.36% Sumitomo Chemical Co. 20.64%

Markets

Japan, other Asian countries, Europe, USA and NZ

Technology

P69 and CD200 reduction cell technology

 

NZAS is 79.36 per cent owned by Rio Tinto Alcan (New Zealand) and 20.64 per cent owned by Japan's Sumitomo Chemical Company

Rio Tinto Alcan New Zealand

Limited (formerly Comalco New

Zealand Limited)

NZAS contributes $506 million to the Southland economy (13.5 per cent of Southland's GDP), 2,400 full time equivalent jobs and $1,700 million in Southland regional sales.  Export revenue is around $1 billion each year.

 http://www.riotintoalcan.com/ENG/whatweproduce/1804_nzas.asp

 

 

 

 

Comalco

is a supplier of bauxite, alumina and primary aluminium to Australia, New Zealand and export markets.

It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto and provides about 20% of Australia's total production of bauxite,

8% of its alumina and

24% of its primary aluminium.

It is the world's eighth largest aluminium company.

In 2002, Comalco earned US$ 256 million for its shareholder Rio Tinto.

(situation 2002) 

Comalco

ist Lieferant von Bauxit, Aluminiumoxid und Primäraluminium nach Australien, Neuseeland und in den sonstigen Export.

Sie ist eine 100%ige Tochtergesellschaft von Rio Tinto und liefert ca. 20% der australischen Gesamtproduktion von Bauxit,

8% von Aluminiumoxid und

24% des =Primäraluminiums.

Sie ist das acht größte Aluminium Unternehmen in der Welt.
Im Jahr 2002 erwirtschaftete Comalco 256 Millionen US$ für seinen Besitzer Rio Tinto.

 

(Stand Jahr 2002)

 

 

Comalco’s interests include:
Comalco´s Beteiligungen umfassen:

(Stand Jahr 2002)

 Operation

 

Production

Comalco Ownership

*       Weipa

Bauxite- Bauxit
mine- Minen

11.2 mtpa
Expanding to 16.5mtpa
Ausweitung auf 16,5mtpa

100%

 

 

*       Comalco
Alumina
Refinery

Alumina Refinery
Aluminiumoxidwerk

Construction
(1.4mpta capacity)
Auslegung (1,4mtpa)

100%

 

*       Bell Bay

Aluminium Smelter
Aluminium- Schmelzwerk

164,000 tpa

100%

 

*       Boyne
Smelters

Aluminium Smelter
Aluminium- Schmelzwerk

522,000 tpa

59% (Manager)

 

  • New Zealand
    Aluminium
    Smelters

Aluminium Smelter
Aluminium- Schmelzwerk

334,000 tpa

79.36% (Manager)

 

  1. Queensland
    Alumina Limited

Alumina Refinery
Aluminiumoxidwerk

3.6 mtpa

38.6% (Joint Venture Board Member)

 

 

 

  • Gladstone
    Power Station

Power Station
Energiversorgung

1680 megawatts

42% (Joint Venture Member)

http://www.comalco.com./31_gladstone_power_station.asp

*       Anglesey

Aluminium smelter
Aluminium- Schmelzwerk

140,000 tpa

51% (owned by Rio Tinto, managed by Comalco)

 

 

*       Eurallumina
SpA

Alumina Refinery
Aluminiumoxidwerk

1 mtpa

56% (Joint Venture Board Member)