Tag: Sumitomo

(Image source: Rio Tinto.) Rio Tinto's Yarwun employees.

Diversifying alumina supply chains in Gladstone, Queensland

Diversifying alumina supply chains in Gladstone, Queensland Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Corporation will build a first-of-a-kind hydrogen plant in Gladstone, Queensland, as part of a A$111.1m program aimed at lowering carbon emissions from the alumina refining process, it was announced yesterday. This came on the same day the Queensland Government formally announced $21.7m in funding for Alpha HPA Limited’s second stage of HPA First Project, a $300m-plus high-purity alumina (HPA) facility in Gladstone. The Rio Tinto-Sumitomo Yarwun Hydrogen Calcination Pilot Demonstration Program, where hydrated alumina is heated up to 1000 °C, received a $32.1m funding boost from the Federal Government’s Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). Rio Tinto Aluminium...

Northparkes: Expanding horizons

Northparkes: Expanding horizons

THE China Molybdenum Company (CMOC) and Sumitomo announced the final approval of an Expansion Project at CMOC-Northparkes Mines (Northparkes) in the Central West of New South Wales early this year, with main construction activities scheduled to commence this quarter. While the project will include improvements to underground mining, ore processing and facilities to increase processing capacity by more than 15pc, to 7.6Mtpa, full benefits of the project are not expected to be realised till late 2020. Northparkes managing director Hubert Lehman said the investment will be $72M spread over two years. “Following the announcement of our next block cave mine, E26 Lift 1 North earlier this year, this is another major investment in the future of our business,” Mr Lehman...