Kurri Kurri aluminium smelter

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The Kurri Kurri aluminium smelter is located at Kurri Kurri, in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. The smelter produced 164,000 tonnes of aluminium in 2006 [1] and is owned and operated by Hydro Aluminium - part of the Norsk Hydro group.

[edit] History

The first potline of the Kurri Kurri smelter was started in 1969. The smelter was originally owned by Alcan and uses Alcan end-to-end prebake technology.[2]

The smelter now comprises three potlines of end-to-end cells.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Norsk Hydro 2006 Annual Report. Retrieved on 2007-08-25.
  2. ^ Alton Tabereaux - 'Prebake Cell Technology: A Global Review', JOM, 52 (2), pp 22-28.. Retrieved on 2007-08-19.

Coordinates: 32°47′26″S, 151°28′51″E

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