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
- ^ "Norsk Hydro 2006 Annual Report". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928015135/http://www.hydro.com/library/attachments/en/investor_relations/financial_reports/pdf_annual_report_2006/annual_report_2006.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
- ^ "Alton Tabereaux - 'Prebake Cell Technology: A Global Review', JOM, 52 (2), pp 22-28.". http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/0002/Tabereaux-0002.html. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
Coordinates: 32°47′26″S 151°28′51″E / 32.79056°S 151.48083°E
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