Huntly bauxite mine
| Huntly bauxite mine | |||
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| General information about the mine | |||
| Mining technology | Open pit | ||
| Information about the mining company | |||
| Operating company | Alcoa | ||
| Funded raw materials | |||
| Degradation of | bauxite | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 32 ° 35 '1.5 " S , 116 ° 4' 2" E | ||
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| Location | Dwellingup | ||
| State | Western Australia | ||
| Country | Australia | ||
The Huntly bauxite mine is located at Dwellingup in the Darling Range in Western Australia . The world's largest opened bauxite - mining in 1976, the year supports 23 million tonnes of bauxite. In 2010 this mine was one of the five largest bauxite mines in Australia.
Mining operations
The bauxite ore is processed in the Pinjarra and Kwinana refineries. To the east is the Willowdale bauxite mine , which opened in 1984 and produces around 9 million tons of bauxite annually; it is processed into aluminum oxide in the Wagerup refinery .
10 million tons of aluminum are produced annually from the bauxite of both mines in fused- salt electrolysis systems. That is 47 percent of Australia's aluminum production. The aluminum production of Alcoa of Australia in Western Australia amounts to 13 percent of global aluminum production.
According to the mine operator Alcoa, an area of around 600 ha is recultivated every year .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ aluminum.org.au : Australian bauxite , in English, accessed on April 5, 2012
- ↑ aluminum.rog.au ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Jarrahdale, Huntly and Willowdale Mines , in English, accessed April 5, 2012
