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Queensland Coordinator-General approves alumina plant in central Queensland boasting world-first processing
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An example of the processing facility at Alpha HPA s demonstration plant in Brisbane.
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The company behind a $300 million high purity alumina plant (HPA) in central Queensland says it will use a world-first process to produce alumina for export.
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The company behind the proposal says Gladstone s port makes it a prime location
Alpha HPA s Rimas Kairaitis says it will be a world-first use of processing technology to produce alumina
Queensland s Deputy Premier Stephen Miles has announced coordinator-general approval for Sydney-based industrial-tech company Alpha HPA to build a plant within the Gladstone State Development Area.
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UPDATE: Gladstone is one step closer to being the home of one of the world s largest high purity alumina refineries after the $300 million plant received Queensland Government planning approval. On Thursday at the 9.2 hectare site in Yarwun, 10km out of Gladstone, Gladstone MP Glenn Butcher announced Alpha HPA had received the approval from the coordinator general. What this will mean for the Gladstone region is 300 construction jobs when it starts and 120 full time employees in the operational phase, Mr Butcher said. Alpha HPA chief operations officer Rob Williamson and member for Gladstone Glenn Butcher at the site of a planned high purity alumina refinery on February 11, 2021.