RUSAL’s plans to expand its facility in Limerick have suffered a setback after an environmental coalition secured High Court approval to challenge the pla.
Environmental groups have begun a legal challenge against the decision to allow Aughnish Alumina to expand its facilities.The west-Limerick factory, on the Shan.
A DETAILED report on Aughinish Alumina’s expansion plans met with little reaction when it came before Limerick councillors. Just two councillors spoke on .
Rusal expansion plans from Limerick plant to be decided in Dublin
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RUSAL Alumina at Aughinish will be able to bypass local planning regulations as part of its application to increase its operation.
An Bord Pleanála has ruled a proposed extension of an extraction facility at what’s the continent’s biggest facility of its kind can be considered under the fast-track planning process.
It means an application can go straight to the national authority.
Aughinish Alumina believe the project was of strategic economic importance to both the State and the Mid-West – citing an opinion from the European Commission that bauxite is considered a critical raw material across the continent.