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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.