Rusal expansion plans from Limerick plant to be decided in Dublin Reporter: '); '); 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.