Queensland Alumina Limited: Difference between revisions
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”’Queensland Alumina Limited”’ (”’QAL”’) is one of the largest [[alumina]] [[Refining (metallurgy)|refineries]] by alumina production capacity in the world,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107084533 |title=Q. Alumina refinery to be world’s biggest |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=43 |issue=12,265 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=21 March 1969 |access-date=13 October 2017 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125645684 |title=Queensland Alumina’s ‘ output up to 2.4m tonnes |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55 |issue=16,539 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=7 January 1981 |access-date=13 October 2017 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}} located in [[Parsons Point, Queensland|Parsons Point]], [[South Trees, Queensland|South Trees]], [[Gladstone, Queensland]], Australia.
”’Queensland Alumina Limited”’ (”’QAL”’) is one of the largest [[alumina]] [[Refining (metallurgy)|refineries]] by alumina production capacity in the world,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107084533 |title=Q. Alumina refinery to be world’s biggest |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=43 |issue=12,265 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=21 March 1969 |access-date=13 October 2017 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125645684 |title=Queensland Alumina’s ‘ output up to 2.4m tonnes |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55 |issue=16,539 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=7 January 1981 |access-date=13 October 2017 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}} located in [[Parsons Point, Queensland|Parsons Point]], [[Gladstone, Queensland]], Australia.
The refinery was planned in 1964{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105767703 |title=£52 Million Alumina Plant Plan |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=38 |issue=10,885 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=27 June 1964 |access-date=13 October 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} and has been operating since 1967,{{Citation | author1=Queensland Alumina Ltd | title=Queensland Alumina : official opening procedure, August 1967, Thursday August 3 – Friday August 4 | publication-date=1967 | publisher=Gladstone, Qld. Queensland Alumina | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/210850924 | access-date=13 October 2017 }} the refinery has a capacity to produce 3.95 million tonnes of alumina a year. In 1981 the output was at a quarterly basis over 600,000 tonnes per quarter.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127049670 |title=Alumina record |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55 |issue=16,721 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=8 July 1981 |access-date=13 October 2017 |page=27 |via=National Library of Australia}}
The refinery was planned in 1964{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105767703 |title=£52 Million Alumina Plant Plan |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=38 |issue=10,885 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=27 June 1964 |access-date=13 October 2017 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} and has been operating since 1967,{{Citation | author1=Queensland Alumina Ltd | title=Queensland Alumina : official opening procedure, August 1967, Thursday August 3 – Friday August 4 | publication-date=1967 | publisher=Gladstone, Qld. Queensland Alumina | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/210850924 | access-date=13 October 2017 }} the refinery has a capacity to produce 3.95 million tonnes of alumina a year. In 1981 the output was at a quarterly basis over 600,000 tonnes per quarter.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127049670 |title=Alumina record |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55 |issue=16,721 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=8 July 1981 |access-date=13 October 2017 |page=27 |via=National Library of Australia}}
At times of lower demand, operations have been altered.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101752767 |title=Alumina troubles not long term |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=46 |issue=13,019 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=15 January 1972 |access-date=13 October 2017 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126895883 |title=Alumina shut-down |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=56 |issue=17,031 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=15 May 1982 |access-date=13 October 2017 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}} Subsequent rises in demand have seen expansion in output and employment.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131848415 |title=Alumina plant…
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