The aluminum manufacturing complex is a joint venture of Ma’aden Alcoa aluminum and includes a bauxite mine, an alumina refinery, aluminum smelter and rolling mill.
Alcoa will continue to supply the smelter with aluminum till the mine and the refinery come into operation in 2014. First production from the smelter is scheduled for 2013.
Alcoa Global Primary Products Growth president Ken Wisnoski said, "It’s reassuring for us that Alcoa’s Western Australian operations are solidly behind us in this joint venture. The international team deployed on this project includes many Australians and it is pleasing to see that contribution now augmented by the supply of world-class feedstock for the new smelter."
