State Western Australia Products Alumina Financial year 2015 Year of acquisition 2015 | Country Australia Production 3,819 kt Phone +61 8 9734 8311 Opened 1984 | |
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Location Worsley, Western Australia Address Gastaldo Rd, Worsley WA 6225, Australia Hours Open today ยท Open 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursSuggest an edit Company South32 (86%) Japan Alumina Associated (10%) Sojitz Alumina Pty Ltd (4%) Similar Coates Hire, Premier Coal Limited, Shire of Collie, Collie Visitor Centre, Griffin Coal Mining Company | ||
Worsley Alumina comprises a bauxite mine located near the town of Boddington and an Alumina refinery located near Worsley. Ore is mined then transport 50 km to the refinery via an overland conveyor system. Alumina is then transported 55 km to the port of Bunbury for shipping.
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390 redundancies were made in late February 2016 to reduce costs including long serving personal and those on maternity leave.
Bauxite Mine
The Mount Saddleback bauxite mine is located in an area 10 km south of the town of Boddington, the orebody exists as a hardcap layer of between 2 and 12 meters thick, it is drilled and blasted before bulldozers can access the softer ore below. The ore is first crushed to a diameter less than 18 cm before a second stage reduces it to 3 cm.
Alumina Refinery
The refinery uses a four-stage Bayer Process to transform the red bauxite rock into white alumina powder.