Celebrating 15 Years at Rio Tinto Yarwun Alumina Refinery Operations

On 18 November 2004, the first alumina shipment of 14,270 tonnes left Gladstone Harbour on a vessel called Black Forest to be turned into aluminium in Chila. This month, Yarwun Operations is celebrating 15 years since that day.

Mark Gilmore Rio Tinto Yarwun general manager said “I am thrilled to be celebrating this significant milestone with our employees and contracting partners. Since our first shipment, we have grown from strength to strength, more than doubling production capacity in 2012. Over our 15 years we have produced more than 30 million tonnes of alumina. This has been turned into aluminium that is used all around the world in technology, transport and communications industries.”