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'''Queensland Alumina Limited''' is one of the largest [[alumina]] [[refinery|refineries]] by alumina production capacity in the world <ref>{{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 |accessdate=13 October 2017 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref><ref>{{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 |accessdate=13 October 2017 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>, located in [[Gladstone, Queensland|Gladstone]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]].
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| owner = [[Rio Tinto Alcan]] (80%)<br>[[Rusal]] (20%)
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The'''Queensland refineryAlumina wasLimited''' planned('''QAL''') is one of the largest [[alumina]] [[Refining (metallurgy)|refineries]] by alumina production capacity in 1964the world,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105767703article107084533 |title=£52Q. MILLIONAlumina refinery to ALUMINAbe PLANTworld's PLANbiggest |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=38,43 |issue=1012,885265 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=2721 JuneMarch 19641969 |accessdateaccess-date=13 October 2017 |page=315 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref> and has been operating since 1967 <ref>{{Citation | author1=Queensland Alumina Ltd | title=Queensland Alumina : official opening procedure, August 1967, Thursday August 3 - Friday August 4 | publicationarchive-date=196721 |August publisher=Gladstone, Qld. Queensland Alumina2023 | archive-url=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20230821103153/https://trove.nla.gov.au/worknewspaper/210850924article/107084533 | accessdateurl-status=13 October 2017live }}</ref>, 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. <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127049670article125645684 |title=Queensland Alumina's record' output up to 2.4m tonnes |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55, |issue=16,721539 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=87 JulyJanuary 1981 |accessdateaccess-date=13 October 2017 |page=2719 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=21 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821103138/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/125645684 |url-status=live }}</ref> located in [[Parsons Point, Queensland|Parsons Point]], [[South Trees, Queensland|South Trees]], [[Gladstone, Queensland]], Australia.
 
AtThe timesrefinery ofwas lowerplanned demand,in operations have been altered.1964<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101752767article105767703 |title=Alumina£52 troublesMillion notAlumina longPlant termPlan |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=46,38 |issue=1310,019885 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=1527 JanuaryJune 19721964 |accessdateaccess-date=13 October 2017 |page=193 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>|archive-date=21 <ref>{{citeAugust news2023 |archive-url=httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20230821103136/https://trove.nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126895883newspaper/article/105767703 |titleurl-status=Aluminalive shut-down}}</ref> |newspaper=[[Theand Canberrahas Times]]been |volume=56operating since 1967,<ref>{{Citation |issue author1=17,031Queensland Alumina Ltd |location title=AustralianQueensland CapitalAlumina Territory: official opening procedure, AustraliaAugust 1967, Thursday August 3 - Friday August 4 | publication-date=151967 May| 1982publisher=Gladstone, Qld. Queensland Alumina |accessdate url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/210850924 | access-date=13 October 2017 |page archive-date=2016 October 2022 |via archive-url=Nationalhttps://web.archive.org/web/20221016152416/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/210850924 Library| ofurl-status=live Australia}}</ref> Subsequentthe risesrefinery inhas demanda havecapacity seento expansionproduce in3.95 million tonnes of alumina a year. In 1981 the output andwas at a quarterly basis over 600,000 tonnes employmentper quarter.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131848415article127049670 |title=Alumina plant to lift outputrecord |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=57,55 |issue=1716,421721 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=108 JuneJuly 19831981 |accessdateaccess-date=13 October 2017 |page=1327 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=21 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821103137/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/127049670 |url-status=live }} </ref>
 
At times of lower demand, operations have been altered.<ref>{{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 |archive-date=21 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821103158/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/101752767 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{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 |archive-date=21 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821103138/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126895883 |url-status=live }}</ref> Subsequent rises in demand have seen expansion in output and employment.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131848415 |title=Alumina plant to lift output |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=57 |issue=17,421 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=10 June 1983 |access-date=13 October 2017 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=21 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821103722/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131848415 |url-status=live }}</ref>
QAL has been operated by a range of consortium partners of international aluminium producers over time. [[Rio Tinto Aluminium|Comalco]] brought in to the consortium in 1969.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107901422 |title=Comalco gains interest in Q'ld Alumina |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=44 |issue=12,457 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=1 November 1969 |access-date=13 October 2017 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=21 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821103648/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107901422 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1982 it was owned Comalco (30.3%), [[Kaiser Aluminum]] (28.3%), [[Alcan]] (21.4%), and [[Pechiney|Pechiney Ugine Kuhlmann]] (20%).<ref>{{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 |archive-date=21 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821103138/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126895883 |url-status=live }}</ref>
QAL has been operated by a range of consortium partners of international [[aluminium]] producers over time.
 
Comalco brought in to the consortium in 1969. <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107901422 |title=Comalco gains interest in Q'ld Alumina |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=44, |issue=12,457 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=1 November 1969 |accessdate=13 October 2017 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
 
In 1982 it was Comalco (30.3%), Kaiser (28.3%), Alcan Canada (21.4%), and Pechiney Ugine Kuhlmann (20%) <ref>{{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 |accessdate=13 October 2017 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
 
It is currently owned by [[Rusal]] (20%), and [[Alcan|Rio Tinto Alcan]] (80%). [[Rusal]] purchased a 20% stake in QAL in April 2005.
 
In 2017 the QAL celebrated 50 years of operation.<ref>[https://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/qal-celebrates-50-years-in-gladstone/3223226/ Christine Mckee, (13 September 2017), QAL celebrates 50 years in Gladstone, ''The Observer (Gladstone)'']. Retrieved 13 October 2017</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Queensland Alumina Limited | title=Queensland Alumina : the giant that never sleeps | publication-date=1975 | publisher=the Company | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18975309 | accessdate=13 October 2017 }}</ref>
 
Since April 2005, it has been owned by [[Rio Tinto Alcan]] (80%) and [[Rusal]] (20%).<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/Business/In-the-aluminium-power-play-water-works/2005/04/22/1114152322037.html In the aluminium power play, water works] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016130439/http://www.theage.com.au/news/Business/In-the-aluminium-power-play-water-works/2005/04/22/1114152322037.html |date=16 October 2017 }} ''[[The Age]]'' 23 April 2005</ref> In September 2017 the QAL celebrated 50 years of operation.<ref>[https://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/qal-celebrates-50-years-in-gladstone/3223226/ Christine Mckee, (13 September 2017), QAL celebrates 50 years in Gladstone, ''The Observer (Gladstone)''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013014143/https://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/qal-celebrates-50-years-in-gladstone/3223226/ |date=13 October 2017 }}. Retrieved 13 October 2017</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Queensland Alumina Limited | title=Queensland Alumina : the giant that never sleeps | publication-date=1975 | publisher=the Company | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18975309 | access-date=13 October 2017 | archive-date=19 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019050522/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18975309 | url-status=live }}</ref>
 
==See also==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Official webpage|http://www.qal.com.au/}}
 
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