Air Liquide Australia recently has signed a 15-year contract with Comalco Aluminium for the supply of oxygen and nitrogen to its Gladstone refinery in Queensland.
Comalco is in the process of building Stage 1 of an AUD$1.4 billion (815M�) alumina refinery at Gladstone in Queensland with a capacity of 1.4 million tonnes pa.
Comalco needs large quantities of oxygen and nitrogen for application in its refinery processes for the removal of organic compounds from the slurry and to improve product quality and productivity.
Air Liquide will install a new air separation unit of 70 tonnes/day capacity to meet Comalco뭩 needs as well as service other industrial customers in Central Queensland.
Comalco is a subsidiary of the global mining group Rio Tinto.
