Tasmania
Plant

Bell Bay

Tasmania, Australia
AluminumContained or Metal
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Commodities
PrimaryAluminum, Contained or Metal
Commodity typeM
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1955
Identification
Deposit ID10158936
Alternate namesBell Bay,Tasmania
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-41.24282, 146.53846
References
BOM/MINERALS AVAILABILITY PROGRAM, "PRIMARY POST-MILLALUMINUM SMELTING FACILITIES 1983: A DATA BANK",CONTRACT #J0245003, OCTOBER 1, 1985.BOM/BRANCH OF NONFERROUS METALS, "PRIMARY ALUMINUM PLANTSWORLDWIDE", PART I - DETAIL, PAGE 186; PART II - SUMMARY,PAGE 19.BROOK HUNT AND ASSOCIATES LTD., ALUMINIUM DATA, 1986, PAGE240, 1988, PAGE 1.146.E&MJ, NOVEMBER 1983, PAGE 72.THE MINER NEWSPAPER, "UPGRADING BELL BAY, 1$28M COMALCOPLAN",MARCH 17 TO 30, 1980, PAGE 7.THE MINER NEWSPAPER, "COMALCO'S PROFIT UP 31 PER CENT",MARCH 3 TO 16, 1980, PAGE 28.E&MJ, "AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA", JANUARY 1978, PAGE 69.E&MJ, "AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA", JANUARY 1977, PAGE 60.E&MJ, "PANORAMA", SEPTEMBER 1977, PAGE 48.MINING EGINEERING, "A SELECTIVE SAMPLE OF AUSTRALIA'S NEWMINING PROJECTS", JANUARY 1977, PAGE 36.WORLD MINING, "TASMANIAN SMELTER EXPANSION COMMISSIONING",JUNE 1977, PAGE 147.MINING MAGAZINE, "AUSTRALASIA" - "AUSTRALIA", SEPTEMBER1976, PAGE 257.WORLD MINING, "TASMANIA" - "COMALCO CUTS BELL BAY ALUMINUMPRODUCTION 4,500 TONS", FEBRUARY 1975.WORLD MINING, "TASMANIA... COMALCO EXPANDING BELL BAYALUMINUM SMELTER TO 126,000 ANNUAL TONS", APRIL 1974,PAGE 80.MINING MAGAZINE, "AUSTRALASIA" - "AUASTRLIA", SEPTEMBER1974, PAGE 214.MINING JOURNAL, LONDON, DECEMBER 27, 1974, PAGE 546.E&MJ, "AUSTRALIAN ALUMINUM INDUSTRY: MORE EXPORTS", FEBRUARY1971, PAGE 30.MINING MAGAZINE, "BELL BAY", JUNE 1968, VOL. 118, #6,PAGE 383.