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RUSAL Aughinish (Transport (Raw material - bauxite - mined in Republic of…
RUSAL Aughinish
Transport
Raw material - bauxite - mined in Republic of Guinea, West Africa and Brazil&Australia
Transported by sea in large carriers to the Shannon Estuary, 22 metres deep at low tide & can handle large bulk carriers, practically traffic free
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Workers gain access to the plant on a road that leads from the N69, a national routeway
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Environmental Factors
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Ideal location for the long term storage of the residue as island unpopulated and has large areas of open ground
Some of bauxite is dry mud, a bulky, inert material which a lot of space is required for disposal, no danger to the environment
Located on Aughinish Island (4km²), on the south bank of the Shannon Estuary
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Originally established in the 1970s by Alcan, a Canadian company