Rio Tinto said on Tuesday that the company is evaluating the prospects of its Australian Gove alumina refinery losses. It ever shelved the fuel source produce into natural gas plans, due to deteriorating market conditions. Rio Tinto spokesman said in a statement that although the company has been trying to improve the performance of the refinery, but due to aluminum ore prices continued lower, company loss significantly, we consider shelving the decision of replacing the fuel source. Also, Rio Tinto also said that no matter what Gove refinery will be, it will continue to exploit the local bauxite. After refining bauxite alumina can be obtained, and then further processed to produce aluminum. This company Gove alumina production from January to September this year was 1.6 million tons, compared with the same period of 2012 fell 22%, bauxite production 5.8 million tons, a slight decrease compared to last year.
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