Sarawak Aluminium Company

Sarawak Aluminium
Company
Matt Liddy
Director Business Development Asia
Rio Tinto Alcan

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Rio Tinto - A world class company
Product Operations
Aluminium
Copper/Gold
Diamonds/Industrial Minerals
Zinc/Lead/Silver/Nickel
Iron Ore
Uranium
Coal
• Rio Tinto finds, mines and processes aluminium,
copper, diamonds, energy products, gold, industrial
minerals and iron ore
• Global operations
• Revenues of US$33.5 billion in 2007
• More than 65,000 employees
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Rio Tinto Alcan is the aluminium product
group of Rio Tinto • Headquartered in Montreal, Canada
• Number of employees: 26,600 (1)
• 2007 earnings of US$2.64 billion
Aluminium
Bauxite & Alumina
Power
Other
= Feasibility & Development
= Operations
Note: Does not include RTA’s
Engineered Products and Packaging
businesses
Bauxite
• 6 bauxite mines and deposits in 4 countries
• 31,960 million tonnes production (2007)
Alumina
• 10 alumina refineries in 5 countries
• 8,515 million tonnes production (2007)
Aluminium
• 24 smelters in 11 countries
• 4,179 million tonnes production (2007)
Power
• 13 power plants
• 34TWh consolidated power generation (2007) 4

Aluminium
• Lightweight
• Strong
• Non corrosive
• Recyclable
• Used in aircraft, automobiles,
commercial transportation, beverage
cans, buildings, structures, sports &
recreation, aluminium foil &
packaging, alloy wheel rims, electrical
cables.
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SALCO smelter location
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Facts and figures
• Initial production capacity 720,000 tonnes per year
• Two potlines, powered by 1300 MW
• Potential expansion to 1.5 million tonnes per year
• Investment around $US3 billion
• Energy efficient Aluminium Pechiney smelting technology
• Alumina from Rio Tinto Alcan’s alumina refineries and
hydro power initially from the Bakun Dam
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Economic impacts
• Malaysia currently imports around 182,000 tonnes of primary
aluminium per year.
• Much of this can be displaced with establishment of a domestic
industry.
• Annual GDP contribution ~ RM 2.4 billion
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Sustainable development
• Evaluating the environmental, social and economic aspects of a project
and associated infrastructure
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Training and employment
• SALCO smelter will create approximately 1,500 direct jobs
• Opportunities for graduate, skilled and semi skilled Malaysians
• Approximately 5,700 jobs in associated industries
• SALCO developing pre work training programmes
• MoU with PPKS
• Exploring linkages with other Malaysian institutes of learning
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Tomago smelter – Hunter Valley, NSW
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Community consultation
• Public Detailed Environmental
Impact Assessment
• Terms of Reference available on
www.salco.com.my
• Stakeholder forums
• Public displays
• Community meetings
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Guardians of the environment in which we
operate
• Alumina refining and aluminium
smelting technology has changed
significantly over the last 50 years
• Rio Tinto Alcan has been at the
forefront of development and
implementation of world class technology
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