Power outage at Hydro’s Paragominas bauxite mine reduces alumina output at Alunorte
By IM Staff
Published: Monday, 22 June 2020
Production at Hydro’s Paragomias bauxite mine, in the state of Pará in northern Brazil, has been temporarily halted due to a power outage, the producer said on Monday June 22.
By Alice Mason
Three power transmission towers overturned on June 20,
cutting the power supply to the mine, the company said.
The Paragominas mine delivers bauxite to the Alunorte
alumina refinery in Barcarena via a 244-kilometer
pipeline.
This means alumina production at Alunorte during this period
will be reduced...