Companhia de Alumina do Pará ("CAP"), Brazil
CAP is a joint venture with Norsk Hydro of Norway to build an
alumina refinery in the Pará state of Brazil. DUBAL holds 19 per
cent equity in the joint venture. The CAP refinery will have an
initial capacity of 1.86 million metric tonnes per annum, but will
reach 7.4 million metric tonnes after subsequent expansions.
Guinea Alumina Corporation ("GAC"), Republic of Guinea
This project entails the development of a 3.3 million metric
tonne per annum alumina refinery with associated bauxite mine in
the Republic of Guinea. DUBAL has a 25 per cent equity stake in the
project. GAC is a joint venture with BHP Billiton, Mubadala and
Global Alumina.
Cameroon Alumina Limited ("CAL"), Cameroon
DUBAL (45 per cent), Hindalco of India (45 per cent) and
Hydromine Inc. of USA (10 per cent) have formed this joint venture
for the development of a 3.0 million metric tonne per annum alumina
refinery based on the 700 million metric tonne bauxite deposits in
the Adamawa region of Cameroon. Feasibility studies were completed
in 2009 and th Environmental Licence for the project has been
obtained.
Raykal, India
Raykal, a joint venture with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) in
India, plans to develop a 3.0 million metric tonne per year alumina
refinery with associated bauxite mine and a 440,000 metric tonne
per annum smelter, all located in Orissa. DUBAL will hold 74 per
cent equity in the joint venture.
