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Two Queensland Alumina Limited staff were not properly trained to prevent a serious environmental breach when the alarm was raised on September 8, 2018, a court has heard.
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Queensland Alumina Ltd fined $500k in damages over 2018 environmental breach in Gladstone
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Queensland Alumina Limited is one of the largest alumina refineries in the world and is owned by Rio Tinto and aluminium company Rusal.
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Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) has pleaded guilty to environmental charges over a 2018 incident where chemicals were mistakenly released into the atmosphere, and fined $500,000 in Gladstone Magistrates Court one of the largest environmental fines in Queensland.
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The defence attorney admitted the incident was serious
QAL has been in court five times for similar breaches
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Two Queensland Alumina Limited staff were not properly trained to prevent a serious environmental breach when the alarm was raised on September 8, 2018, a court has heard.
The error resulted in a two to three tonne slurry of alkaline bauxite being released into the air which travelled 11km south and impacted 119 properties and vehicles in the South Tree Industrial State and caused $868,906.78 in insurance payouts.
Crown prosecutor Deborah Holiday, acting for the Department of Environment and Science, told Gladstone Magistrates Court an alarm was raised at 5.55pm where a control room supervisor requested an electrician investigate the incident who in turn contracted a technical specialist.
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Login to follow WHEN Gladstone was reeling from the closure of the city s biggest employer, the meatworks, in 1962, the announcement of Queensland Alumina Limited raised community spirits. After competing with 11 other locations, the port city was chosen as the site for a refinery to process significant alumina deposits discovered at Weipa, far-north Queensland. Gladstone was favoured as a site due to its deep water harbour and the proximity of rail access. Information provided by QAL shows the refinery was built by a consortium of organisations - Comalco, Kaiser, Alcan and Pechiney. The construction was the biggest engineering feat of its time ever in the sunshine state.