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TOMAGO ALUMINIUM SMELTER – TOMAGO, AUSTRALIA Tomago Aluminium is a leading manufacturer of aluminium products, currently representing 25% of Australia’s primary aluminium capacity. Tomago Aluminium is one of the largest aluminium smelters inoAustralia. Employing more than 1,200 people and generating revenue of more than AUD$1.5 billion annually. Tomago Aluminium is operated by Rio Tinto Alcan, Gove Aluminium Finance Ltd (CSR and AMP) and Hydro Aluminium. Part of the Hunter Region for 30 years, Tomago Aluminium is located around 13 km north-west of Newcastle. The smelter produces around 540,000 tonnes of remelt ingot, T-ingot, extrusion billet and rolling slab per year.
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Tomago’s key requirements were to arrest the decline in energy and water asset performance, reduce impact from waste and reduce the overall total cost of ownership, plus ensure that services are delivered professionally and in a safe manner.
 
Having initially been awarded an industrial cleaning and environmental services contract with Tomago in 2005, Veolia has since become a trusted-partner, introducing water management and energy solutions to provide a fully integrated service to Tomago.
 
To reduce energy output and increase energy performance, Veolia developed a HVAC master plan, containing six key strategies to meet and exceed customer requisites; delivered by a management team who were trained in addressing the unique operating characteristics of Tomago’s facility. Veolia provided a comprehensive environmental management service as a single source of supplier with an inclusive suite of services:

  • Amalgamated Plant Services: high pressure water jetting, vacuum loading, materials separation, and recycling, general support services to smelting operations.
  • Waste Management and Resource Recovery: handling of processed waste for recovery, general waste and recyclables, hazardous liquid waste collection.
  • Facilities and Civil Maintenance: electrical, plumbing, carpentry, roof replacement, road and concrete repairs, painting and road sweeping.
  • Refractory Services: potline and ladle strip-out, installation, commissioning and equipment.
  • Integrated HVAC services: including on-site mobile plant monitoring.
  • Water management: current off-site water management, with Tomago agreement for future on-site water recycling and reuse infrastructure. 

 
 
 

Customer benefits:

  • Reduction in environmental footprint
  • Ongoing cost reduction
  • Consistency and alignment in safety systems, processes and communication has contributed to building a strong safety culture
  • A single point of accountability in optimizing the performance of water and energy related assets to meet their whole of life potential
  • Increased recovery of recyclable waste streams

Represents 25% of Australia’s aluminium capacity

An integrated Water, Waste and Energy solution

25% Opex savings over 3 years