Steel Japan
Does Australia produce steel and aluminum?
Obviously, we do produce steel, aluminum and other metals, although do we produce it in large quantities? Or is it a small industry compared to simply exporting raw materials like alumina and iron ore which would be processed overseas?
Is it any cheaper for the raw materials to be processed overseas? For example, as I understand it, producing aluminum requires large amounts of electricity in the process of electrolysis to form pure aluminum metal from the alumina ore. With countries such as Japan not having access to cheap coal to produce electricity like we do, is it cheaper to produce aluminum here in Australia?
Thank you Ozmaniac, that really answered my question. Plus great links!
Geenie, if you don’t know what you are talking about please don’t waste your time answering my question.
Our bauxite/alumina/aluminium industry is pretty well integrated and unlike iron ore to steel, a great deal of refining is done in Australia. There are seven alumina refineries operating in Australia producing mostly smelter grade alumina for both the domestic and export markets. Australia is the world’s largest producer and exporter of alumina and aluminium, producing 19 million tonnes of metallurgical (smelter grade) alumina in 2007 with an export value of $6.2 billion of alumina and $5.6 billion of aluminium. We are also the largest exporter of bauxite with exports of 60 million tonnes of with an export value of only $200 million. Australia’s ample energy supplies together with generous power price concessions make it attractiveto refine bauxite here.
Steel is another matter altogether and we make only around 7.4 million tonnes annually, mainly for domestic use. In contrast, in 2007 we exported 261.4 million tonnes of iron ore for a value of $15.5 billion. There are some plans afoot to turn this around so that far more steel is produced here to take advantage of our energy resources and the decreased cost of shipping steel rather than unrefined ore. That can only be a good thing for Australia.
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