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Economy & Business - December 2010 (ISSN 1741-7430)
METALS: Paraguay's aluminium industry
Río Tinto Alcan (RTA), a subsidiary of the British-Australian mining
company Rio Tinto, which has a 30% share in la Escondida, Chile's biggest copper
mine, is now planning to invest US$3.5bn to develop an aluminium industry in
Paraguay. The project is based on Paraguay's cheap electricity: the bauxite
needed for the plant will be shipped in. The project will be Paraguay's
biggest since the construction of the two hydro-electric dams that will provide
the electricity for the new smelter.
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