AA Sust Report 2006 - Rio Tinto

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COMPANY PROFILE AND OPERATIONS
Rio Tinto (51 percent) and Kaiser Aluminum (49 percent) jointly own
Anglesey Aluminium Metal Limited (AAM), with operational management
undertaken by Rio Tinto Aluminium, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto.
Located at Holyhead in North Wales, AAM has been in operation since 1971,
producing aluminium in differing forms for extruding,
rolling and remelting. AAM is one of the largest
suppliers of aluminium metal in the United Kingdom
British
Mainland
and sells its products throughout the UK and Europe.
Glasgow
Glasgow
Edinburgh
In 2005 AAM contributed in excess of £20 million
through payment of salaries and wages into the local
economy. Product sales in 2005 were in
excess of £143 million and taxes paid
Cemaes
amounted to £17.8 million.
Aerial view of AAM
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Holyhead
B4545
Irish
Sea
Irish Sea
A5
Anglesey
Aluminium
Holyhead
Holy Island
Island
Anglesey
Aluminium
Valley Valley
Aberffraw
Penrhos
A55
A5
Rhosneigr
Amlwch
A5025
Carlisle
Manchester
Liverpool
Cardiff
Bristol
Plymouth Plymouth
Benllech
Llangefni
A4080
Caernarfon
Anglesey
Aluminium
Newcastle
Newcastle
Birmingham
London
Irish Sea
Beaumaris
Beaumaris
Menai Bridge
Bridge
Bangor
A5
Isle of
Anglesey
FAST FACTS
• AAM has doubled its production since it opened in 1971, rising year
on year from 70,000 tonnes in the early 1970s to about 140,000 tonnes
today.
• AAM has reduced total carbon equivalent emissions by 52 percent
since 1990, against a Kyoto target of 12.5 percent, while increasing hot
metal production by 20 percent in the same period.
• Metal production in 2005 was 144,000 tonnes in the following products:
billet, rolling ingot and one tonne sow. Consumed in the process was
280,000 tonnes of alumina and 55,000 tonnes of calcined coke.
• AAM employs 562 full time permanent employees.
• AAM consumes 255MW of power on a continuous basis,
approximately 12 percent of the power consumed in Wales.
• Aluminium is easily and endlessly recyclable by remelting without
changing its inherent properties, with a 95 percent energy saving.
• AAM owns a 200-acre coastal park that boasts breathtaking scenic
views and provides a natural shelter for many varieties of flora and
fauna. Each year about 100,000 people visit the park.
John Owen, Process Metal
Planner, analysing a sample