31 JANUARY 2020AlCircle.com
Alcoa Corp’s Australian aluminium smelter slug by power failure amidst the heatwave
Edited by : Rupankar Majumder
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The Alcoa Corp’s Australian aluminium smelter was slug by power failure as on 31st January’20, following a transmission line toppled amidst high temperatures in the south-eastern part of the country.
Australian Energy Market Operator, the administrator of electricity supply said: “the transmission line outage has resulted in a separation between Victoria and South Australia at the Heywood Interconnector, as well as interrupting supply at the Portland aluminium smelter.”
An Alcoa spokeswoman communicated: “At approximately 2:20 p.m. EST on 31st January, Portland Aluminium smelter lost power to both potlines due to a fault external to the plant. The cause of the fault is currently unknown.”
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