Bauxite to aluminium in Pará
A bauxite slurry pipeline feeds a refinery, which supplies a nearby smelter and stores its refining residue.
What moves, and where?
| Connection | Material and evidence |
|---|---|
| Paragominas mine to Alunorte refinery Pipeline | Crushed bauxite slurry Hydro identifies a 244 km pipeline carrying bauxite from Paragominas to Alunorte. Undated operating description; reviewed September 2026The source establishes the connection and transport mode, not its current throughput or the precise pipe alignment. Hydro |
| Alunorte refinery to Albras smelter Transport not specified | Alumina Hydro identifies Albras as a recipient of part of Alunorte’s alumina output. Undated operating description; reviewed September 2026The receiving plant is named. The cited page does not specify the transport equipment or delivered quantity. Hydro |
| Alunorte refinery to Alunorte residue deposits DRS 1 / DRS 2 Transport not specified | Washed and filtered refining residue Hydro describes washing and filtering refinery residue before storage in its DRS 1 and DRS 2 deposits. Undated operating description; reviewed September 2026Industrial residue from refining, not end-of-life aluminium. Deposit boundaries are not mapped here. Hydro |
Read the map with the evidence.
Each connection retains its own source period and material form. A reported industrial relationship does not establish the itinerary of an individual consumer product.
Source-reported Sodir pipeline geometries retain their published parts; other drawn connections join documented endpoints schematically.
Questions for the next step
- Downstream product manufacturers and end users are not identified.
- No source links this metal to a particular recovered product.
- Residue deposits are documented but not assigned guessed coordinates.
Primary sources
Evidence reviewed 2026-10-07. Publication dates below belong to the original sources.
- ParagominasHydro
Operation description: crushed bauxite, 244 km pipeline, Alunorte.
Operator facts paraphrased with attribution. No open license established for the publisher’s text. - AlunorteHydro
Operation description: Paragominas supply; alumina supplied to Albras; refinery residue storage. Portuguese source.
Operator facts paraphrased with attribution. No open license established for the publisher’s text.
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