Alumina Ltd examines funding options for Brazil projects blowout
Sun. July 20, 2008; Posted: 10:37 PM
MELBOURNE, Jul 21, 2008 (Asia In Focus via COMTEX) --
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PowerRating -- ALUMINA LTD (ASX:AWC),
the minority partner of the ALCOA WORLD ALUMINA & CHEMICALS
(AWAC) group, is evaluating funding options for a $US1.12
billion ($A1.15 billion) cost blowout at two projects in
Brazil. The expansion cost of the Alumar refinery, 54 per cent
held by AWAC, had risen to $US1.62 billion ($A1.67 billion),
from $US1.3 billion, while the cost of its wholly-owned Juruti
bauxite mine development had increased to $US2 billion ($A2.06
billion), from $US1.2 billion.
* AWAC - Alumina's only asset - is controlled by the
US-based Alcoa and Alumina chief executive John Bevan said the
firm was very disappointed with the increases in the estimated
cost of these projects to a total AWAC share of up to $US3.7
billion ($A3.81 billion).
* Alumina said it had committed undrawn debt facilities of
about $US400 million ($A411.73 million) and would evaluate
during the second half of 2008 the most appropriate way of
funding its share of the cost increase.
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