Currently,and as it always has been, the Gove alumina refinery is oil fired.The oil is shipped in and the only reason that the smelter has not been converted to gas some time ago is because there is no gas supply infrastructure;e.g.pipelines from existing oil field/s..
Frankly, the only profitable part of the Gove operation is the Bauxite mine..With bauxite,you just dig it up and ship it out.The smelting/refining of the bauxite into Alumina is costly and probably subsidised..
Red-side good, white side bad...I know this from personal experience,as I spent two years of my life at Nhulunbuy as Contractor Superviser for many a Whiteside shutdown..
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