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| Project: |
Environmental
Licensing in the Aluminium Smelting Industry |
| Client: |
Kubikenborg
Aluminium AB (Kubal) |
| Sector: |
Metals
& Minerals |
| Location: |
Sweden |
Back in 1999, Byrne Ó Cléirigh were commissioned by
the current owners of Kubal to investigate the
environmental status of this aluminium smelting
plant as part of the pre-investment due diligence
process. The Kubal plant produces about 100,000
tonnes per annum, using both Söderberg and Pre-bake
technology.
Since then we have been contracted by Kubal to
assist them in re-negotiating their environmental
licences with the Swedish Authorities in the
context of the IPPC Directive, which applies
to these existing plants from October 2007.
Together with the Client we set up an IPPC
Strategy Team which is composed of personnel from
the Company's management, their legal advisors
and Byrne Ó Cléirigh. Our role has been to
establish what Environmental impact the Kubal
plant has on the local environment, as well as
its impact on issues of more regional and global
concern such as Climate Change and the quality of
marine life in the Baltic Sea. We
specifically investigated the influence of poly-aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) and fluorides on air quality,
on flora and fauna and on human health.
We will prepare the technical case to show how
the plant can meet BAT as required by the IPPC
Directive.
BÓC
have also undertaken other projects at Kubal including:
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