Properly managed, aluminium smelting is a clean, quiet and relatively unobtrusive process. In order to protect the environment, Tomago Aluminium has implemented a comprehensive environmental management program, focusing on emission control and incorporating one of the world’s most advanced pollution-control and environmental protection equipment systems.

Emissions created in the smelting process pass through ducting to treatment plants, known as dry scrubbers, where impurities are removed. Among the emissions carried to the dry scrubbers are fluorides, which along with other fume and dust, form particles that are captured in large filter bags. These particles are then returned to the pots as feed material.

The dry scrubber process is more than 99% effective in removing fluoride from the gases collected, and contributes to why Tomago Aluminium’s emissions are among the lowest recorded by any aluminium smelter in the world and continually fall well within the requirements of our Environmental Regulations.