Pacific Islands Monthly
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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1955Vol. XXVI, No.3

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[?]Uminium Plan

[?] New Guinea

IE Australian Government hopes to develop a big hydro f electric smelter plant in New nea, and the Aluminium He roes Development Co., formed by at Britain and Australia, is ung investigations, his news was given at Canberra the Minister of Supply, Mr. le. on September 22.

Sr. Beale said that the company, ;h began operations in 1950 with 1,000 capital, was studying two [ Guinea river systems. It ted to find a river system that Id support a smelter generating [megawatts. le Government wanted the it to smelt bauxite from nor n Australia and so produce raw erial for aluminium industries, icularly in Australia, hen preliminary investigations the volume and flow of river »r are completed, the investiga f of specific power projects will I See also Travel Notes, page 18.)

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