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Aughinish Alumina is the largest alumina refinery in Europe and the largest of the alumina facilities operated by UC RUSAL. The current annual capacity of the refinery is in excess of 1.8 million tonnes of alumina from bauxites by the Bayer process. 70 % of the bauxite arriving to the plant originates in the Republic of Guinea (West Africa), the rest coming from Brazil. The plant’s terminal also provides facilities for exporting the alumina to smelters in Europe and Scandinavia. . To satisfy the refinery’s demand for energy, a 150 megawatt Combined Heat & Power Plant operates on the site