Rio Tinto has declared force majeure on aluminum shipments from operations in Australia’s Queensland state because of a gas shortage, Rhiannon Hoyle of The Wall Street Journal reports. Force majeure is a legal declaration that excuses the company from fulfilling obligations due to circumstances outside of its control. Gas supplies to Rio Tinto’s alumina refineries in Gladstone have been constrained due to a breakage of the Queensland Gas Pipeline and the company has provided notice of the force majeure affecting third-party contracts, a spokesperson said in an emailed statement, according to the Journal.
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