Altech Chemicals Limited announced that the Development Order for the Company's high purity alumina (HPA) plant in Johor, Malaysia has been approved and that site establishment works have commenced. Establishment activities that are underway, or will commence shortly, include: hoarding of the entire site; the establishment of a site office, guard house and security; construction of access ways into and within the site; mobilisation of construction plant and equipment; and project signage. Safety inductions have been completed for all sub-contractors involved in site establishment activities. The commencement of works follows the initial approval of a site establishment works permit from local authorities in Johor that was valid from 1 January 2019. The stage 1 construction work activities will follow the completion of site establishment work. The proposed works include bulk earthworks; maintenance workshop foundation piling; the construction of retaining walls; on- site water detention tanks (OSD tanks); construction of the site sub-station structure and a maintenance workshop. The maintenance workshop will be used as covered storage during stage 2 of the HPA plant construction. The majority of stage 1 works have been funded and pre-paid to the EPC contractor which will be credited against the USD 280 million lump-sum fixed-price HPA plant EPC contract.