![Ship on the Vila do Conde Port. Alunorte refinery is behind. Ship on the Vila do Conde Port. Alunorte refinery is behind.](/globalassets/08-about-hydro/hydro-worldwide/south-america/brazil/barcarena/barcarena_1036x440.jpg?quality=85&width=1036&height=440&rmode=crop&rsampler=bicubic&rxy=0.49,0.57&compand=true)
Barcarena is an important industrial center, where aluminium, kaolin, fertilizers are located, as well as the largest port of Pará: Vila do Conde. It is in Barcarena that we refine bauxite to produce our alumina and where we make primary aluminium.
The local economy still has a strong presence of family farming, while tourism growns with river beaches and the typical islands of the Amazon region.
Units in Barcarena
![a large building with a parking lot a large building with a parking lot](/globalassets/08-about-hydro/hydro-worldwide/south-america/brazil/barcarena/albras/albras_1036x440.jpg?quality=85&width=470&height=264&rmode=crop&rsampler=bicubic&rxy=0.5,0.5&compand=true)
![an aerial view of a city an aerial view of a city](/globalassets/07-media/news/2021/9-september/alunorte-lng-1.jpg?quality=85&width=470&rmode=crop&rsampler=bicubic&rxy=0.44,0.43&compand=true)