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Alcan’s expansion of
Isal smelter voted out
Alcan will carefully analyse the close
results of a public consultation in Hafnarfjordur
and assess how they might
affect the future of its Isal aluminium
smelter. Citizens of Hafnarfjordur
voted by a majority of 50.6% against
a local urbanisation plan that included
the expansion of the Isal smelter.
Employing approx. 450 people, the
Isal smelter currently produces about
180,000 tpy of aluminium. The proposed
expansion would use Alcan’s
AP35 technology, raising the total capacity
to 460,000 tpy. Start-up of the
expansion was planned for 2010 with
full production in early 2011.
Alutrint receives EMA approval
Trinidad & Tobago’s state-controlled
Alutrint aluminium smelter project
received a major boost from the
country’s Environmental Management
Authority (EMA) approval of
a certificate of environmental clearance
(CEC). The CEC approval does
not grant Alutrint permission to start
construction, but allows work to begin
on the project. During the process,
Alutrint was asked to present detailed
information to prove it conforms
with specific standards on air quality,
ground water monitoring and others.
Alutrint is a joint venture between the
Trinidad & Tobago government which
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holds 60% through the National Gas
Company, and Venezuela’s Grupo
Sural with 40%. The US$ 465 million
smelter planned at Union Industrial
Estate in La Brea on Trinidad Island
will produce 125,000 tpy aluminium
to supply local car parts manufacturers
and rod, wire, and cable producers.
Yulian Power to take control
of Henan Zhongfu smelter
China’s Henan Yulian Power Group
intends to take control of Shanghai-listed
aluminium smelter Henan
Zhongfu Industry Co. Zhongfu will issue
up to 100m shares to Yulian worth
667 million yuan (US$86m), taking
its stake in the smelter from 29.9
to 51.3%. This will ensure Yulian’s
controlling share and supports the
Zhongfu smelter’s stable growth.
Zhongfu produced 182,000 tonnes of
primary aluminium in 2006. Zhongfu
and Yulian are based in Gongyi city in
central Henan province.
China and Saudi Arabia
team up for new mega project
Two Chinese state entities – China
Non-ferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign
Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd
(NFC) and China National Machinery
Industry Corporation (Sinomach) –
have signed an agreement with Saudi
East/Central
Europe
COMPANY NEWS
Oceania Total Daily
average
Year 2003 1,428 5,495 2,275 2,475 4,068 3,996 2,198 21,935 60.1
Year 2004 1,711 5,110 2,356 2,735 4,295 4,139 2,246 22,592 61.7
Year 2005 1,753 5,382 2,391 3,139 4,352 4,194 2,252 23,463 64.3
Year 2006 1,864 5,333 2,493 3,493 4,178 4,230 2,274 23,865 65.4
Jan - Apr 2006 611 1,766 815 1,126 1,375 1,395 734 7,822 65.2
Jan - Apr 2007
Source: IAI
604 1,818 827 1,208 1,378 1,426 761 8,022 66.9
Company news worldwide
Aluminium smelting industry
Arabian company Western Way for
Industrial Development Co. (WWIDC)
to build a mega integrated aluminaaluminium
complex at Jazan in Saudi
Arabia. The agreement provides for a
project with an alumina capacity of 1.6
million tpy and a primary metal capacity
of 700,000 tpy. Total investment is
seen at around US$ 4 billion. NFC
will take a significant but as yet undisclosed
stake in the complex as will
US metals trade house Gerald Metals.
Alba to raise aluminium output
State-owned Aluminium Bahrain
(Alba) plans to raise aluminium smelting
capacity by a further 320,000 tpy
to more than 1 million tpy and is looking
to expand through joint ventures
in other Gulf countries. Alba intends
to install a 6 th reduction line at an
estimated cost of US$ 1.7 billion to
take capacity to 1.2 million tpy. Once
details are finished the project would
take just 28 months to be realized. No
specific dates were given.
Eight bidders for Bosnian
Aluminij Mostar smelter
Eight companies including Glencore
International, UC RusAl and Vedanta
Resources have bid for the 88% stake
in Bosnia’s smelter Aluminij Mostar
on an offer at US$ 104.8 million. The
other five bidders are: India’s aluminium
producer Hindalco; an UAB consortium
comprising Lithuanian Bank
Investicine Grupe and Polish trading
house Aluminium Konin-Impexmetal;
Mytilineos Aluminium de Grèce; a
consortium including a Bosnian and
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