13 APRIL 2017AlCircle.com
Alba’s recent power outage causes 3- 5% loss of total production
Edited by : Heena Iqbal
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<p>The Bahrain-based global aluminium smelter Alba experienced a power station outage on Wednesday April 5, 2017. The company had faced a temporary loss of power in all five Reduction Lines for approximately 3 hours. The company has restored all power operations.</p>
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<p>Due to the power outage, the company is expecting a loss of 3 per cent to 5 per cent of its total production for 2017. The losses from the incident will be part of an insurance claim, the company said in a statement.</p>
<p>Reduction Lines 1-4 are operating at normal levels though Reduction Line 5 is running partially and is expected to be fully operational by early Q3 2017. The company safely managed through the incident with no injuries. </p>
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<p>The Company is conducting an investigation into the root causes of this power outage. The recovery process is already underway and the Company has begun “re-starting” the pots which were affected due to this incident.</p>
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