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Azerbaijan to restart aluminium, alumina output
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Azerbaijan has launched a new aluminium plant with an annual capacity of 50,000 tonnes and plans to restart production of alumina later this year at another plant, an official from the company, which manages both plants, said on Monday.
An old Soviet-era aluminium plant in the town of Sumgait was closed down in February 2009 due to the global financial crisis, dragged down by debt obligations it could not meet.
A new plant in the town of Gyanja was constructed by a Chinese branch of Australia-based engineering company SMEC.
"We have launched first 18 electrolytic cells at a new plant in Gyanja in October and plan to launch all 80 cells by Dec. 5-6, which means that annual output will reach 50,000 tonnes," an official from the Azeraluminium company, who did not want to be named, told Reuters.
He said that Asia's largest trader, Noble Resources, will sell 98 percent of aluminium produced at the new plant mainly to China, Iran and Turkey, adding that the plant's output could double by 2013.
He said that 280,000 tonnes of alumina could be produced at the Gyanja plant, with 100,000 tonnes to be sent to the new aluminium plant and 180,000 tonnes to be exported, mainly to Tajikistan.
An old Soviet-era aluminium plant in the town of Sumgait was closed down in February 2009 due to the global financial crisis, dragged down by debt obligations it could not meet.
A new plant in the town of Gyanja was constructed by a Chinese branch of Australia-based engineering company SMEC.
"We have launched first 18 electrolytic cells at a new plant in Gyanja in October and plan to launch all 80 cells by Dec. 5-6, which means that annual output will reach 50,000 tonnes," an official from the Azeraluminium company, who did not want to be named, told Reuters.
He said that Asia's largest trader, Noble Resources, will sell 98 percent of aluminium produced at the new plant mainly to China, Iran and Turkey, adding that the plant's output could double by 2013.
He said that 280,000 tonnes of alumina could be produced at the Gyanja plant, with 100,000 tonnes to be sent to the new aluminium plant and 180,000 tonnes to be exported, mainly to Tajikistan.
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