16 APRIL 2020AlCircle.com
Wenshan Aluminium’s 500,000 tonnes of smelting project soon to start the first potline
Edited by : Debanjali Sengupta
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According to a recent report, Wenshan Aluminium’s 500,000 tonnes of aluminium smelting and hydropower project in southeast Yunnan’s Wenshan prefecture will start the operation of its first potline at the end of April.
The project is estimated to require a total of more than RMB 4 billion of investment, as per the report.
Yunnan Aluminium’s subsidiary Wenshan Aluminium runs an alumina refinery as well, which in the first quarter of 2020 produced 266,000 tonnes of alumina.
There are 3.43 million tonnes of aluminium smelting and hydropower capacity that is under construction or has been built in Wenshan prefecture, according to official data.
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