December 02, 2008

Chalco to add 900,000 tonnes of alumina capacity in Guangxi

Interfax China reported that the Aluminum Corporation of China Co. Ltd will officially bring online an additional 900,000 tonnes of alumina production capacity on May 26th 2008 as part of an ongoing project at Pingguo county in Guangxi Province.

An official with Chalco's Guangxi subsidiary said that "The Pingguo plant plans to produce 1.22 million tonnes alumina this year, including output from the third phase of the project which is scheduled to come online on May 26th 2008".

The first phase project began operations in 1995 and second phase got underway in 2003, giving the project a total capacity of 900,000 tonnes of alumina each year. The third phase of the project, will double the project’s total current capacity, bringing it to 1.8 million tonnes of alumina per year.

Chalco Guangxi has access to abundant bauxite resources in Pingguo, which will feed the company's three alumina projects. The company also has an on-site electrolytic aluminum production plant.