COMMENTARY--Medium Term - Capacity and Industry Structure

摘要

Table 6 shows that at the end of 2008 world primary aluminium smelter capacity was 43.98 million t/y at 265 identified plants. Of the world total 8.0m t/y was the older Soderberg anode technology, a proportion that is steadily falling as Soderberg smelters are closed or converted to prebaked anode technology. Table 7 lists all committed changes to primary smelter capacity. By 2013 these projects will add 7.53 million tonnes (net) to world capacity, of which 2.38m tonnes was scheduled to start up in 2009. Since the last report no projects have been added and the planned project of UC Rusal at Boguchansk in Russia has been moved back from 2011 to 2012.