Aluar

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Aluar
Type Public company
Founded 1970
Headquarters Flag of Argentina Puerto Madryn, Argentina
Industry aluminium
Products aluminium products, aluminium alloys
Revenue Image:green up.png US$ 1.893 million (2006)
Employees 2.000(2006)
Website http://www.aluar.com.ar

Aluar is the only aluminium smelter in Argentina and one of the largest in South America. In 2006 the company produced 275.000 tonnes of aluminium. A series of expansion projects should increase production to 410 thousand tonnes in 2008. [1]

The company is supplied with electricity by its on-site thermoelectric station that has an installed capacity of 284 MW and from Futaleufú Hydroelectric Power Station that has an installed capacity of 472 MW.

[edit] Technology

The smelter has four reduction lines.

Lines 1 and 2 each have 200 Montecatini P-155 reduction cells[2]

Line 3 has 144 Pechiney AP18 reduction cells<[2].

Stage 1 of Line 4 was commissioned in 2007 and comprises 168 Pechiney AP18 reduction cells operating at a current of 220 kA.[1] This will increase the smelter capacity by 105 thousand tonnes. Aluar intend to extend Line 4 to 336 cells in a future expansion.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Enlargement project for the Puerto Madryn primary aluminium smelter production capacity. Retrieved on 2007-09-08..
  2. ^ a b Alton Tabereaux - 'Prebake Cell Technology: A Global Review', JOM, 52 (2), pp 22-28.. Retrieved on 2007-08-19.

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Coordinates: 42°44′27″S, 65°02′34″W

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