This is a list of primary aluminium smelters in the world. Primary production is the process by which alumina is smelted to pure aluminum.[1] Secondary production is the process of recycling aluminum scrap into aluminum that can be used again.[2] Capacity here refers to metric tonnes of output aluminum. The list is incomplete and missing some data.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
See also
- List of alumina refineries
- List of countries by aluminium production
External links
References
- Primary Production - The Aluminum Association retrieved 2018-05-16^
- Secondary Production - The Aluminum Association retrieved 2018-05-16^
- Rio Tinto to suspend production at Gove alumina refinery 29 November 2013^
- Alumina Division Rusal, retrieved 2007-03-14^
- Rio Tinto - Alumina, aluminium and bauxite - Key data Rio Tinto, retrieved 2007-03-14^
- Alumina Limited:: The AWAC Business Alumina Limited, retrieved 2007-03-14^
- Companhia Vale do Rio Doce Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, retrieved 2007-03-15^
- Rio Tinto Aluminium Rio Tinto, retrieved 2018-03-06^
- ALUMINUM CORPORATION OF CHINA LIMITED Form 20-F SEC, 22 April 2020^
- Stuart Burns. Norsk Hydro Backs Out of Deal to Buy Rio's Icelandic Smelter Steel, Aluminum, Copper, Stainless, Rare Earth, Metal Prices, Forecasting, 2018-09-19, retrieved 2018-12-15^
- Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd retrieved 2020-06-09^
- Aluminium retrieved 2020-06-09^
- Brief History - About Us PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium Persero (INALUM), 2015-02-09, retrieved 2018-05-02^
- European smelter closures fracture aluminium pricing Reuters, 1 September 2021^
- NZAS terminates electricity contract and plans to wind-down operations following strategic review 8 July 2020^
- European smelter closures fracture aluminium pricing Foundry Planet, 21 March 2023^
- Paranam Aluminum Smelter Near Onverwacht, Suriname^
- Alcan's Burntisland factory to shut by end of month The Scottish Herald, 19 November 2002, retrieved 27 August 2023^
- Rio Tinto agrees sale of its Lochaber assets for $410 million Rio Tinto, 23 November 2016, retrieved 27 August 2023^
- Scottish government defends £586m Lochaber smelter guarantees BBC News, 19 November 2021, retrieved 27 August 2023^
- Final shift at Anglesey Aluminium BBC News, 30 September 2009, retrieved 27 August 2023^
- Alcan Lynemouth smelter: Landmark day as closure starts BBC News, 29 March 2012, retrieved 27 August 2023^
- New aluminum smelter to open in New Madrid seMissourian.com, 2018-03-07, retrieved 2018-04-04^
- New Day Aluminum wins auction for Noranda's upstream Louisiana, Jamaica assets - Metals www.platts.com, retrieved 2018-04-04^