Aluminium Smelting - Example Aluminium Smelters

Example Aluminium Smelters

  • Alcan Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter, powered by the coal-fired Lynemouth Power Station in North East England
  • Anglesey Aluminium, powered by Wylfa nuclear power station in north-west Wales (shut down as of 30/09/09)
  • The Valco aluminium smelter in Ghana, powered by the Akosombo Dam hydro-electric dam
  • Fjarðaál in Iceland, to be powered by the Kárahnjúkar dam
  • Jharsuguda in Orissa, India, to be powered by its own 1215 MW coal-fired power station.
  • Alcoa's Point Henry smelter near Geelong, Australia, powered by its own brown coal fueled power station and grid electricity.
  • Aluminerie Alouette in Sept-Îles, Québec.
  • Alba Smelter in Bahrain, powered by its own four power stations with a total generating capacity of 2,265 MW.
  • Egypt Aluminium in Egypt, powered by the high dam.

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