Medium Term - Capacity and Industry Structure

摘要

Table 6 shows that at the end of 2006 world primary aluminium smelter capacity was 37.75 million t/y at 257 identified plants. Of the world total 7.4m 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. Despite closure of some small smelters in Europe, world capacity increased by over 2 million tonnes in 2006, mainly from expansion and new projects in China.