Rio Tinto Alcan and Sohar Aluminium have now reached full production at their joint venture facility in the Sultanate of Oman. The newly inaugurated aluminium smelter has an initial production capacity of 360,000 tpy and is positioned in the first quartile of the industry cost curve. Tom Albanese, Rio Tinto's chief executive, said: "With access to an ongoing, competitively priced power supply, this facility will create concrete economic diversification opportunities throughout the region. With Rio Tinto Alcan's benchmark AP 36 technology in place, this inauguration marks another example of how our proven power-to-product solutions contribute to maintaining our competitive edge."
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