Alumínio Brasileiro
| Alumínio Brasileiro SA | |
|---|---|
| legal form | SA |
| Seat |
Barcarena , Pará , Brazil
|
| sales | 1,192,000,000 USD (2008) |
| Branch | aluminum |
| Website | www.hydro.com/albras/ |
Alumínio Brasileiro ( Albras ) is a joint venture between Norsk Hydro (51%) and Nippon Amazon Aluminum Co. Ltd. (NAAC) (49%). The company operates an aluminum smelter in Brazil near the city of Barcarena , Pará state, with a capacity of 460,000 t of primary aluminum per year. In 2013, 443,866 t of aluminum were produced.
2008 Albras achieved sales of 1.192 billion USD and a profit before tax of 148 million USD. In 2009, sales fell to $ 718 million and pre-tax income to $ 54 million as the price of aluminum fell from over $ 3,000 per tonne to below $ 1,500 per tonne.
history
The company was founded in October 1974. Construction work on the aluminum plant began in 1981. Production started in July 1985 and reached a capacity of 320,000 t per year in December 1986. By December 2001 the capacity had been increased to the current 460,000 t.
In February 2011, Norsk Hydro took over the aluminum business unit from the Brazilian company Vale . This included Vale's stake in Albras.
Aluminum plant
Coordinates: 1 ° 33'29 " S , 48 ° 44'10" W.
The aluminum plant is located near the city of Barcarena , State of Pará , on the southern bank of the Baía de Marajó . About 20 km to the east is the capital of the state of Pará, Belem .
The aluminum oxide is supplied from Alunorte's aluminum oxide plant , which is located directly next to the aluminum smelter . Alumina was priced at $ 297 per ton on December 31, 2009. The electricity is drawn from the Tucuruí hydropower plant owned by the electricity supplier Eletronorte .
Part of the aluminum produced (50,000 t) goes to the cable manufacturer Alubar , which is also located in the immediate vicinity of the aluminum smelter.
1,200 employees and 400 workers with long-term contracts work in the plant.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Albras - Alumínio Brasileiro SA Norsk Hydro , accessed on August 2, 2015 (Portuguese).
- ↑ a b c Norsk Hydro: Long-term ICMS tax framework established for Hydro's Brazil operations. (No longer available online.) Norsk Hydro, July 17, 2015, archived from the original on July 26, 2015 ; accessed on August 2, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Albras - Alumínio Brasileiro SA Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. (PDF 1 MB, pp. 6, 9, 23–24) Vale , December 31, 2009, accessed on August 2, 2015 (English).
- ↑ aluminum. www.finanzen.net, accessed on August 2, 2015 .
- ^ Hydro-Vale aluminum transaction to be completed today. (No longer available online.) Norsk Hydro, February 28, 2011, archived from the original on February 4, 2013 ; accessed on August 2, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Vale aluminum acquisition. (PDF 422 MB, p. 4) (No longer available online.) Norsk Hydro, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on August 2, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Barcarena. Norsk Hydro, accessed August 2, 2015 .
