Qatalum
| Qatalum | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited |
| Seat | Mesaieed Industrial City, Qatar
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| management | Tom Petter Johansen, CEO |
| sales | $ 1.558 billion (2012) |
| Branch | Aluminum (production) |
| Website | www.qatalum.com |
Qatalum ( Qatar Aluminum Limited ; Arabic ألومنيوم قطر, DMG Alūminyūm Qaṭar ) is a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Hydro Aluminum AS , a subsidiary of Norsk Hydro . The company operates an aluminum smelter in Qatar with a capacity of 585,000 t of primary aluminum per year.
The company's turnover was in 2012 at 1.558 billion USD .
history
A first agreement between the partners was signed in December 2004. In March 2006 the establishment of the joint venture was agreed. The construction work on the aluminum plant began in November 2007. The official inauguration of the aluminum plant took place on April 12, 2010 by the then head of state Hamad bin Chalifa Al Thani .
Aluminum plant
The aluminum plant is located in Mesaieed , Al Wakra municipality , approximately 30 km south of Doha . It consists of four areas:
- The primary aluminum is produced in two buildings, each 1,150 m long. In each of them there are two rows (English potlines ) with 176 steel tubs each (i.e. a total of 704) in which the aluminum is melted. The current used is 300 kA . 1.1 million tons of aluminum oxide are imported annually .
- The anode factory produces approx. 300,000 t of anodes from petroleum coke and pitch every year , as around half a ton of anode material is used to produce one ton of aluminum. To this end, 223,000 t of petroleum coke and 50,000 t of pitch are imported annually.
- The foundry produces around 625,000 t of aluminum products per year.
- The Qatalum power plant , which was built specifically to supply the aluminum plant, has an installed capacity of 1,350 MW .
Others
The total cost of the aluminum plant is $ 5.7 billion , including $ 900 million for the power plant. Originally, the total cost was estimated at $ 3 billion.
See also
Web links
- Homepage. Qatalum, accessed June 29, 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Management team. Qatalum, accessed June 29, 2015 .
- ^ Qatar aluminum (Qatalum). Qatar Petroleum , accessed June 29, 2015 .
- ^ Mesaieed. Norsk Hydro , accessed June 29, 2015 .
- ^ Company Overview of Hydro Aluminum AS. Bloomberg , accessed June 29, 2015 .
- ↑ Sustainability. Qatalum, accessed June 29, 2015 .
- ^ History. Qatalum, accessed June 29, 2015 .
- ^ Primary Aluminum Plant. Qatalum, accessed June 29, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c $ 5.7bn Qatalum plant to meet rising demand. www.gulfconstructionworldwide.com, May 1, 2010, accessed June 30, 2015 .
- ^ Carbon Plant. Qatalum, accessed June 29, 2015 .
- ↑ Cast House. Qatalum, accessed June 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Work under way on Qatalum plans. gulfindustryonline.com, December 1, 2007, accessed June 30, 2015 .