Argentina's Aluar aluminium smelter hits 70% capacity

January 01, 2021 / www.metalbulletin.com / Article Link

Argentinian aluminium producer Aluar finished 2020 at 70% capacity utilization, ramping up production from stoppages related to the Covid-19 pandemic and weather conditions earlier in the year, the company said.

"[We will] continue to gradually seek production planning that allows for the partial resumption of the remaining capacity usage," Aluar said in a filing to the country's securities and exchange commission, CNV.

The company, which runs a 460,000-tonne-per-year aluminium smelter in the Argentinian Patagonia, had to...

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