China's Yunnan Aluminium, which plans to start up its new 800,000 mt/year alumina refinery in May, expects commercial output in June, and hopes to ramp up to full capacity by July-August, a company source told Platts Thursday.
The refinery, when in operation, will mark the company's debut in alumina production.
"We plan to start trial output in May, and should see first output in June. But then it will take a couple more months to reach capacity, so actual output this year will probably reach about 300,000 mt," the source said.
"Next year, we should be able to reach a full 800,000 mt output," the source added.
Yunnan Aluminium's new alumina output will be used mainly to feed the company's 500,000 mt/year primary aluminium and aluminium products smelting operations.
The company currently obtains its alumina feed from both overseas imports and domestic purchases.
The refinery was originally slated to start up in the fourth quarter of 2010, but was delayed due to market and technical factors.
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