Reuters reported that Abu Dhabi based Emirates Aluminium expects to complete a capacity expansion plan that will help its current output triple to 700,000 tonnes by the end of this year. The company produces more than 200,000 tonnes from its phase one Greenfield smelter.
Mr Yousuf Bastaki VP of projects at EMAL said that "By December will be have all the pots ready to produce 700,000 tonnes and the actual 700,000 will be reached by the start of 2011. There are no delays to these plans and we are on track to complete them."
EMAL first started production from its USD 5.7 billion project located at Al Taweelha in Abu Dhabi in January. The company is 50-50 JV between Dubai Aluminum Company Limited and Mubadala Development Company.
The company is expected to be the world's largest single site aluminum smelter complex with this project. The Phase I will have a capacity of more than 2,000 MW of electricity. The Phase II will increase capacity to 1.4 million tonnes of aluminum per year and is expected to be completed in 2013 to 2014.
（Sourced from Reuters）
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