Economic Trends in Aluminium Smelting

Auteur(s) : Keniry, Jeffrey Thomas

• Notice du document

  Titre / Title

  Economic Trends in Aluminium Smelting

  Auteur(s) / Author(s)

  Keniry Jeffrey Thomas, auteur principal

  Type de document

  Conférence

  Catégorie de documents imprimés

  Etudes économiques

  Publication

  Australie: s.e., 2022/06

  Description technique / Physical description

  15 p.; 28 cm

• Langue / Language

  Anglais

• Description

  • Résumé / Abstract

    Résumé indiqué en début d'article : 
    
    "The economic trends in aluminium smelting over the past 30 years are

    examined. Smelter operating margins are seen to be declining in real

    terms, while greenfield projects often struggle to cover their cost of

    capital. The application of technology developments and capacity creep to

    older smelters is extending their life and reducing the competitive

    advantage that technology has traditionally afforded to modern smelters.

    Future trends in the industry are discussed. Increasingly, the availability

    and price of power will dictate industry developments in the context of a

    rapid growth in demand for metal from developing countries over the next

    decades. The proportion of this growth picked up by smelters operating in

    traditional western locations may not be substantial however, unless the

    investment cost per tonne of capacity can be substantially improved."