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| Client: |
Alusaf Limited. |
| Brief: |
Core owner's team to expand Alusaf’s production capacity
by building the 466 ktpa greenfield Hillside Smelter. |
| Budget: |
US $ 2 billion. |
| Construction: |
Expected to take 36 months, but completed in
31 months. |
| Technology: |
Pechiney AP28/30 technology. |
| Power Supply: |
Plant consumes 840 Megawatts of continuous power, equivalent to the total consumption of Cape Town and Port Elizabeth - ESKOM's largest customer by far! |
| Environmental considerations: |
Comprehensive EIA completed September 1992, including public response reports. Forerunner of most current day SA large project EIA's. |
| Current production: |
Producing 500 ktpa of aluminium ingots. |
| A word from the owner: |
It is the world’s largest greenfield
aluminium smelter. |
For more info visit: www.bhpbilliton.com
or contact GTI. |
