Chinese Smelter Looks to Triple Production

Aluminum smelter expansion expected to be complete this year.

Baiyin Non-Ferrous Metals Co. of China will expand its main aluminum smelter, almost tripling annual capacity

The company's Baiyin Ibis Aluminum smelter will have an annual 150,000-metric-ton refined aluminum capacity when expansion is completed this year, up from 56,000 tons now.

China's annual aluminum production capacity will rise 23 percent in 2002 to 5.26 million tons by year-end, the paper said.

Yankuang Group Co., parent of Yanzhou Coal Mining Co., started building a aluminum smelter this year that will add 140,000 tons of annual capacity when its first phase is completed. China Daily