Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Qatalum, the joint venture smelter of Norsk Hydro ASA (NHY) and Qatar Petroleum, reached full production capacity of 585,000 tons of aluminum on Sept. 21, the company said in an e-mailed statement.

The owners of the Qatar-based plant said in June they planned to reach full capacity by the end of the third quarter after the target was pushed back from an initial January date.