Yunnan Aluminium powered up phase II of its smelter in Heqing county

Published: Jan 6, 2020 10:25

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The commissioning of the phase two will bring the project’s total capacity to 450,000 mt on an annualised basis

SHANGHAI, Jan 6 (SMM) – The second phase of Yunnan Aluminium’s aluminium smelting project in Heqing county, Yunnan province, southwest China, is connected to power supply on January 3, SMM learned.

The whole commissioning process of the 240,000 mt/year capacity is expected to come to an end at the end of February or in March.

The commissioning of the phase two will bring the project’s total capacity to 450,000 mt on an annualised basis, after the first phase of 210,000 mt came on stream in August.

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