Indonesian aluminium giant Inalum wants to build a new smelter or triple its current annual capacity

Published: Jan 22, 2020 11:20

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[Indonesian aluminium giant Inalum wants to build a new smelter or triple its current capacity] Inalum plans to build a smelter in (North Kalimantan), North Kalimantan province, near Borneo, with an annual capacity of 500000 tons, thereby increasing the company's total capacity to 750000 tons. The island is rich in bauxite resources. The timing of the construction of the smelter is unclear.

The Indonesian state-owned company PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Asahan Aluminum, hereinafter referred to as Inalum), plans to build a smelter in (North Kalimantan), North Kalimantan Province, near Borneo, with an annual capacity of 500000 tons, thereby increasing the company's total production capacity to 750000 tons. The island is rich in bauxite resources. The timing of the construction of the smelter is unclear.

The expansion of Inalum's only smelter in Guaradanjung (Kuala Tanjung), North Sumatra, which currently has an annual capacity of 250000 tons, has been hampered mainly by power supply constraints, and the company is trying to upgrade the furnace in an attempt to increase capacity to 300000 tons.

PT Aneka Tambang (, also known as Antam, a subsidiary of Inalum, is building a 1 million-tonne refinery in Kalimantan, which processes bauxite into alumina and is expected to start production in early 2022.

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