SHANGHAI, May 22 (SMM) – Qinghai-based aluminium producer Western Hydropower will resume 50,000 mt of primary aluminium capacity by the end of May, a source told SMM on Wednesday May 22.
The company previously closed its 150,000 mt of primary aluminium capacity. The remaining 100,000 mt under suspension will also come online in the months ahead.
SMM learned that the plant started to pay a lower electricity price of 0.3 yuan/mt from May.
