Toronto-based Global Alumina Corporation continued work to finance and construct a 2.8-Mt/y alumina refinery in the Boké region of Guinea (www.globalalumina.com). Additional production of approximately 1.6 Mt (5%) from new and restarted production capacity located around the world (focused in China) is expected in 2007.
Rio Tinto Alcan a commencé la construction à Jonquière, au Québec, d’une usine-pilote d’une capacité de 60 000 t/a pour sa nouvelle technologie de fusion AP50, au coût de 550 M$US.