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MODERNISATION OF IRKUTSK ALUMINIUM SMELTER
United Company RUSAL is carrying out large-scale modernisation of the Irkutsk
aluminium smelter, which was commissioned in 1962. The production facility uses
the 135-160kA Soderberg technology with vertical self-baking studs.
In 2005, the Irkutsk smelter launched a project to construct the 5th potline,
which will be equipped with new-generation reduction cells and prebaked anodes.
The 300 kA cells have been designed by SibVAMI. After the commissioning of the
new potline, the total capacity of the smelter will increase by 1.5 times and
will stand at 450,000 tpa.
The first two potrooms of the new potline were launched in February 2008 and
the full capacity of the 5th potline will be achieved within a year.
In 2007, the Irkutsk aluminium smelter produced 297,000 tonnes of aluminium.
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