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2004/12/6 日本経済新聞夕刊       Norsk Hydro release

アルミ精錬 カタール、世界最大級 ノルウェー社と年120万トン

 カタール国営石油とノルウェーのエネルギー・素材企業、ノルスク・ヒドロは5日、カタールに世界最大級となるアルミニウム精錬工場を建設することで合意した。総投資額は約30億ドル(3060億円)。2008年に年産57万トンで生産を開始、その後同120万トンに引き上げる。
 カタールは単一鉱区では世界最大のノースフィールド・ガス田を保有、天然ガスを利用した産業開発に注力。アルミは生産コストの約3割を電力費用が占める。カタール国営石油とノルスク・ヒドロは安価な天然ガスを使った専用発電所を建設、巨大精錬プラントの競争力を確保する。精錬工場は首都ドーハ近郊に建設。カタール国営石油が51%、ノルスク・ヒドロが49%を出資し事業会社を設立、製品はノルスク・ヒドロが販売する。


2004-12-05 Norsk Hydro

Plans for world-class aluminium project in Qatar
http://www.hydro.com/en/press_room/news/archive/2004_12/qatar_main_en.html

Hydro and Qatar Petroleum have signed an agreement to develop one of the world's largest aluminium plants in Qatar. Planned capacity will be 570,000 tonnes of primary aluminium in the first phase. Total project costs are estimated to USD 3 billion. Hydro's share of the investment will be around USD 1.5 billion.


The planned project involves the construction of an aluminium metal plant, anode plant and casthouse, in addition to a dedicated power plant. Production will be based on Hydro's reduction cell technology. The plant will be built in the
Mesaieed Industrial Area, south of Doha.

The project is planned to reach full capacity during 2009.

The project
The project will consist of power generation, primary aluminium production and anode production, as well as a casthouse producing value added aluminium metal products.

To serve the aluminium production with required stable supplies of power, approximately 1,000 MW for the first phase, a new dedicated power plant will be constructed.

The plant site is sufficient for more than a doubling of the primary aluminium production capacity,
up to 1.2 million tonnes per year.

The power plant, as well as the primary aluminium plant, will be owned 51 percent by Qatar Petroleum and 49 percent by Hydro.

The casthouse will have the capacity to produce value-added products from all of the pot room metal. As Hydro is a global leader in the production, sales and marketing of aluminium metal products, Hydro will be responsible for marketing all casthouse products through its global system.
The casthouse will be owned 51 percent by Hydro and 49 percent by Qatar Petroleum.