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Market capital

The German aluminum industry has a conversion of 13.5 billion euro.

Characteristics

Durability

Aluminum is for a very long time durable. According to data of Alcoa nearly 70% of the aluminum, which was ever produced, are used nor. That corresponds to 480 millions of 690 million tons, which were produced since 1886.

Weight

Aluminum is very easy and therefore for many branches of industry attractive. It possesses a specific density of 2,7g/cm^3 (pure aluminium).

Environmental impact

Aluminum is easily re-usable. In addition energy can be saved through the small weight of the metal with use in mobile parts and vehicles.

Much energy is used against it with production by aluminum (electrolysis). The exploitation of bauxite leads to environmental degradation.

Effects on the health

Aluminum is physiologically harmless and has therefore its entitled application in food industry.

Customer

The most important customer of aluminum in Germany is the automobile industry. Because of its small weight aluminum is indispensable also in the aircraft industry.

Offerer

IAI members

26 enterprises are international members aluminum of institutes. They represent all parts of the world and have in the world-wide aluminum market together a portion of approximately 80%.

  • Alcan Inc.
  • Alcoa Inc. (World market leaders)
  • ALUAR Aluminio Argentino SAIC
  • Alumina Ltd.
  • Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (C)
  • Aluminum corporation OF China Ltd.
  • /BHP Billiton
  • Century Aluminum CO.
  • Comalco Ltd.
  • Companhia Brasileira de (CBA)
  • Companhia Vale DO Rio Doce (CVRD)
  • /Corus Group PLC
  • Dadco Alumina and chemicals Ltd.
  • Dubai aluminum Company Ltd.
  • Elkem a/s
  • Glencore internationally AG
  • Hindalco Industries Ltd.
  • Norsk hydraulic a.s.
  • Mitsui & CO. Ltd.
  • National aluminum Company Ltd., India
  • Nippon Light Metal Company Ltd.
  • PT Indonesia Asahan aluminum
  • Russian aluminum Joint stick company (Rusal)
  • SUAL getting thing
  • Sumitomo Chemical Company Ltd.

German and Austrian producers

  • Aluminum of oxides Stade GmbH
  • Austria metal AG
  • Hamburg aluminum works (HAW)
  • Trimet AG

The largest aluminum producers

The most important manufacturing country of aluminum is followed with some distance China, of the Russian federation, Canada and the USA. In Europe are Norway, France and Germany the most important producers.

The largest aluminum producers world-wide (2003) source: Trade paper the world in figures (2005)
" Rank" Country" Production (in Tsd. t)" Rank" Country" Production (in Tsd. t)
"  " 1China"  " 4.300"  " 8India"  " 798
"  " 2Russian " 3.200"  " 9France"  " 716
"  " 3Canada"  " 2.800"  " 10South Africa"  " 665
"  " 4The USA"  " 2.750"  " 11Germany"  " 660
"  " 5Australia"  " 1.877"  " 12Venezuela"  " 592
"  " 6Norway"  " 1.192"  " 13Bahrain"  " 532
"  " 7Brazil"  " 1.000"  " 14Spain"  " 389

One finds further tables to production data here:

  • Industry - the largest producers of: Fertilizer, iron, artificial fibers, paper, steel, cement
  • Mining industry - the main promotion nations of: Bauxite, lead, iron ore, diamond, gold, copper, platinum, silver, zinc, tin

Challenges

Cost of electricity

The production of aluminum is extremely energy-intensive. Over 40 per cent of production costs is cost of electricity. The aluminum hut of Corus in Voerde for example, which produces 120,000 tons aluminum annually with 500 coworkers, uses as much river as a city with 250.000 inhabitants.

The industry suffers therefore from the high electricity tariffs in Germany. High cost of electricity is the most important reason for the locking of the aluminum works in Stade and Hamburg, the end of 2005 to take place is. Also that Netherlands-British enterprise Corus threatened with the locking of its aluminum metallurgical plants in Germany, if no competitive electricity tariffs negotiate themselves liesen. Corus and the Trimet AG locked current supply contracts with the power station operators Eon and RWE, in order to lower their energy costs and become more competitive.

See also

  • Aluminum
  • List of the largest aluminum producers

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