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.