EBRD PLOTS FINANCING OF NEW TURKISH PRE-BAKED ALUMINIUM ELECTROLYSIS UNIT
April 1st, 2013
The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) has drafted plans to promote the use of pre-baked technology in aluminium smelter electrolysis units through a possible USD50 million loan to Turkey’s only liquid aluminium manufacturer Eti Aluminyum. The money would help modernise the company’s aluminium smelter plant located in Konya, in south-central Anatolia, by converting the existing Soderberg electrolysis technology to proven prebaked anode technology.An EBRD memorandum explained the new unit would not only “bring substantial energy ...
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