TABLE 5 |
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JAPAN: OVERSEAS ALUMINUM SMELTING PROJECTS IN
2003 |
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Annual
capacity |
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Company/project
name |
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(metric
tons) |
Type of |
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Production |
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Shipment to |
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Major equity holder |
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Participating Japanese |
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and country |
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Total |
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Japanese share |
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power |
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started |
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Japan started |
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and/or other holders |
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companies and their equity share |
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New Zealand Aluminium |
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313,000 |
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67,600 |
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Hydro |
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April 1971 |
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July 1971 |
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Comalco New Zealand Ltd., 79.36% |
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Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.,
20.64%. |
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Smelters Ltd., |
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New Zealand |
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Alcan
Smelters and Chemical |
90,000 |
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45,000 |
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do. |
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NA |
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January 1977 |
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Alcan Aluminum Ltd. of Canada, |
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Nippon Light Metal Co. Ltd., 50%. |
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Ltd., Canada |
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50% |
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Intalco Aluminum Corp.,1 |
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272,000 |
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106,000 |
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do. |
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1966 |
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NA |
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Alcoa Inc., 61% |
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Mitsui & Co., Ltd., 32%; and YKK Corp., 7%. |
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United States |
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Eastalco Aluminum Co.,1 |
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174,000 |
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68,000 |
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Thermal |
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1970 |
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do. |
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do. |
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do. |
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United States |
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Industria Venezolana de |
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450,000 |
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90,000 |
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Hydro |
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February 1978 |
December 1978 |
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Corp. Venezolana de Guayana |
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Showa Denko
K.K., 7%; Sumitomo Chemical |
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Aluminio C.A., |
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(CVG) of Venezuela, 80% |
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Co. Ltd., 4%; Kobe Steel Ltd., 4%; Mitsubishi |
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Venezuela |
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Materials Corp., 3%; Mitsubishi Aluminum |
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Co. Ltd., 1%; and Marubeni Corp., 1%. |
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P.T. Indonesia Asahan |
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225,000 |
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133,000 |
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do. |
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February 1982 |
October 1982 |
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Indonesian Government, 41% |
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Nippon Asahan Aluminium Co. Ltd. (a 13- |
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Aluminum, |
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member Japanese consortium), 59%. |
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Indonesia |
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Boyne Island Smelter Ltd., |
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260,000 |
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130,000 |
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Thermal |
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do. |
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July 1982 |
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Comalco Ltd. of Australia, 59.5% |
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Sumitomo Light Metal Co. Ltd., 17%; Ryowa |
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reduction lines 1, 2, |
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Development Pty. Ltd., 9.5%; YKK Aluminum |
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Australia |
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Pty. Ltd., 9.5%; and Sumitomo Chemical Co. |
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Ltd., 4.5%. |
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Boyne Island Smelter Ltd., |
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230,000 |
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94,000 |
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do. |
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July 1997 |
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October 1997 |
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Comalco Ltd. of Australia, 59.25% |
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Sumitomo Light Metal No.
2 Co. Pty. Ltd., 17%; |
reduction line 3, |
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Ryowa Development II Pty. Ltd., 14.25%; and |
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Australia |
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YKK Aluminium Pty. Ltd., 9.5%. |
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Alcoa of Australia Ltd., |
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350,000 |
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80,500 |
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do. |
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November 1986 |
NA |
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Alcoa of Australia, 45%; Eastern |
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Marubeni Corp., 23%. |
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Australia |
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Aluminum Co., 10%; China |
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International Trust & Investment |
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Corp., 22% |
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Aluminio Brasileiro S.A., |
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400,000 |
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196,000 |
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Hydro |
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July 1985 |
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November 1986 |
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, |
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Nippon Amazon Aluminum Co. (a 32-member |
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Brazil |
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51% |
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Japanese consortium), 49%. |
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Mozambique
Aluminum Co.,2 |
250,000 |
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63,000 |
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do. |
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June 2000 |
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NA |
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Billiton plc, 47.11%; Industrial |
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Mitsubishi Corp., 25%. |
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Mozambique |
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Development Corp. of South |
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Africa, 24.04%;
Government of |
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Mozambique, 3.85% |
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Aluminerie Alouette Inc.,3 |
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243,000 |
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46,000 |
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do. |
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June 1992 |
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September 1992 |
Alcan, 40%;
Austria Metal AG, 20%; |
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Marubeni Corp., 6.67%. |
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Canada |
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Hydro Aluminium, 20%;
Societe Generale |
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de Financement du Duebec, 13.33% |
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NA not available. |
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1The two smelters under Intalco Aluminum Corp. and Eastalco Aluminum Co. were acquired by Alcoa Inc. in
July 1998. |
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2Phase 2 will add an additional 253,000 metric tons per year
(t/yr) of aluminum capacity by 2003. |
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3Capacity will be expanded to 500,000 t/yr in fall 2005 from
243,000 t/yr. |
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Sources: Japan Aluminum Association, Japan Overseas
Aluminun Smelting Projects; U.S. Geological Survey, Primary Aluminum Plants
Worldwide—1998, Part I—Detail, p. 4, 22, and 155; Marubeni Corp. |
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