Guizhou aluminium smelter

Guizhou is one of the oldest aluminium smelters in China. Commissioned in 1966, its position on the global cost curve is comparatively high even compared with Chinese peers. The smelter is fully owned by Chalco and alumina is supplied via conveyor from the captive namesake alumina plant. The alumina plant was divested to parent company Chinalco in 2013. Wood Mackenzie’s asset reports are built from the bottom up, incorporating a number of granular data metrics to ultimately produce our industry standard cash operating costs. This report contains a detailed asset note giving you a holistic view of the asset, including an operational overview through to a timeline of events from inception to now. This qualitative analysis is supplemented by the associated Excel download which enables interrogation of a whole series of cost and production metrics over the life of the asset.