Xinwang aluminium smelter

We start costing the Xinwang operation from 1998, when the operation became solely prebake. The closure of the converted Søderberg line in 2008 reduced site capacity to 45kt/a. In March 2013, due to high power tariffs, all output was stopped. Permanent closure is possible. 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.