Qatalum to resume production
Qatalum is a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Norwegian aluminum producer Hydro. Power was down for nearly five hours, which led to a considerable drop in temperature in the electrolysis cells and production had to be stopped. After the power failure on Monday, all available resources have been in place to limit the consequences of the power outage, Hydro says in a press release. “We will do what we can to get aluminium production at Qatalum back on track as soon as possible in a safe and responsible manner,” says Hilde Merete Aasheim, executive vice president for Hydro’s Primary Metal business area.
Attempts to resume production continued late on Monday and early on Tuesday, but proved impossible as the cooling process had already solidified the liquid electrolyte. The incident caused no injuries. “Safety has had top priority in all considerations during this critical situation in Qatar. I’m pleased that everyone is safe and no one is hurt,” Aasheim says. Qatalum is in the middle of the ramp-up towards full output, and produced at around 60 percent of full capacity at the time of the incident. Hydro is working to determine how long it will take before the plant will reach full capacity. Aasheim says Hydro considers the situation very serious. ”We have to get to the bottom of this to determine what caused the power outage to ensure that it doesn’t happen again,” she says. Qatalum has established an investigatory commission of representatives from Qatar Petroleum and Hydro. When completed, Qatalum will be one of the most modern, energy-efficient and environmentally high-performing aluminium plant in the world, with an annual production capacity of 585,000 tonnes of aluminium. (Press release)
Monday, 16 August 2010 07:05
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