Norsk Hydro: Power failure at Albras causes shutdown of 25% of capacity
Hydro's aluminium plant Albras in Brazil faced a shutdown of one production line due to an internal power distribution failure on Saturday.
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Hydro's aluminium plant Albras in Brazil faced a shutdown of one production line due to an internal power distribution failure on Saturday. This affected potline has an annual production capacity of 110,000 tonnes of liquid aluminium, while the plant's total capacity is 460,000 tonnes per year. The other three lines remain operational. Hydro, which owns 51% of Albras, will investigate the cause of the failure. Financial implications and the timing for restarting the affected line are currently unclear.
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- Shutdown of one production line at Albras due to power distribution failure.
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One of the four production lines at Hydro’s part-owned aluminium plant Albras in Brazil was shut down Saturday morning local time due to an internal power distribution failure.
The power distribution failure occurred within one potline at Albras, consequently leading to a shutdown of the affected potline. The affected potline produces 110,000 tonnes of liquid aluminium annually.
The other three lines at Albras were not affected and are running as normal.
It remains too early to assess financial implications from the incident, as well as timing for restart. Albras will investigate the root cause for the shutdown.
Albras has a total production capacity of 460,000 tonnes per year. Hydro owns
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