CHINA TO OPEN FIRST PHASE OF LARGE ALUMINIUM PLANT
China, a major aluminium importer, will
open the first phase of its biggest aluminium plant on October
1, the China Daily said.
    The first phase of the plant, located in Qinghai province,
will have an annual capacity of 100,000 tonnes of ingots, half
the capacity of the finished plant. It will turn out 4,000
tonnes in 1987, the paper said, but gave no more details.
    Construction of the 510 mln yuan plant began in April 1984.
    Customs figures show China imported 266,241 tonnes of
aluminium and alloy in 1986, down from 487,862 in 1985.
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