04.03.2015 - Oil gloom won’t hit aluminium industry: Expert
Qatar’s aluminium industry remained resilient to the global economic downturn and dwindling oil prices. The total annual production of aluminium in Qatar is continuously growing and expected to touch 640,000 tonnes in 2015, which is 9.4 percent higher than the installed capacity of Qatalum plant (585,000 tonnes), a senior official of Qatalum said. “We were not affected by oil crisis, and our production level is still increasing. The annual production in 2014 reached 612,000 tonnes, about five percent higher than the full capacity,” said Tom Petter Johansen (pictured), CEO of Qatalum..............................................Full Article: Source
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