BAKU, Azerbaijan, Mar.30
By Fidan Babayeva – Trend:
Azerbaijan’s Azeraluminium LLC, one of the largest export-oriented enterprises in the country plans to ramp up consumption of aluminum in the domestic market for increasing the added value of local producers in 2021, a source in the company told Trend.
According to the source, at present, negotiations are underway with interested enterprises.
"In 2020, about four percent of the LLC's products were sold on the domestic market. They were used mainly in the construction sector, as well as in the production of dry transformers," the company said.
The company produced nearly 53,000 tons of primary aluminum last year with a design capacity of 50,000 tons per year.
“Azeraluminium has an extensive expansion program, including production facilities,” added the source.
The main end-products of the company are aluminum ingots, rolls of hot and cold rolled products, which can be sold in the form of rolls, sheets, or strips of various sizes at the request of the client.
Azeraluminium LLC is a leading company in the field of non-ferrous metallurgy of Azerbaijan and the only producer of primary aluminum in the South Caucasus.
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