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2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
The Startup and the Operation Performance of the Twin Green Anode Plant at Maaden Aluminium Smelter in Saudi Arabia
Authors : Christophe Bouché, Abdulrahman Al-Shammari, Subah Al-Shammari, Nitin Yadav, Michel Gendron, Pasquale Calo
Published in: Light Metals 2016
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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MA’ADEN, Saudi Arabia’s government owned mineral resources company, and ALCOA, the world’s leading producer of Aluminium, signed a JV (Joint Venture) agreement in December 2009 to develop the largest integrated Aluminium complex in Saudi Arabia on Arabian Gulf coast at Ras Al-Khair industrial zone.Aluminium smelter capacity of MA’ADEN is 740,000 mtpy of hot metal. With local bauxite mining capacity of 4,000,000 mtpy, alumina refinery capacity of 2,000,000 mtpy and rolling mill capacity 380,000 mtpy, MA’ADEN is the world largest integrated Aluminium complex.The carbon anode manufacturing of this complex consists of two 40 tph green anode plants using Rhodax dry mix preparation and intensive mixing cascade technologies and one liquid pitch terminal with 2x6,000 tonnes storage tanks.This paper covers the design concept of the green anode plants and its operation performance since its inception in 2011 with the focus being on the commissioning and start-up management as well as the technical challenges encountered.