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(AMM) Century Aluminum slices Iceland output estimate

July 29, 2010 - 21:23 GMT Location: NEW YORK

KEYWORDS: Century Aluminum , Grundartangi , smelter , primary aluminum

Century Aluminum Co.'s Grundartangi smelter in Iceland will lose some 4,000 tonnes of primary aluminum production this year as a result of delayed transformer repairs.

The failed rectifier transformer was sent for repair in the first quarter and was originally expected to result in just 2,600 tonnes of lost output, a company spokesman told AMM, but damage that occurred during its return to Iceland has pushed that figure up to 4,000 tonnes.

"The rectifier was delivered to Iceland this month ahead of schedule. Regrettably, (it) was...

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