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Edea

Major dam on the River Sanaga in Cameroon, generating 263 mw of electricity; 80% of the power is consumed by an aluminium smelter at the same site. It is operated by Alucam, using aluminium imported form Guinea.
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Rio Tinto Alcan is already the majority shareholder in the aluminium company Alucam, which produces about 90,000 tonnes per year at Edea in south Cameroon.
Cameroon and Rio Tinto sign production accords by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
In terms of its energy supply, the country is fortunate in having massive hydro-electric potential, such as the dam on the Sanaga River which mostly furnishes power to the Edea aluminium smelter.
At the crossroads by New African
The Edea smelter consumes about 45% of total power output in Cameroon, so boosting production capacity to 300,000 tonnes a year, as planned by Alcan, would certainly require new generating capacity.
Is aluminium the new gold? by Ford, Neil / African Business
 
 
 
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