South32’s aluminium business remains strong, with the Mozal smelter, in Mozambique, having produced a record 271 000t of aluminum for the 2017 financial year. 

With the price of various commodities having improved during the 2017 financial year, diversified miner South32 remains optimistic about the aluminium. Meanwhile, South32 had approved a $38-million energy efficiency project at Mozal aluminium.

The project is expected to deliver a 5%, or about 10 000 t/y, increase in production with no associated increase in power consumption.