美国铝业(Alcoa Inc)将关闭在巴西仅存的一座冶炼厂,因金属价格疲软而能源成本高。这家冶炼厂是在过去一年中巴西关闭的第三家,该国冶炼厂数量自2010年的6家降至仅2家。该冶炼厂关闭将令巴西年产量降至90万t以下,去年巴西铝产量为962000t,为1990年以来的最低水平,较2013年下降25%,并远低于其加工业需求。产量下滑将增加巴西对进口的依赖,因其大型包装行业增长,潜在地将亚洲及中东的进口商的供应自北 Alcoa Inc will close the only remaining smelter in Brazil due to its weak energy costs and high energy costs. The smelter was the third to close down in Brazil over the past year, bringing the country’s smelters down from just 6 in 2010 to only two. The closure of the smelter will bring Brazil’s annual production below 900,000 t. Last year Brazil’s aluminum production was 962,000 t, its lowest level since 1990, a 25% drop from 2013 and far below its processing industry demand. The decline in output will increase Brazil’s dependence on imports, potentially boosting the supply of importers in Asia and the Middle East, due to the growth of the large packaging industry