Market Challenges

Aminco Anodes is well-positioned to meet the rising demand for merchant anodes from the aluminum industry. Today, even large smelters with integrated in-house carbon facilities, continue to outsource a portion of their supply of carbon anodes for a variety of reasons including:

MARKET-DRIVEN

  • Excess anode demand beyond in house carbon plant capacity
  • Internal equipment repair/rebuild/upgrade
  • Price arbitrage between anodes and calcined petroleum coke (cpc) markets

CAPITAL-DRIVEN

  • Aluminum production capacity creep, internal carbon cannot keep pace
  • Opportunity for deferment of capital expenses at a smelter’s in house carbon plant

ENVIRONMENTAL-DRIVEN

  • Need to reduce local carbon footprint
  • Reduce energy consumption per ton of aluminum produced
  • Drive to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in manufacturing process by reducing anode effects

From the supply side, Aminco Anodes is in position to accommodate accelerating demand for carbon anodes while reducing a smelter’s costs including net carbon consumption:

RAW MATERIALS

Our world-class carbon supply reduces a smelter’s operating cost.

ENGINEERING

Our world-renowned team of experts in aluminum, anode manufacturing and coke calcination lend their expertise and innovation to meet the technical challenges in all phases of anode production including process and quality control and optimization.

MANUFACTURING

Our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities combine the manufacturing strength and cost efficiencies with Swiss-precision manufacturing techniques to yield world-class anodes that outperform competitors’ and reduce costs.

LOGISTICS

Aminco is known for delivering our products on spec and on time.

  • Effective supply-chain management starts with raw material procurement; then manufacturing is synchronized with transportation to customers.
  • Anode shipments require specialized packing, stowage and vessel configuration.
  • Due to the current volatility of the freight market, Aminco Anodes effectively manages freight exposure by using multi-modal transportation including truck and ocean transport, usually in combination to take advantage of economies.
  • Further, Aminco maintains a stockpile inventory or consignment stock in situations where a customer requires “just-in-time” delivery of critical materials.
  • This not only eliminates supply disruption due to transportation delays, but also reduces working capital requirements for customers.

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