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Aluar
Aluar is the only aluminium smelter in Argentina and one of the largest in South America. 
History.
Established in 1970 as a partnership between synthetic rubber maker FATE, businessman José Ber Gelbard, and other private investors, Aluar obtained an exclusive licence to produce aluminum from the military regime of General Alejandro Lanusse, who sought to make Argentina self-sufficient in the critical industrial staple. Following state-financed works on a hydroelectric dam in Trevelin, Chubut Province, Aluar opened its first smelter in Puerto Madryn,
Aluar did well and expanded. Due to the devaluation of the Peso, goods produced by Aluar became cheaper to foreign buyers and most of their production was sold abroad. 
The company produced 275,000 tonnes of aluminium in 2006, as it embarked on a series of expansion projects which increased production to 410,000 tons in 2008.
Technology.
The Puerto Madryn smelter has four reduction lines:
- Lines 1 and 2 each have 200 Montecatini P-155 reduction cells
- Line 3 has 144 Pechiney AP18 reduction cells.
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