Hydro’s Norwegian aluminium plant faces months to fully restore output

Norsk Hydro may take months to return its Karmoey aluminium plant in western Norway to full capacity following a power outage that cut production by about 10%, the company said on Tuesday.

Hydro on Monday switched off 45 of the 288 aluminium cells at the plant’s main production line, corresponding to around 27 000 t of annual capacity, to help enable stable operations for the remaining units.