Aluminium Dunkerque
operating- Capacity
- 300 kt/yrnominalna
- Status
- operating
The largest primary aluminium smelter in the European Union and the largest electrolysis plant under one roof in the world. Powered by nuclear energy from the nearby Gravelines power plant. In March 2026 Aluminium Bahrain concluded an exclusivity agreement with American Industrial Partners on the acquisition of one hundred percent of the shares, with the announced participation of Bpifrance; closing of the transaction was announced for 2026. In 2025 the plant commissioned a scrap remelting furnace, processing approx. 12 kt in it.
Verified at source:
- B Company website (aluminiumdunkerque.fr)
- B Aluminium Dunkerque – „Notre activité”, kluczowe liczby
- B Aluminium Dunkerque, Rapport RSE 2025 (sustainability report per VSME, with 2019–2025 historical data; unaudited – a separate VSME report verified by auditors is announced) PDF p. 3 (editorial, VSME standard), PDF p. 5 (shareholder AIP; 4 sectors: anode plant, electrolysis, casthouse, maintenance; “+ 300,000 tonnes d'aluminium produites par an”, “+ 750 collaborateurs”, “+ 850 M€ de CA”, 450 MW), PDF pp. 7–8 (2025 sales: 220,000 t of rolling slabs, 55,000 t of alloy ingots “contre 35,000 tonnes auparavant”; furnace No. 8 – +20,000 t of ingot line capacity; stocks from the end of 2024), PDF p. 12 (Scope 1 per EU ETS declaration and Scope 2 location-based 2019–2025, t CO2e/yr), PDF pp. 13–15 (energy 2025: 3.988 TWh of electricity, 12,985 kWh/t on the electrolysis series; 248 GWh of gas; 2.53 GJ/t of anodes, −3% compared with 2024), PDF p. 24 (share of recycled aluminium 4% at the end of 2025)
- B American Industrial Partners – komunikat „American Industrial Partners Capital Fund VII, L.P. acquired ownership of the aluminium smelter located in Loon-Plage, France” (1.10.2021) HTML page (no pagination): acquisition by AIP's subsidiary of three French companies (Liberty Industries France SAS, Alvance Aluminium Dunkerque SAS, Alvance Aluminium Service SAS) through enforcement of a pledge over the shares of Liberty France Industries 1 SA; approval by the French foreign investment control authority
- B Komisja Europejska, Union Registry – Verified Emissions for 2024 (ekstrakt z 1.04.2025) arkusz „data”, wiersze FR (kolumny VERIFIED_EMISSIONS_2019–2024, ALLOCATION_2024, MAIN_ACTIVITY_TYPE_CODE)
- C World Mineral Production 2020–2024 PDF s. 12 (Production of bauxite, France (a) – na cele niemetalurgiczne), s. 13 (Production of alumina), s. 14 (Production of primary aluminium)
- B Austrian Federal Ministry of Finance, World Mining Data 2026, tab. 6.4 – Production of Mineral Raw Materials of individual Countries, by Minerals (arkusze „Aluminium” i „Bauxite”) Aluminium, France: 417 000 / 438 942 / 388 589 / 356 717 / 402 606 t (2020–2024, oznaczenie r – dane raportowane); Bauxite, France: 95 339 t (2024, r)
- B TRIMET France, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne – Commission de suivi de site, „Bilan industriel à fin 2024” (prezentacja) slide 3 (potline output 2016–2024 in kt Al/yr, permitted output 150/160 kt, employment)
- A EEA – Industrial Reporting under the Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75/EU and European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 (discodata, [IED].[latest].[ProductionFacility] i [ProductionInstallation])
- C Aluminium Dunkerque, Rapport développement durable 2025 PDF p. 5 (key figures); PDF p. 12 (scope 1+2 emissions and t CO₂e/t Al indicator)
- B GLEIF – Global LEI Index, API lei-records (filtr nazwy prawnej i kraju FR)