Romanian aluminum producer Alro Slatina reduced energy consumption by a quarter during the crisis years. This was due to the drop in production.

Energy represents a third of the company’s costs. The amount of energy that Alro saved last year compared to 2008, can be used to fuel almost 350 apartments, reports local Digi24.

Alro is the largest power consumer in the country.

The aluminum producer posted last year a EUR 24.6 million loss, for a turnover of EUR 452 million. For 2015, the company estimates a profit of USD 63.6 million (EUR 57.8 million). It also forecasts revenues of USD 663.6 million (EUR 603 million) and has planned investments of USD 58.9 million (EUR 53.5 million).

Last year, Alro had a total production of 263,000 tonnes of primary aluminum and 78,000 tonnes of processed aluminum.

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