Produktion in EU 15 (in 1000t)

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Recycled Aluminium (1)	2060,2	2214,4	2236,0	2283,0	2283,7
Unwrought Aluminium (2)	2454,8	2509,1	2574,1	2579,3	2577,7
Aluminium Castings (3)	1930,5	2111,8	2178,4	2245,1	2273,8
Aluminium Semis (2)	5816,2	6051,0	5913,8	6038,1	6094,6

(1) mainly includes aluminium casting alloys and deoxidation aluminium.
(2) source: EAA
(3) 2001, 2002, 2003 partially estimated
 
 

Western Europe has 165 refiners producing casting alloys and deoxidation aluminium and 110 remelters producing wrought alloys in the shapes of extrusion billets and rolling slabs, with the number of employees amounting to approximately 20,000.
 

Structure of the EU 15 Refiners Industry (Situation as per 2004)

Production	Germany	Italy	UK	Spain	France	EU 15
> 100.000 t	1					1
up to 100.000 t	5	6			2	14
up to 50.000 t	2		3	3	3	14
up to 40.000 t		3				5
up to 20.000 t	5	5	5	5	4	26
up to 10.000 t	5	3	5	4	2	17
< 1.000 t		21	11	16	6	57
total	14	38	24	28	17	134