Areva's transmission and distribution
division has bagged a turnkey contract to build an electricity supply system
for Alcan's new AP50 plant located in Quebec, Canada.
The AP50 plant will operate at 500
kilo amperes (kA) and will produce a projected 60,000 tpa of primary aluminium.
The company expects to complete the delivery of the supply system to be built at
a cost of about Rs.550 crore (100 million euros) by September 2009.