Qatar Aluminium Sees Demand Rising 6% as Autos Dominate

Aluminum demand is growing 6 percent a year with the automobile market taking up more than half of output at Qatar Aluminium Ltd., the joint venture of Qatar Petroleum and Norsk Hydro ASA.

Automobile customers account for 60 percent of Qatar Aluminium’s products, Chairman Abdulrahman Ahmed Al-Shaibi said Tuesday at a conference in Doha. The drop in oil prices has not affected demand as the company is operating its factory at capacity, he said.