"Chinese cathode makers have been receiving more orders fromoverseas aluminium smelters to supply their expanded facilities,"said Lang Guanghui, board chairman of Sunstone InternationalIndustry and Trade Co Ltd.

"International smelters are facing more obstacles, such asenvironmental barriers, to building more cathode plants for theirown use," said Lang, whose company expects to export 170,000tonnes in 2007, mainly to Alcoa (AA.N: Quote, Profile, Research).

Russia's United Company RUSAL, the world's top producer ofprimary aluminium, has said it would double its cathode blockcapacity in China to up to 30,000 tonnes this year, largelythrough a planned acquisition. (Reporting by Alfred Cang; Editing by Edmund Klamann)

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