<h1>Major aluminium producer starts output from new 525 kA smelter, boosting capacity to 1 MTPA and raising legal risks</h1> A major aluminium producer reported first metal output from a newly commissioned 525 kA smelter as part of a one million tonne per annum expansion, raising its domestic capacity to 1 MTPA and increasing its corporate group output to 2.8 MTPA. The project involved contracts with multiple global and domestic engineering and automation suppliers and is presented as advancing national industrial policy objectives and supply security for strategic sectors. Legal issues potentially implicated include competition and antitrust scrutiny due to significant market share increase, compliance with environmental and permitting regimes for large smelters, contract performance and liability under supplier agreements, and public procurement or national security considerations.