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Volta Aluminum Company Ltd.
Company typePublic
State ownership
Government-owned corporation
GenreAluminum manufacturing
Founded1948
HeadquartersTema, Greater Accra,
Ghana
Key people
Government of Ghana
ProductsAlumina to produce aluminium ingots at its smelter
OwnerThe Government of Ghana

Volta Aluminum Company, known as VALCO, is an aluminium company based in Tema, Greater Accra Region founded by Kaiser Aluminum and now wholly owned by the government of Ghana.

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