German company Trimet Aluminium SE produces primary aluminum (primary smelted aluminum) in its main manufacturing facility in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. This site produces 165, 000 metric tons of primary aluminium and 285, 000 metric tons of cast products annually, it also recycles 100, 000 metric tons of scrap aluminium. The manufacturing site consumes as much electricity as the entire city of Essen (580, 000 residents)