Aluminium Stewardship Initiative welcomes Qatalum as new Production and Transformation member

Qatalum has joined Aluminium Stewardship Initiative as the Production and Transformation member, bringing the total count of ASI members to 193.

Qatalim’s vision is to provide their customers worldwide with best quality aluminium products made in Qatar. They run an aluminium smelter in Mesaieed, Qatar, located 40 km south of Doha. Their facilities include a casthouse, carbon plant, port, a reduction plant, storage facilities and also a captive power plant. The workforce of Qatalum includes people from over 40 nationalities. The company contributes to the industrial diversification of the State of Qatar as well as is paving the way for a sustainably developed future.

Qatalum is known to produce more than 600,000 tons of top quality primary aluminium products per year. Their value-extrusion ingots and foundry alloys is known to meet the quality standards of the global customer base. The aluminium from Qatalum is used in various industries like construction, consumer good manufacturing, automotive, as well as engineering.

The company is owned by Hydro Aluminium of Norway and Qatar Aluminium Manufacturing Company (QAMCO) of Qatar.

According to Khalid Mohamed Laram, the CEO of Qatalum,  “With the increasing public awareness and to satisfy our customer’s requirement, Qatalum finds the need to showcase its long time efforts and commitment towards environmental protection and sustainability with the ultimate aim to have a balance among economy, ecology and environment. We, at Qatalum, see that the better way to assure the public and our customers is for a non-partisan and reputable organization like ASI to validate and vouch for our company. In Qatalum, we continue to strive that each one of us no matter what position or function in the organization is environmentally conscientious and having the sense and mind set of environmental stewardship.”