EGA announces force majeure on aluminium deliveries as operations halt at world’s largest smelter

The top aluminium producer of the Middle East, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), has invoked force majeure clauses for the partial suspension of deliveries due to the damage sustained by its Al Taweelah smelter in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from the Iranian drone and missile attacks. 

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The attacks were launched on March 28, 2026, that hit the smelter of Aluminium Bahrain and that of EGA, causing “significant damages” and resulting in operational halt at the world’s largest facility that produced of 1.6 million tonnes as of 2025. EGA did not immediately release any other statement on the matter.

Supply chain disruption has begun since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz trade route as a response to the ongoing conflict between the US-Israel and the Iran, the Katter accounting for nearly 9 per cent of global aluminium supply, catering to the Asian, European and American markets.  

Apart from the raw materials supply crunch and the blocked Strait of Hormuz, followed by the Mozal aluminium smelter closure on March 16, operations halt at the EGA smelter and IRALCO smelter have resulted in a steady decline  in the global aluminium stocks, falling 13.89 per cent from 463,550 tonnes on March 2 to 399,150 tonnes on April 10, marking the rising supply shock and scarcity.

In case the Hormuz corridor remains jammed, supply hindrance persists, and trade hangs by the thread of uncertainty, the aluminium industry would be exposed to a wide array of production cuts, supply scarcity and skyrocketing prices.

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