EGA updates UAE’s largest recycling plant is slated to come into operation in 2026

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the world’s leading producer of premium aluminium, updated last week that its first and the UAE’s largest aluminium recycling plant would start producing hot metal in 2026.

The construction of the plant, adjacent to EGA’s existing Al Taweelah smelter, officially began in November 2023 and is progressing ahead of scheduled time, said EGA while announcing the H1 2024 financial results.

The recycling plant will have an annual capacity of processing 170,000 tonnes of pre and post-consumer aluminium scrap into low-carbon, high-quality aluminium billets. These primary products will be sold by EGA under the brand name RevivAL, according to the present statement by EGA.

EGA believes this project will efficiently meet a substantial part of the surging global demand for recycled aluminium, projecting an increase from 27 million tonnes per year to 57 million tonnes by 2040.

The company also believes this plant is well-aligned with the UAE’s net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal by 2050.  

EGA has always been committed to its sustainability goals, emerging as the first company to produce aluminium commercially using solar power, marketed under CelestiAL, starting in 2021. In the next two years, EGA expanded its low-carbon aluminium portfolio, combining solar and recycled aluminium to achieve an even lower carbon-intense product, CelestiAL-R.

According to AL Circle’s report “World Recycled Aluminium Market Analysis - Industry Forecast to 2030,” The Middle East & Africa contributed an estimated 602,000 tonnes of recycled aluminium in 2022, which in 2024 is estimated to increase to 643,000 million tonnes. By 2030, the region is forecasted to produce 766,000 tonnes of recycled aluminium, marking a compound growth rate of 3.06 per cent.