...Gulf oil producers are pushing ahead with mega aluminum projects valued at $22 billion which will boost their output to 10 million tons and allow them to control 18 percent of the world’s total aluminum output.
The six Gulf Cooperation Council countries, which sit atop 45 percent of the global recoverable oil deposits produced around 2.2 million tons of aluminum in 2009 and new smelters and expansions of existing units will push their combined output to nearly 3.7 million tons by the end of 2010...