The US Department of Justice has urged a court to dismiss Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s lawsuit filed on the proposed USD 4 billion Oklahoma aluminium smelter, arguing that the project would strengthen national and economic security. The move comes as the joint venture of Emirates...
Aluminium prices settled 0.35 per cent higher at INR 345.6 (USD 3.64), backed by declining exchange inventories, expectations of additional fiscal measures in China and concerns over constrained supply from the Middle East. However, improving production prospects in the region limited further...
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Emirates Global Aluminium, which is the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, on 29 th December’19, announced the accomplishment of its historic project to export the UAE developed industrial technology, with the statement of performance guarantee tests at...
Emirates Global Aluminium announced that its Al Taweelah alumina refinery in Abu Dhabi produced one million tonnes of alumina since operations started in April. The refinery is now expected to reach sustained production at its nameplate capacity during the first half of 2020. Once fully-ramped up,...
Abdulla Jassem Kalban and Abdulnasser Ibrahim Saif Bin Kalban is reportedly becoming Emirates Global Aluminium's new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, with effect from January 2020. Such was the announcement made by the Board of EGA on Wednesday, December 18. Abdulla Jassem Kalban, as...
The undisputable production growth in the global aluminium industry in last one decade has resulted in wide spread Greenfield and Brownfield expansions across the aluminium value chain. The year 2019 also saw many key projects ground breaking, developing and commissioning in the upstream and...
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) Chairman Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa said the company’s Line 6 Expansion Project is a game-changer and marks a turning point for Alba and a new era of growth and prosperity for Bahrain. With the inauguration of the Project on Sunday 24 November 2019, Alba has...
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the largest aluminium producer in the Middle East is supporting the downstream consumers of its metal to engage with the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative. The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative is a global, non-profit standards setting and certification organisation...
Emirates Global Aluminium has signed an agreement to supply Xinfa with bauxite from its Guinea Alumina Corporation bauxite mine for the next five years. EGA will supply the Chinese company with millions of tonnes of bauxite each year from 2020, with the first vessel scheduled to load in January....
Emirates Global Aluminium announced that it has extended its UAE-made aluminium supply agreement with BMW. The new deal will see EGA’s aluminium supplies to BMW continue until 2022. A BMW representative visited EGA’s Jebel Ali site in Dubai to mark the start of the new agreement. EGA, one of the...
Amidst the potential primary aluminium production capacity, the GCC aluminium giants are increasingly exploring upstream possibilities as well. For instance, Al Taweelah alumina refinery and the Boke bauxite project in the Republic of Guinea are the key parts of EGA’s strategic expansion in...
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed a long-term agreement with Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) to supply calcined petroleum coke produced by its new Carbon Black and Delayed Coker (CBDC) facility in Ruwais. The deal will allow EGA to source up to 40% of its calcined coke...
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, marks 40 years since the first tonne of aluminium was produced in the UAE. Since production began in November 1979 at EGA’s site in Jebel Ali– then known as Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL) - the...
Emirates Global Aluminium, on Thursday, November 10, reportedly announced that the first Capsize vessel sailed from its bauxite mining subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corporation in the Republic of Guinea. Operated by shipping line Berge Bulk, the vessel, the MV Berge Rosa, is bound for a customer in...
After China, GCC (Gulf Corporation Council) or the Gulf countries are substantially growing in primary aluminium production. In 2017, the total primary aluminium production volume in the Gulf region was 5.14 million tonnes, which in 2018 grew by 5 per cent to 5.4 million tonnes. According to the...
According to a recent report, Pyrotek Inc. is likely to complete construction in November of a new manufacturing facility in Dubai, which will serve and supply the rapidly growing aluminium smelting operations in the region. By January 2020, Pyrotek is scheduled to occupy the facility. The first...
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has signed a tolling agreement with Dubai Natural Gas Company (DUGAS) for the supply of electricity. The agreement is the first for EGA to supply another company with all its power requirements, EGA said in a statement. Under the agreement, EGA will generate the...
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates, announced that its Al Taweelah alumina refinery produced 600,000 tonnes of alumina since operations started in April 2019. The plant’s average daily production was 88 per cent of Al Taweelah alumina refinery’s...
According to the global export-import data, the United Arab Emirates’ alumina imports from India is likely to drop marginally this year, in tandem with the current estimation of year-on-year decline in the UAE’s total imports of alumina. In 2019, the country’s alumina imports from India are...
After the first annual Sustainability Report last year for 2014, Emirates Global Aluminium has published its second report on September 15, with details of EGA’s management approach and sustainability performance at its operations and projects in both the UAE and Guinea for 2018. EGA has reportedly...
