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GARMCO employees to visit ALBA’s facility on temporary transfer
09 DEC 20252MINS

GARMCO employees to visit ALBA’s facility on temporary transfer

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the world’s largest one-site aluminium smelter, has signed a 2-year agreement with Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Company (GARMCO) to enhance the technical capabilities of GARMCO’s Bahrain-based employees. The agreement will allow selected technical employees to join a...

Collaboration with SMS: GARMCO’s aluminium hot rolling production upgrade succeeds
03 DEC 20253MINS

Collaboration with SMS: GARMCO’s aluminium hot rolling production upgrade succeeds

The Manama-based leading aluminium producer, Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill B.S.C. (GARMCO), has collaborated with the SMS group GmbH, with a goal to successfully upgrade and deliver motors and drives in the one-stand reversing hot rolling mill. Although initially designed by a third-party supplier,...

11 JUN 20253MINS

“Our strategy is to expand the production output for the next five years to reach 180k MT per annum…” Mohamed Rafea, CEO, GARMCO

Mohamed Rafea, the Chief Executive Officer at GARMCO since April 2020, brings over 27 years of aluminium industry experience, previously leading Riyadh Cables and Midal Cables. He holds an MSc from Coventry University and a BSc in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M. In an exclusive for Al...


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“The future of the global aluminium FRP is promising with many opportunities, and the building and construction sector is also experiencing an upward growth rate,” Mohamed Rafea, CEO, GARMCO
Downstream21 OCT 2024

“The future of the global aluminium FRP is promising with many opportunities, and the building and construction sector is also experiencing an upward growth rate,” Mohamed Rafea, CEO, GARMCO

Mohamed Rafea joined GARMCO in April 2020 and has over 27 years of experience in the aluminium industry. Prior to joining GARMCO, Mohamed served as Chief Executive Officer at Riyadh Cable Group of Companies, Riyadh—Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He also worked with Midal Cables Group, headquartered in...

GARMCO receives expert advice from Baker McKenzie on its debt restructuring scenario
Downstream15 AUG 2023

GARMCO receives expert advice from Baker McKenzie on its debt restructuring scenario

Baker McKenzie, a top-tier global law firm, has provided legal guidance to Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill (GARMCO), a major downstream aluminium firm in the Middle East headquartered in Bahrain, regarding its debt restructuring to creditors, following the reorganisation plan approved by the courts of...

GARMCO invests US$24.5 million for expansion projects and new aluminium coil line
Downstream22 MAR 2023

GARMCO invests US$24.5 million for expansion projects and new aluminium coil line

Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill (GARMCO), a counterpart of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, has invested US$24.5 million to expand its development project for a technologically advanced production line for aluminium coils. GARMCO kept the project’s course aligned with the decisions taken by its...

GARMCO announces its first creditor repayment
Downstream16 MAR 2023

GARMCO announces its first creditor repayment

In accordance with the restructuring plan signed in November 2021 following the company's reorganisation in February 2019, Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill "GARMCO", a portfolio company of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, announced its first repayment to creditors of USD 23 million. GARMCO reported...

UAE, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain ink multi-billion-dollar industrial agreements, including aluminium value chain
Primary AL27 FEB 2023

UAE, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain ink multi-billion-dollar industrial agreements, including aluminium value chain

According to our report from the MENA region, over $2 billion in industrial agreements were signed in Amman, the capital and the largest city of Jordan, at the third Higher Committee meeting of the Industrial Partnership for Sustainable Economic Development, a regional initiative involving the UAE,...

Bahrain to reorganize the board of sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat Holding
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Bahrain to reorganize the board of sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat Holding

According to our report from the Gulf region, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, has issued an order to restructure the board of sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat Holding with Finance Minister Salman bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa as its chairman. Mumtalakat reported...

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