
On Wednesday, November 19, the US miner MP Materials experienced a sharp rise of 8.61 per cent in its stock movement to US$63.55 following a new rare earth refinery deal signed with the US Department of Defence and the Saudi Arabian Mining Company, Maaden. The signing of the deal stemmed from the...
Maaden Bauxite and Alumina Company (MBAC), a subsidiary of Maaden, one of the world's fastest-growing mining companies, has entered into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Emerge. Emerge is a joint venture between Masdar, a global leader in clean energy, and EDF Power Solutions, renowned for...
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The five Gulf smelters – Alba, Dubal, Emal, Sohar and Qatalum – produced more than 3.6 million tonnes of aluminium in 2011 and will reach around five million tonnes by 2014 when Ma’aden and Emal phase 2 are completed, a report said. During the year, Emal announced phase 2 expansion, Ma’aden started...

Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (1211.SA), or Maaden, said Monday it has awarded South Korea'sHyundai Engineering & Construction Co Ltd. (000720.SE) a contract worth $1.5 billion to build the alumina refinery for its joint venture project with U.S.-based Alcoa Inc. (AA) in the kingdom. The joint venture,...

Saudi Arabian Mining Co., the state- controlled company known as Maaden, said its venture with Alcoa Inc. (AA) signed a letter of intent with Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (000720) on a $1.5 billion contract to build an alumina refinery in Saudi Arabia. The contract will include completing...

A fully-integrated aluminium industrial complex being built as a JV between Alcoa and Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Ma’aden) alone involves a capital investment of about $10.5bn. More foreign investors are looking to the Gulf for aluminium business due to its inexpensive gas stocks and strategic...

The Maaden Alcoa aluminum joint venture announced that it had poured the first concrete in the construction of the region's first alumina refinery at the fully integrated aluminum complex at Ras Al-Khair. Once complete, the refinery will initially produce 1.8 million metric tons of smelter-grade...

The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) announced Sunday that its subsidiary, Maaden Bauxite and Alumina Company, has signed a $1 billion (SR3.75 billion) financing agreement with the Public Investment Fund (PIF) for the second phase of its aluminum project. The second phase, which includes a...

Engineering and construction group Kentz has won a $32.7M contract from Ma'aden Alcoa Aluminium joint venture. Kentz says the contract - placed with its operating unit Saudi Arabian Kentz Co - includes the installation of 30 kilometres of power cable, low voltage and control cables, lighting...

Clifford Chance (CC) and Baker & McKenzie have advised on the second phase of financing for a $10.8bn (£6.8bn) aluminium development in Saudi Arabia. CC advised a consortium led by 15 banks, including the Arab National Bank and The Saudi Investment Bank, providing $2.15bn (£1.3bn) of financing for...

Saudi Mining company Ma’aden secures investment for its projects which includes an alumina refinery.Investment includes funds from Canadian export credit agency EDC. EDC is participating in a $2.15 billion loan to the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) and Alcoa for its projects.

Baker and McKenzie has advised Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) and Alcoa on their alumina refinery located at Ras Al Khair in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The mine and refinery project is phase 2 of the integrated Ma'aden aluminium complex project. The finance documents for phase 1 of the...

Financing for the second phase of development of Saudi Arabia’s first integrated aluminium complex and related infrastructure, sponsored by Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) and Alcoa Inc, has been approved. Both the mine and refinery are being developed by Ma'aden Bauxite and Alumina Company...

Alcoa Inc. and the Saudi Arabian mining company Ma'aden said Sunday that their $10.8 billion aluminum joint venture signed financing agreements worth nearly a billion dollars. Ma'aden Bauxite and Alumina Co.'s agreements with 13 local and international banks include a combination of conventional...

MUSCAT Aluminium production in the GCC will soon get a shot in the arm, thanks to the availability of bauxite from Saudi Arabia. At present, GCC producers source the ore from countries such as Australia, a senior official at Sohar Aluminium told Oman Tribune. “The GCC states currently produce 3.5...

Following the completion of 13 mega projects in Saudi Arabia, Samsung Engineering has won three new projects worth about $4 billion. Among these major projects in the Kingdom is an aluminum complex from Maaden, signaling the diversification of its traditional hydrocarbon business into the upstream,...

Alcoa Inc., the largest U.S. aluminum producer, said it started construction on the site of an alumina refinery in Saudi Arabia. Ceremonies were held today to mark the official groundbreaking at the refinery and the pouring of the first concrete at the aluminum rolling mill, Alcoa said in a...

Alcoa Inc., the largest U.S. aluminum producer, said it started construction on the site of an alumina refinery in Saudi Arabia. Ceremonies were held today to mark the official groundbreaking at the refinery and the pouring of the first concrete at the aluminum rolling mill, Alcoa said in a...

CB&I has been awarded a storage tank project, valued in excess of US $60 million, by the Ma’aden Bauxite and Alumina Company. The project is a part of the Integrated Aluminium Complex in Ras Al-Khair, Saudi Arabia.

US firm CB&I announced that it has been awarded a storage tank project, valued in excess of $60 million, by the Maaden Bauxite and Alumina Company. The project is a part of the integrated aluminum complex in Ras Al-Khair. CB&I’s scope of work includes the engineering, procurement, fabrication and...