
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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Maaden Rolling Company (MRC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden), has recently entered into a three-year supply agreement with Lucid Motors, a prominent US electric car manufacturer. The deal, formalized during the Future Minerals Forum, involves the provision of...

Recently, Sohar Aluminium (SA) took part in the 25th edition of the Arab International Aluminium Conference and Exhibition (ARABAL 2023), which was held in Riyadh. ARABAL is the premier trade event for the aluminium industry in the Middle East, and this year's theme was "Aluminium: The Future, from...

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)’s Chief Executive Officer Ali Al Baqali paid his visit at the Arab International Aluminium Conference (ARABAL), leading the company’s delegation. ARABAL is the Middle East’s premier trade event for the aluminium industry, combining a strategic conference with an...

Running its 25 th edition and hosted by Ma’aden, the Arab International Aluminium Conference and Exhibition (ARABAL), the premier platform for the aluminium industry in the Arab world opens today at Hilton Riyadh Hotel & Residences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ARABAL was honoured to have H.E. Khalid...

ARABAL 2023 to be hosted by Ma’aden under the patronage of H.E. Bandar AlKhorayef, Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Arab International Aluminium Conference (ARABAL), the Middle East’s premier trade event for the aluminium industry, will take place from...

Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) has extended its partnership with luxury car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR). Ma’aden's aluminium rolling mill has been supplying JLR with aluminium sheets since 2016, exporting over 100,000 tonnes of high-quality aluminium sheets for use in JLR luxury...

The Arab International Aluminium Conference and Exhibition (ARABAL), the premiere-most event for the aluminium industry in the Arab world, is scheduled for November 21-23, 2023, at Hilton Riyadh Hotel & Residences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Ma'aden, a Saudi state-owned mining company, will host the...

Ma'aden Misr is one of the most advanced industrial complexes in Egypt and the Middle East, having been created in 2008 and beginning production in 2012. The company has been successfully registered under the world's first B2B platform with 1200+ certified aluminium product sellers. AL CircleBiz is...

The 'Gulf Aluminum Dinner', organized by the Gulf Aluminium Council, is scheduled for November 1st, 2023, in Le Royal Meridien Beach Resort Dubai, UAE. This yearly event offers a unique platform to delve deeper into the evolving trends of the aluminium industry in the Gulf region, with a particular...

Founded in North East England in 1973, K Home International, a family-run engineering firm that has worked on projects worldwide, is celebrating 50 years in business. The journey started with a vision to provide engineering design, project and construction management services that deliver its...

Uniprom has closed the last 12 electrolysis cells at KAP in Montenegro, ending 52 years of aluminium production. The plant will continue producing logs and alloys by importing metal. It has been reported that Shandong Nanshan of China plans to transform its Indonesian alumina refinery site into a...

Ma'aden, a Saudi state-owned mining company headquartered in Riyadh, is acquiring a 9.9 per cent stake in Vancouver's Ivanhoe Electric for $126.5 million. The news came on Tuesday, May 16, after Ma'aden announced signing an agreement with the American company. As per the deal, Ma'den is purchasing...

This week the primary aluminium industry witnessed some prominent events. From top companies like Ma'aden, Nalco and Hydro announcing their fourth-quarter results to LME aluminium price hitting a 5-week low due to rising stockpiles in LME-approved warehouses dampened investor mood. As per the...

The Saudi state-owned mining company headquartered in Riyadh, Ma'aden, has reported a more than 87 per cent leap in its full-year 2022 net profit, enhanced by higher sales and higher average prices. On February 13, 2023, the largest multi-traded mining company in the Middle-East region, Ma’aden,...

This week the primary aluminium sector has marked various shortcomings, with Slovalco closing the only aluminium smelter in Slovakia after 70 years of successful operation. The rising energy crisis in Europe and the impending effects of the Russia-Ukraine crisis have started showing their shades...

The Saudi Arabia state-owned mining company headquartered in Riyadh, Ma'aden, announced on Wednesday that due to operational issues, the company had curtailed output at the aluminium smelter it jointly owns with Alcoa Corp., but the firm is currently scaling output back up. According to Robert...

Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) is among one of the most swiftly evolving mining companies globally and the biggest multi-commodity mining and metals enterprise in the Middle East. During its participation in Arabal 2022, the company has promised to enhance the quality of the Middle Eastern...