Aluminium extrusion 2035 demand nears 44.22Mt: Industry experts decode next decade drivers
Global aluminium extrusion demand is entering a phase with consumption projected to rise from 35.25 million tonnes in 2025 to 35.93 million tonnes in 2026 and 44.22 million tonnes by 2035, representing a 2.29 per cent CAGR. While building and construction will remain the largest end-use sector and...
Alba reaches 50m hours without LTI, strengthening aluminium safety record
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) has reached 50 million safe working hours without a Lost Time Injury (LTI) . The milestone was achieved on September 7, 2026, marking a record in the company’s history. The achievement reflects Alba’s continued focus on workplace safety across its aluminium...
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UAE knowledge economy milestone as Alba’s potline 6 built with EGA technology starts production
Emirates Global Aluminium has welcomed the start-up of Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) new Potline 6, which has been built utilising EGA’s UAE-developed technology. EGA’s latest technology is amongst the most efficient in the global aluminium industry. Abdulla Kalban, Managing Director & Chief...
Deborah O’Toole Buys 8,000 Shares of Alumina Limited (AWC) Stock
Alumina Limited (ASX:AWC) insider Deborah O’Toole purchased 8,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 19th. The stock was bought at an average cost of A$2.25 ($1.60) per share, with a total value of A$18,000.00 ($12,765.96). ASX AWC opened at A$2.26 ($1.60) on...
Liberty House in talks to acquire aluminium, steel assets in the UAE
Liberty House, the industrial group owned by Sanjeev Gupta, is in talks to acquire aluminium and steel assets in the UAE as the company looks to expand its presence in the Middle East, according to news published by The National. David Dawson, the chief executive of Liberty House Industries, a unit...
Dubai Investments appoints CEO for its Building Materials Platform
Dubai Investments has appointed Abdulaziz Bin Yagub Al Serkal as the CEO for its Building Materials Platform, covering a portfolio of subsidiaries which offer a comprehensive range of products and services in the construction sector. The company said the Building Materials subsidiaries bring...
A brief Interview with Bani Baran, International Sales & Marketing Director, Com-S, Istanbul, Turkey
Com-S is an Istanbul based company dealing in aluminium extrusion dies and tools and supplying to the extruders in Europe and MENA region. AlCircle had a brief discussion with Bani Baran, International Sales & Marketing Director for Com-S on their business strategies and industry outlook. Here is...
UAE's aluminium industry generates AED 20 billion for national economy
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the UAE outside oil and gas, and the aluminium sector account for 1.4 per cent of the UAE economy, according to an expert study. The sector also supported 60,950 jobs in 2017 with one in every 100 people working in the UAE is employed in...
Shares of Qatar Aluminium surge above its IPO debut price on positive market response
Shares of Qatar Aluminium opened at 18.00 riyals on Sunday at Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE), 78 per cent above their initial public offer price of 10.10 riyals, capping a successful run for Qatar's biggest equity listing this year. Shares of Qatar Aluminium under the company name Qatar Aluminium...
Mubadala and Dubal Holding signs agreement with EGA to develop power block and water desalination plant at Jebel Ali smelter
Mubadala and Dubal Holding have signed an agreement with EGA to develop a state-of-the-art power block and a water desalination plant at EGA’s smelter at Jebel Ali in Dubai. The new facilities will improve power efficiency in aluminium smelting; reduce environmental emissions and natural gas...
Sohar Aluminium appoints a new Chief Operating Officer
Sohar Aluminium (SA) recently announced the appointment of Agnello Borim as Chief Operating Officer (COO). In his new capacity, he will be leading the Reduction Operations, Services and Maintenance, Technical Department, Anode Plant, Casthouse, Port and Lab Areas. Borim will also be the custodian...
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) commissions Potline 6 on December 13, 2018
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) has officially announced the commissioning of its Potline 6 with the First Pot Energisation on Thursday December 13, 2018. This is the smelter’s first step towards becoming the world’s largest aluminium smelter. Alba made a breakthrough by bringing forwards the First...
HUECK ME Aluminium Systems announces new office set-up in Dubai
Headquartered in Dubai, HUECK Middle East (ME) Aluminium Systems, announced that it set-up a new office in Dubai, to offer improved customer experience, enhance profitability prospects, and strengthen its brand in the UAE and the rest of the Middle East region. HUECK ME made the announcement at its...
EGA completes commissioning of the calcination section of its Al Taweelah alumina refinery
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has announced the completion of commissioning process of the calcination section of its alumina refinery at Al Taweelah in Abu Dhabi. This involved a carefully-planned process of testing equipment and systems in a new plant before start-up. This makes the calcination...
New aluminium composite plant opens in Oman
According to a media report, Oman’s first aluminium composite panel (ACP) manufacturing plant has been recently inaugurated at Misfah Industrial Area on the outskirts of Muscat. It is the latest diversification of the Mohammed Riaz & Partners group, a leading building materials company, added the...
AlCircle launches brief Region Focus Report on “Guinea and Sierra Leone; Two Growing Investment Hubs in West Africa”
AlCircle has launched a brief Region Focus Report – “ Guinea and Sierra Leone; Two Growing Investment Hubs in West Africa” into its 2018 Report portfolio. Africa has more than its fair share of small poor economies because of fragmentation that it inherited from European colonizers. It has become a...
EGA looks at refinancing its underwritten debts of about US$6.7 billion
According to banking sources, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) is looking to potentially refinance up to US$6.7 billion of its debt. EGA, a merger entity of Dubai Aluminium (Dubal) and Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Aluminium is jointly owned by Abu Dhabi investment fund Mubadala and state company Investment...
Emirates Global Aluminium recognised as a UAE Pioneer
Emirates Global Aluminium announced it has received recognition as a UAE Pioneer by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Abdulla Kalban, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of EGA, said: “It is a great honour...
UAE aluminium, aluminium product exports to USA drops 14% YoY in nine months period 2018
The United Arab Emirates, one of the top aluminium exporters to the US, accounted for 10% of all aluminium imports by the US during the first nine months of 2018. The UAE exported 460,000 tonnes of crude metal and alloys, aluminium semi-finished products and scrap to the US during January-September...
Qamco would own QP’s 50% shares in Qatalum; shares to trade on QSE from December 10
Qatar Petroleum's Qatar Aluminium Manufacturing Company or Qamco shares will start trading on QSE from December 10. According to the discussions that took place in Qamco’s first general assembly meeting on December 2, the shares of Qamco are expected to begin trading on the Qatar Stock Exchange...
