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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Masdar’s unveils aluminium body Eco-Bus at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2018
Masdar, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, on Monday unveiled the all-electric Eco-Bus at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2018. A template for future sustainable public transport solutions, the working prototype was jointly developed by Masdar and Abu Dhabi-based Hafilat Industry in collaboration with...
UAE university project on aluminium recycling featured in WFES 2018
The Sas Al Nakhl campus of the UAE’s Khalifa University of Science and Technology recently got their aluminium recycling project featured in the Universities Innovation Zone at the 5th edition of EcoWASTE that is part of the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2018, being held in Abu Dhabi from...
EGA wins awards for its employee improvement suggestions scheme in 2017
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest aluminium company in the United Arab Emirates has announced that a record 34,419 ideas were submitted by individual employees through its suggestion scheme in 2017, leading to AED 36 million in cost savings in the year. EGA has been operating an employee...
Abu Dhabi’s aluminium trade grows 58.6% during January-October 2017
According to a new figures released by the Statistics Centre Abu Dhabi (Scad) and published by Emirates news agency WAM, Abu Dhabi’s aluminium trade increased 58.6 per cent to $1.3 billion (AED4.6 billion) in the first ten months of 2017, from $790 million (AED2.9 billion) during the same period in...
Aamal to set up aluminium production facility in Qatar
Aamal Company announced that it will establish aluminium production facility through its Senyar Industries Qatar Holding. The plant, Senyar Aluminium Production Factory, with capital of QAR 10 million ($2.75 million), will specialise in the production of aluminium bars in Doha. The aluminium plan,...
Lindian Resources set to start drilling at Lushoto Bauxite Project in Tanzania
According to an update from proactiveinvestors Australia, Lindian Resources Ltd is set to start drilling at the Lushoto Bauxite Project in Tanzania. The company has received a fund of $500,000 for 12 months, to undertake drilling at Magambe deposit. This was one of the key objectives behind the...
Alba hits all-time-high on sales volume and production in 2017
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) has reported sales volume of 978,195 tonnes in 2017, up 0.4 per cent Year-over-Year (YoY). The company had achieved total sales volume of 974,014 tonnes in 2016. For the fourth quarter of 2017, sales volume rose 8 per cent to reach 277,567 tonnes compared with...
Alba sets another aluminium production record in 2017
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the Bahrain based international aluminium smelter, yesterday announced that it has set another production record during 2017. The company now aims to rise higher in 2018 as they progress with the construction of Line 6 Expansion Project. The company produced 981,016...
The UAE’s aluminium alloy export to China triples during Jan-Nov 2017
Aluminium alloy export by the United Arab Emirates to China has tripled in the 11-month period of 2017. From 661 tonnes in January to 2,038 tonnes in November, the Gulf country has sold more than 14,188 tonnes of aluminium alloy billets to the world’s biggest aluminium consuming market during...
Alba enhances its employee productivity through customised training
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the Bahrain-based international aluminium smelter, teamed-up with Fives Solios and Fives ECL to deliver key training workshop for Alba employees. The trainings “Carbon Plant Process & Equipment” and “Reduction Plant PTA Crane Maintenance” were held in October 2017...
Alba Line 6 Smelter achieves new record in safety: 5 million work-hours without LTI
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the world’s leading aluminium smelters in Safety and Health, is proud to announce the significant safety achievement of 5 million work-hours without Lost Time Injury (LTI) by its Line 6 Smelter on Sunday, December 24, 2017. Commenting on this accomplishment,...
Alusynco to open new facility for aluminium products in Ghana
Alusynco Hellas Services Ltd, a subsidiary company of Hellas Construction group, has started the construction of a new manufacturing facility at the Appolonia City’s business park in Accra, Ghana. The plant will manufacture aluminium and PVC home finishing products such as doors, windows, wall...
EGA signs agreement with Shaheen Chem for supply of caustic soda to Al Taweelah alumina refinery
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has signed a supply agreement with Shaheen Chem Investments LLC which paves the way for the construction by Shaheen of a chemical complex in Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi. Upon completion, Shaheen’s ethylene dichloride and caustic soda plant will supply caustic...
AmCham Bahrain tours GARMCO plant
The American Chamber of Commerce in Bahrain (AmCham Bahrain) members were hosted for a tour of the Gulf Aluminum Rolling Mill Company (GARMCO) plant in northern Sitra. Mr. Mohamed Essa Ebrahim, GARMCO Acting Chief Executive Officer, provided an overview of GARMCO, its growth, future plans, and how...
Guinea allowed $650 mln in non-concessional loans under IMF programme
Guinea will be allowed $650 million in non-concessional borrowing under a new three-year International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, allowing it to boost spending on infrastructure projects, the finance minister said on Tuesday. The IMF is itself lending Guinea - Africa’s top producer of the...
EGA sends female engineers to Ma’aden’s alumina refinery in Saudi Arabia
Emirates Global Aluminium has sent 13 female UAE National engineers to Ma’aden’s alumina refinery in Saudi Arabia as part of preparation work for the start-up of its Al Taweelah alumina refinery in Abu Dhabi. The new group are the first women to participate in the programme. Eleven of the women are...
Alba and Bechtel sign MoU to explore further opportunities
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the Bahrain-based aluminium smelter, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with International Bechtel Co. (Bechtel) to explore further opportunities of growth with Line 6 Expansion Project, which will result in Alba becoming the world’s largest single-site...
TALCO’s aluminium production declines 23% during January-October
Tajikistan Aluminium Company (TALCO), the largest state-owned company in Tajikistan with the designed capacity of 500,000 tonnes of aluminium per year, produced 85,600 tonnes of aluminium in the first ten months of 2017. The company reduced its production by 23 per cent during that period. TALCO’s...
