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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Nigeria’s aluminium export expected to rise in 2017; Japan tops the importer list
Nigeria is the 49th largest export economy in the world and the 107th most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI). The country exports raw aluminium and scrap aluminium to name a few around the globe. {newsStudioGallery} Nigeria’s Alscon, an 85%-owned subsidiary of...
Omani aluminium giant NAPCO names new CEO
Oman's National Aluminium Products Company (NAPCO) has named a new chief executive officer (CEO) following the resignation of Robert Holtkamp. Ihab Mouallem has taken over as the chief of NAPCO. Holtkamp resigned from the role due to personal reasons, and his departure was confirmed by NAPCO in a...
Hamad Port to help major aluminium and steel industries to raise Qatar’s foreign trade
The Hamad Port that is being officially opened in Qatar is expected to play a significant role in increasing Qatar’s foreign trade and in the development of the country’s major industries. Al Shaheen Aluminium, Glass & UPVC Factory chairman Shaheen al-Muhannadi said the port is a big step in the...
EGA extends research partnership with Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, will work with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on six new practical research projects at EGA later this year. MIT is the leading research university in the United States. The new...
The Louvre Abu Dhabi museum images show a huge dome made of shining aluminium stars
The Louvre Abu Dhabi museum, which is scheduled to complete by the end of 2017 is located on an archipelago off Saadiyat Island, a man-made island of the coast of the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi. The latest images of the museum that have been shared on Twitter by French Ambassador to the...
Sohar Aluminium to gather speakers from around the world in Oman during ARABAL 2017
Sohar Aluminium, the host of the upcoming ARABAL 2017 conference, will bring more than 60 international renowned experts from a broad spectrum of the global aluminium industry to Oman. Joining over 500 delegates and exhibitors, these experts will share their insights and expertise over a range of...
Estimated aluminium alloy import by UAE to jump 129% YoY in 2017
As the Middle East is readying to become a lucrative automotive manufacturing hub, UAE’s aluminium alloy ingot import is rising on per year basis. The country which is basically a net exporter of aluminium alloys has been buying a lot of this value-added light metal product from the international...
METPAC-SA to team up with packaging streams to practice recycling in South Africa
MetPac-SA, the new industry body representing the interests of the local metal packaging industry, will team up with packaging streams in September to encourage households to practice recycling in South Africa as part of Clean-up and Recycle SA week. Clean-up and Recycle SA Week will take place...
Chinese aluminium formwork to be available in Middle East soon
<p>Suntown Technology Group Co., a manufacturer of aluminium products in China, is scheduled to debut its products for the first times in Middle East.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"...
IFL delivers aluminium extrusion equipment for OMAV in Stacca, Italy
<p>Italian aluminium extrusion company, OMAV has received the delivery of a shipment of aluminium extrusion equipment from Al Ain, UAE via Cargo firm Integrated Freight and Logistics in Stacca, Italy.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
Saudi Arabia's bauxite import estimated to drop in 2017
<p>Saudi Arabian aluminium industry is growing immensely in last few years after the country decided to venture out of the oil sector to develop a parallel non-oil economy.</p> <p>{newsStudioGallery}</p> <p>A joint venture between the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) and Alcoa...
Oman's Sohar Aluminium to resume normal operations post an accident at its plant
<p>Oman's Sohar Aluminium yesterday announced that the company was assessing to resume the production as soon as possible after the interruption at its smelters, according to the news published by Reuters.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right:...
Anrak moves NCLT after AP government declines bauxite supply for its alumina refinery
<p>In what is considered the first instance involving a joint venture with a foreign government arm seeking insolvency, Anrak Aluminium, the joint venture between India's Penna group and UAE's Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA), has moved the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).</p>...
EGA explores new avenues for spent pot lining recycling in partnership with Befesa
<p>Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, has shipped around 5,000 tonnes of spent pot lining, a by-product from its industrial process, to Befesa, a company in the United Kingdom that specialises in waste management and...
Raw material supply disruption hits Oman Cables Industry’s Sohar plant
<p>In a disclosure statement posted by Oman Cables Industry on Wednesday in the Muscat Securities Market website said that the daily operations at Oman Aluminium Processing Industries (OAPIL) in Sohar have been partially affected due to disruption in supply of liquid metal from Sohar Aluminium....
GARMCO cast first aluminium at the expansion project
<p>Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill’s (GARMCO) Remelt expansion project produced the first aluminium on Thursday 3 August 2017. The $55 million recycling and cast house plant would increase its production capacity by 150% to 200,000 tonnes of aluminium slabs per annum.</p> <p>GARMCO is the first...
Bahrain’s non-oil sector growth accelerates to 4.4% in Q1 2027; Alba plays a significant role
<p>According to the recently published Bahrain Economic Quarterly, by the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB), growth in the non-oil sector of Bahrain’s economy reached 4.4% in Q1 2017, up from 3.7% during the same period of 2016.</p> <p>This growth was primarily driven by strong...
Bahrain’s aluminium wire export increased yoy in H1 2017; expected to boost further in the full year
<p> </p> <p>Owing to the faster growth of the building and construction sector, electrical applications have grown over the years driving demand for aluminium products like rod, wire, cable and conductor. Bahrain is a growing aluminium hub that houses Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the oldest and...
