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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Gulf Industry Fair to uphold aluminium sector’s potential for wealth creation
The Gulf Industry Fair 2016, taking place from 9 to 11 February at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre will showcase the importance of the aluminium sector and ‘value added’ products in wealth creation of the economy. Led by Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), one of the world’s...
Cytec to present on new hydrate flocculant for the alumina industry at ISCOBA
Cytec Industries Inc. will participate at ISCOBA in Dubai, UAE taking place November 29 - December 1. Cytec will present Performance Evaluations of CYFLOC® HF Series New Dextran Based Hydrate Flocculant for The Alumina Industry. Renata Vinhas, Cytec Application Engineer, will discuss how Cytec’s...
Alba announces new Manager - Customer Services & Marketing Operations
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the leading employers in Bahrain, has appointed Mohammed Khalid as the Manager - Customer Services & Marketing Operations. In his new role, Mohammed will be overseeing customer service operations and marketing activities such as metal production planning,...
Qatalum releases 2014 sustainability report highlighting outstanding growth
Qatalum released its 2014 sustainability report. The report demonstrates how Qatalum has contributed significantly to the realization of the Qatar National Vision 2030, and its four pillars of economic, human, social and environmental development. Qatalum's status as a world-leading smelter means...
Iran outdoes Australia as China’s top primary aluminium supplier
China’s primary aluminium imports zoomed to 34,927 metric tonnes (mt) in October, recording a significant 506.75 percent year-on-year rise, while the first nine months of 2015 saw a 47.57 percent decline in imports, as per data released by the General Administration of Customs. The data released...
Downstream units 'crucial for aluminium sector,' said EGA officials at Arabal 2015
Development of the downstream aluminium industries in the region will have positive implications for the aluminium sector as a whole, said a senior Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) official. Abdulla Jassem bin Kalban, managing director and CEO at EGA, was speaking at the annual Arab International...
Gulf Industry Fair to showcase aluminium sector's potential
The importance of the aluminium sector and ‘value added’ products will be showcased at the upcoming Gulf Industry Fair 2016, which will take place in February 2016, in Bahrain. The event will take place from February 9 to 11, at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre. Led by...
Qatalum’s aluminium output up 6% above capacity in 2014: CEO
Qatalum’s aluminium production scaled up 6% above the plant’s design capacity in 2014, said CEO Khalid Laram. He was speaking at the Arab International Aluminium Conference and Exhibition (ARABAL) in Dammam, Saudi Arabia recently. Qatalum was the platinum sponsor of the event. On another milestone...
Emirates Global Aluminium picks arrangers for $4.9 bln loan
State-owned Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), one of the largest aluminium firms in the world, has picked seven banks to raise a $4.9 billion loan to refinance debt taken on for some of its projects. EGA, created by the merger of two state-owned aluminium companies Dubai Aluminium (Dubal) and Abu...
Mumtalakat-Synergies Castings JV to set up aluminium plant in Bahrain
Mumtalakat and Synergies Castings have formed a Joint Venture to build a downstream aluminium facility in Bahrain, the chief executive of the kingdom's sovereign fund said on Wednesday, November 18. The $150 million worth aluminium casting and specialty alloy wheel manufacturing plant will take...
GCC states make significant headway in aluminium production
The member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are making great strides in aluminium production. Together accounting for 15 per cent of global aluminium production, they are making significant headway, while simultaneously focusing on cost rationalisation and productivity enhancement....
Dubai Cable building $60 million aluminium plant
Dubai Cable Co., the second-largest cable manufacturer in the Middle East, is building its first aluminium plant as customers in Saudi Arabia to the US seek cheaper alternatives to copper for power transmission. The $60 million factory in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates will have capacity to...
EGA ensures lasting legacy to the UAE economy through commitment to innovation
Innovation is one of the key corporate principles of Emirates Global Aluminium, the region's largest aluminium producer. Indeed, it is largely through innovation that EGA has been able to sustain and grow its business over the past four decades. Fully supporting the innovation strategies of the...
Alba a key participant and sponsor of ARABAL 2015
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C (Alba), a leading aluminium smelter in the world, is a key participant and gold sponsor of the 19th edition of the Arab International Aluminium Conference and Exhibition (ARABAL), the most important trade event for the aluminium industry in the Middle East. Hosted by Maíaden...
Aluminium Bahrain to begin process to issue bond in Q1 2016 - CEO
Aluminium Bahrain ( Alba ), owner of one of the world's largest smelters of the lightweight metal, will start the process for a potential bond sale in the first quarter of 2016, the company's chief executive said on Wednesday, November 12. In June, the state-backed company received government...
Reynaers Aluminium participates in Invest in Bahrain 2015 forum
Reynaers Aluminium Company, Bahrain’s leading aluminium supply systems recently participated in the Invest in Bahrain 2015 Forum, organised by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism at the Bahrain International Exhibition & Convention Centre (BECA). With the participation of over 1,200...
Mumtalakat to buy 49 percent stake in Spanish aluminium firm Aleastur
Bahrain' s Mumtalakat Holding Company plans to buy a 49 percent stake in Spanish aluminium products group Aleastur, an executive at the Bahraini sovereign fund said on Monday. "We are taking a minority stake and helping the company to expand into the Gulf," said Joseph Kirikian, head of industries...
NAPCO generates revenue of OMR 18.5 million in 2015
National Aluminium Products Company SAOG ( NAPCO ), one of the leading extruders of aluminium profiles in the GCC, has announced a robust performance for the third quarter of 2015, achieving a remarkable growth in volume in the domestic market as well as in exports. It has reported revenues of OMR...
