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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Arab exports to Brazil hit $3.37 billion in H1 of 2015
Arab nations exported $3.377 billion worth of products to Brazil during the first half of 2015, according to the statistics released by Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, and compiled by the Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. Exports from Qatar grew 87.96 per cent to...
Rexam PLC announces its Half Year results 2015
Rexam PLC, a leading global beverage can maker, and business partners to some of the world’s most famous and successful consumer brands announced its results for the first half of 2015. Key Highlights: • Beverage can volumes including UAC up 3% (2% organic) • Organic2 underlying operating profit...
Alba H1 results jump but industry is facing strong headwinds
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced the release of its second quarter and first half of 2015 results on Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Commenting on Q2 & H1 2015 Results, the Chairman of Alba’s Board of Directors, Daij bin Salman bin Daij Al Khalifa: “Alba was able to outperform the industry and...
Alba launches "Beat the Heat" campaign- a unique strategic CSR initiative
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C (Alba), one of the world’s leading aluminium smelters, underlined its long-standing commitment to employees’ safety with the launch of its new campaign titled “Together we can beat the heat” on Thursday, July 23, 2015. The campaign’s opening ceremony was attended by Alba’s...
Ma’aden to host Arabal Conference in the Kingdom next November
The Saudi Arabian Mining Company, Ma'aden, which owns the largest and most efficient vertically integrated aluminium complex in the world, is hosting the 19th International Arab Aluminium Conference, ARABAL in November 2015. Featuring international participation, the conference is scheduled to take...
NALCO eyeing new oversees market to offset falling aluminium prices
With domestic and global market for metal witnessing sluggishness, National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), a Navaratna central public sector unit, is looking at exploring virgin markets for its products on foreign soil, besides attempting to increase its footprint in mining sector. “It is...
Ras Al-Khair's aluminium strongpoint drawing global automakers
Several international transport companies specialized in automobiles, aircraft and rail cars are planning to establish new assembly plants in Ras Al-Khair Industrial City. The development comes in the wake of the success achieved by the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) in increasing its...
S.Africa's Hulamin H1 profit drops 34 pct
South African aluminium products maker and marketer Hulamin Ltd on Monday reported a 34 percent drop in first-half operating profit due to electricity shortages and planned maintenance. Africa's most advanced economy is the midst of its worst power crisis and is struggling to keep the lights on as...
AluGlass to complete $16m worth multiple contracts in UAE
AluGlass Tech, an aluminium and glass contractor under the Ajman-based Tech Group, is close to completing multiple contracts worth Dh60 million ($16.3 million) in the UAE emirate. It includes residential and commercial facilities, a medical centre and the multi-million-dollar Al Zorah Resort and...
Emirates Global Aluminium gross revenue up 30 per cent to $5.4 billion
Emirates Global Aluminium, the world’s fourth-largest maker of the metal, reported a 75 per cent rise in net income last year amid rising aluminium prices and cost cuts. EGA, created by the merger of Dubai Aluminium and Emirates Aluminium, did not specify its net income for last year or 2013. It...
Wrightstyle completes ten years of aluminium glazing systems business
Wrightstyle, a brand synonymous with bomb blast safety in the whole of Europe completed a decade of successful glazing systems business this year. In 2000, the company introduced its first ground-breaking glazing system which had the capacity to withstand the pressure impact of a powerful lorry...
Iran’s aluminum ingot output increases by 5% to reach 93,836 metric tons
Aluminum ingot production in Iran reached 93,836 metric tons during the first three months of the current Iranian fiscal year, starting March 21 till June 22. The figure shows five-percent growth compared to the same period of preceding year, Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and...
India plans $3 billion aluminum smelter in Iran
India plans a $3 billion aluminum smelter complex in Iran, now that nuclear negotiations between Tehran and the P5+1 countries have concluded, media reports say. The idea was mooted in 2014 but India has been cooling its heels for the removal of sanctions on Iran to go ahead with the plan. India’s...
India becomes the largest importer of aluminium scrap from Middle East
Nasser Aboura, chairman of U.A.E.-based Aboura Metals, said the nonferrous scrap sector in the Middle East and North Africa region has grown along with the oil and construction industries that have characterized the region in the past several decades. The region has exported considerable amounts of...
Oyak to acquire alumina supplier Almatis
Almatis, a leading global supplier of premium alumina for the refractory, ceramic and polishing industries, has announced that its shareholders, including majority owner Dubai International Capital (DIC), have signed an agreement to sell the Group to Oyak, Turkey's largest private pension fund....
Outotec to deliver two alumina calcination plants to Emirates Global Aluminium in the United Arab Emirates
Outotec to deliver two alumina calcination plants to Emirates Global Aluminium in the United Arab Emirates. Outotec has agreed with Emirates Global Aluminium ("EGA") on the design and delivery of two alumina calciners to the alumina refinery that EGA plans to construct in Al Taweelah, Abu Dhabi....
Garmco and Fives to launch re-melt expansion project
GARMCO, the Bahrain-based international aluminum rolling mill and one of the largest downstream aluminum facilities in the Middle East, today announced the signing of a letter of intent with Fives, an industrial engineering group and supplier of machines, process equipment and production lines for...
EGA becomes Middle East's first manufacturer certified to ISO 2230
Demonstrating a deep commitment to sustainability and business continuity, Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL) - an operating subsidiary of Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) - is one of the first industrial enterprises in the UAE to develop and implement a full Crisis & Business Continuity Management Systems;...
