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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First Aluminium grows amid environmental challenges
First Aluminium Nigeria plc continues to grow amid environmental challenges buffeting the performance of firms operating in the sector, analysis of the third quarter (Q3) financial statement shows. For the first nine months through September 2014, the company’s revenue increased by 5 percent to...
Refinery at Ma’aden-Alcoa joint venture produces first alumina from Saudi Bauxite
The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) and lightweight metals leader Alcoa today announced that the alumina refinery at their joint venture aluminum complex in Saudi Arabia has successfully produced its first alumina from Saudi Arabian bauxite. The alumina refinery at Ras Al Khair is the first...
Saudi Arabia quickly emerges as a competitor in the aluminium industry
Saudi Arabia may have been late to build an aluminium industry compared with the other countries in the GCC, but it is now putting the finishing touches on an integrated production chain that surpasses anything else in the region. A $10.8bn aluminium complex is nearing completion at Ras al-Khair on...
Napco posts net profits of $1.2m
National Aluminium Products Company (Napco), a leading extruders of aluminum profiles in the GCC, has posted strong performance for the first three quarters of the year, with net profits worth more than RO486,000 ($1.2 million). Its revenues totalled to RO13.5 million, reflecting a continuing...
Russia looks to strengthen aluminium trade and investment with Bahrain
Russia and Bahrain’s relationship is getting stronger as several areas of bilateral trade and investment have been put forth like aluminium, aircraft, chemicals, biotechnology, agriculture and pharmaceuticals. Denis Manturov, the Russian Minister of Industry and Trade said in an interview that...
Dubal to pay 1.45% more interest on its recent loan of $1.8 billion
It is heard from reliable sources that Dubai Aluminium, a joint venture between Dubai and Abu Dhabi, will be paying 1.45% more interest over the London interbank offered rate on a loan worth $1.8 billion which is being jointly arranged by Citigroup, Emirates and Societe Generale SA. The sources,...
Enabling operational efficiency with virtualization at Sohar Aluminium
Sohar Aluminium has announced the successful completion and testing of its Automation Infrastructure Virtualization Project, an initiative that promises to deliver dramatic gains in system scalability, operational efficiency, and security cost savings over the coming years. With this achievement...
Alsa extends its reach in UAE aiding the aluminium industry
Alsa engineering and construction is extending its reach in the UAE and is planning to invest over $100 million in an expansion strategy which will stretch over the next 18 months. The company, being an active oil and gas sector has contributed to the aluminium industry in the country by supplying...
Qatalum hosts Aluminium Symposium at Qatar Science and Technology Park
Qatalum, producer of high-quality primary aluminium products, organised and hosted a day-long symposium on December 10th at the Qatar Science and Technology Park to address materials challenges in the 21st Century, with a focus on aluminium. The Symposium attracted 80 delegates from, Oil and Gas,...
EGA continues to 'beat the heat'
The first joint summer 'Beat the Heat and Be Safe'campaign conducted by Emirates Global Aluminium ("EGA") at both its smelter operations in Jebel Ali and Al Taweelah has resulted in the organisation achieving no lost working days as a result of either heat rash or heat stress during the punishing...
Double awards success for EGA
Emirates Global Aluminium ("EGA") has won two gold awards at the 6th Continual Improvement & Innovation ("CII") Symposium, one of the most prestigious annual events organised by Dubai Quality Group ("DQG") which this year took place on 26 November. Three EGA case studies were short-listed for the...
Sohar Aluminium Completes Major Upgrade of Potline
A major revamp of Sohar Aluminium’s 1.2km long potline, which forms the centerpiece of the $2.4 billion smelter project, concluded be end of November 2014 weekend marking the culmination of a multimillion dollar initiative that is already contributing to productivity optimization, energy...
Ghana suffers as Canadian company ceases funding
Behind the rusting security gate at a secluded mine entrance, two flagpoles stand side by side. One flies the black star of Ghana while the other, which once carried the Canadian Maple Leaf, now displays China’s red ensign. Yet half a million Canadian foreign aid dollars, earmarked for communities...
Alba is a Gold sponsor for MaintCon 2014
Highlights: • The four-day conference is being held at the Gulf Hotel from December 7 to 10, 2014. • Bahrain’s Minister of Energy, Dr. Abdul-Hussain Bin Ali Mirza officially inaugurated MaintCon 2014. Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), a leading aluminium producer in the world, provided Gold...
Recycling is a way of life in Ivory Coast
Recycling is gradually becoming part of the way of life in Ivory Coast. It is already common practice to sort plastic bottles and now beverage can recycling has made its appearance. Yehni Djidji, an Ivorian blogger, tells us more. Once the beverage cans have been melted down, they can be used to...
Saudi- Maaden increases investment in aluminium
The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) is playing a key role by developing the mining sector as the third pillar of Saudi industry beyond oil and petrochemicals. Through its investments Maaden is turning the Kingdom into a major player in global markets for phosphate, aluminum, gold, copper and...
QDB training for SMEs dwells on aluminium industry’s prospects
Qatar Development Bank (QDB) recently concluded its second training course for 2014 as part of a series of Qatar-based “comprehensive industrial training programmes.” The event saw the participation of 30 Qatari small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) at the four-day course, which focused on the...
AUC Professor researches using carbon nanotubes to strengthen aluminium
As aluminium becomes more popular in industries like aviation and automotive, Amal Esawi, a professor of mechanical engineering at the American University in Cairo (AUC) is researching ways to make aluminium stronger using carbon nanotubes, retaining its lightweight. Esawi has already won the...
