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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Emirates Global Aluminium receives top team from Aluminium Bahrain BSC
Abdulla Kalban (Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer) and the executive team of the UAE's industrial giant Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC ("EGA") hosted H E Sheikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa (Chairman) and Tim Murray (Chief Executive Officer) of Aluminium Bahrain BSC ("Alba") at EGA...
DUBAL to receive fourth batch homogenising plant from Hertwich Engineering
Dubai Aluminium from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) has ordered a batch homogenising plant from Hertwich Engineering. This is the fourth plant of its kind that Hertwich is to supply to the company. The batch homogenising plant is designed for very short heating times. A reversing air concept and...
Hulamin orders Ecomelt melting furnace from Hertwich
Hulamin, a company based in Pietermaritzburg (South Africa), has signed a contract with Hertwich Engineering for the delivery of an Ecomelt PS-250 melting furnace for aluminium. The furnace has an annual capacity of around 80.000 tons, allowing Hulamin to expand its capacity and enhance its...
Aluminium drives modern manufacturing in the Gulf
As GCC aluminium production is expected to hit the five million tonnes mark by the end of this year, downstream factories in the GCC countries are racing to acquire the state- -of-the-art machines and latest equipment. Since aluminium production started in the region in 1971, there have been...
Altumet SPA orders pipe end finishing machine from PWS
Altumet SPA from Algiers, Algeria, receives a pipe end finishing machine from PWS. The new machine will be integrated into the existing line at the company's Algiers site. The machine will finish up to 20 pipe ends per hour in three-shift operation. The diameters of the finished pipes range from...
Alba Q3 Results surge ahead of expectations
Q3 2014 Industry Highlights: • World consumption up by 8% year-on-year (YoY) while world production up by 6% YoY. Asian demand up by 11% YoY propelled mainly by a robust growth in China (+14% YoY) on the back of government stimulus and infrastructure investment. Consumption in North America remains...
UW class aluminum recycling project benefits Laramie and helps Kenya
University of Wyoming students are collecting aluminum cans to raise funds for an orphanage in Kenya. Students in a cross-cultural communication class taught by Tracey Patton are working with Wise Recycling, a national company that promotes fundraising through community recycling. Aluminum cans can...
Alba CEO is a keynote speaker at the Annual 7th HRD Congress
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)’s Chief Executive Officer Tim Murray is a key speaker at the Annual 7th HRD Congress being held on November 10 and 11, 2014 at the Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel, Kingdom of Bahrain under the theme “Evolving HR function as a Business Partner”. Alba is also the Silver...
Alba continues to focus on worldwide customers through support services
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the world’s leading aluminium producers, recently conducted a one-day technical workshop at Maxion Wheels, Turkey, thus reaffirming its commitment to provide superior support services to its customers across global markets. Alba Customer Technical Support...
Western Marine exports aluminum ship to Tanzania
Western Marine Shipyard has shipped a newly constructed aluminum body catamaran type passenger ship for Tanzania on the 2nd of November 2014. The ship named “MV Dar Es Salaam” was boarded on another heavy carrier mother vessel at Chittagong port for transporting it to Tanzania, the company said in...
UAE taking steps towards reducing waste in the landfills
The UAE is the second largest market for metals recycling in the region, surpassed only by Saudi Arabia, said Salman Shaban, group marketing manager at Lucky Group, which has two sorting and recycling facilities in Dubai. The company has been operating here since 1973 and has a facility in Doha,...
ICD sets up new subsidiary Dubal Holding
Dubai's sovereign wealth fund Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) has set up a new subsidiary - Dubal Holding - to manage its 50 per cent shareholding in Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), said a press statement on Saturday. ICD and Mubadala Development Company set up DGA by merging their...
Western Marine Shipyard shipped a newly constructed aluminum body catamaran
Western Marine Shipyard has shipped a newly constructed aluminum body catamaran type passenger ship for Tanzania on the 2nd of November 2014. The ship named “MV Dar Es Salaam” was boarded on another heavy carrier mother vessel at Chittagong port for transporting it to Tanzania, the company said in...
EEF and WAE plan extrusion expansions due to increased construction activities
As the construction business booms in the UAE regions, the demand rises for aluminium extrusion products. Two subsidiaries of the Masharie LLC, which is Dubai Investments’ private equity segment, have announced that they will be pursuing expansion plans aggressively. Emirates Extrusion Factory...
Scultures made of aluminium plates from dome of the rock on display, sale at PIIACUFF 2014
Twenty-two sculptures made of aluminium plates from the Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Palestine are now on display and sale at the 'Forms of Doa: An Al-Aqsa Exhibition' at the Putrajaya Corporation Complex here. National Visual Art Gallery curator Zanita Anuar said it was hoped...
EGA Corporate strengths shared at Global Summit
Emirates Global Aluminium ("EGA") Managing Director and CEO Abdulla Kalban outlined the UAE-based aluminium giant's strong foundations during a keynote address to a gathering of business leaders at the 2014 Palladium Global Summit held in Boston, Massachusetts on 29 and 30 October. His address,...
Non-Ferrous World Mirror for October 2014 released
The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has released the Non-Ferrous World Mirror for October 2014, which states that geopolitical tensions and conflicts have continued to drag the non-ferrous metals markets worldwide. The protests in Hong Kong have aggravated the weak trade condition in China....
Non-Ferrous World Mirror for October 2014 released
The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has released the Non-Ferrous World Mirror for October 2014, which states that geopolitical tensions and conflicts have continued to drag the non-ferrous metals markets worldwide. The protests in Hong Kong have aggravated the weak trade condition in China....
