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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Siemens to supply trains for the Riyadh metro
Siemens has announced details of the trainsets and control technology it is to supply for Riyadh metro lines 1 and 2. Siemens is part of the BACS consortium with Bechtel, Almabani General Contractors and Consolidated Contractors Co which the Arriyadah Development Authority selected for the €7·5bn...
Joint participation of DUBAL and EMAL at "ALUEXPO 2013" in Istanbul achieved its overall objectives.
The joint participation of Dubai Aluminium and Emirates Aluminium at the 3rd Aluminium Technologies, Machinery and Products Trade Fair ("ALUEXPO 2013") - which took place in Istanbul, Turkey from 3 to 6 October 2013 - achieved its overall objectives. Awareness was raised of the two primary...
Middle East will produce 5m tonnes of aluminium in 2015
The Middle East will produce 5 million tonnes of primary aluminium by 2015, compared with 3.7 million tonnes in 2012, according to the Gulf Aluminium Council (GAC). The region will produce 1.8 million tonnes of value-added aluminium products, compared with 1.2 million tonnes in 2012, Mahmood...
DUBAL honoured at 2013 CIO 100 Symposium in USA
The DUBAL Noor, Enterprise Business Intelligence, Program developed in-house at Dubai Aluminium, DUBAL, the state-owned corporation that owns and operates one of the world’s largest single-site aluminium smelters, has been recognised internationally at this year’s CIO 100 Awards, which were...
Iran aluminum output hit 179,000 tons
Iran's aluminum ingot output stood at 178,939 tons in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year, the IRNA News Agency reported. The amount shows 6.6 per cent increase in comparison to the same period of last year. Some 29,632 tons of aluminium ingot were produced in Iran during the sixth...
ALSCON to inject 360MW into National Grid
In order to boost electricity supply in the country, the current operator of the nation’s premier Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON), in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State, UC RUSAL, has affirmed its readiness to inject approximately 360 mega watt annually to the national grid. However, the...
UAE records highest Merger & Aquisition deal value in the region
The UAE has registered $11.2 billion worth of Merger & Aquisition deals so far in 2013, the highest total deal value in the region, according to a Merger market report. M&A activity in Africa and the Middle East (MEA) was valued at $51.6 billion through the first three quarters of the year,...
Aluminium Bahrain sales soar 4.2% in Q3 2013
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C (Alba) continues to maintain a positive momentum in Q3 2013 with sales figures up by 4.2% year-on-year to reach 227,758 metric tonnes (mt) versus 218,507 mt in Q3 2012 while production figures increased by 10,377 mt to reach 230,058 mt as compared to the same period of 2012....
GECOL plans to replace copper with a cheaper aluminium cables
In an effort to deter thieves who have been cutting electricity lines in order to steal the copper cable and sell it, the electricity company GECOL says it plans to replace copper with a cheaper aluminium alternative in the hope of ending the thefts. Aluminium is highly conductive and is used in...
ALSCON commissions water project
Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria, ALSCON in Ikot Abasi Akwa Ibom state, has commissioned a new water project in one of its host communities. According to the Director of Public Relations of the company, Mrs. Tatyana Smirnova, the water project is one among fifteen others so far provided by the...
UAE's Senaat and Ducab launch 50,000 mt/yr aluminum rod mill joint venture
The UAE's Senaat group and Ducab plan to build an aluminum rod mill in the latest metals sector collaboration between companies owned by the governments of Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the UAE's official WAM news agency said Thursday. The joint venture, Ducab Aluminium, proposes to build a factory with an...
Senaat and Ducab in joint Abu Dhabi aluminium rod venture
Senaat, the industrial conglomerate, and Ducab, the power cable maker, are linking up to open a Dh220 million aluminium rod mill in Abu Dhabi, providing a boost to the emirate’s strategy to develop a downstream industrial heartland. Based in Khalifa Industrial Zone (Kizad), the facility will make...
Gulf Extrusions wins DNV certification
Gulf Extrusions, a leader in extruded aluminum products, has announced that it has received the prestigious DNV (Det Norske Veritas) certification for the marine applications the company supplies, especially wrought aluminium alloys. The certificate reaffirms that all of Gulf Extrusions’ marine...
ADPC and EMAL sign ten years export logistics agreement
Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC) today signed a ten year agreement with Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) to handle the export logistics of finished aluminium products from EMAL's production site. The volume of exported metal is expected to grow from 600,000 metric tonnes in 2014 to 750,000 in 2015. The...
Conversion to aluminium beverage cans to facilitate job
Between R100-million and R200-million a year will flow into the scrap metals and recycling industry as a result of the conversion from tin-plated steel cans to aluminium cans, providing an additional 2 000 to 3 000 people a source of income from collecting and selling used cans, estimates South...
Mubadala releases first half 2013 financial results
Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala), the Abu Dhabi-based investment and development company, released its interim financial statements and business highlights for the first half of 2013. Business highlights from across the Mubadala Group in the first half of 2013 included: • The inauguration of...
Dubal-Emal to exhibit jointly at "ALUEXPO 2013"
Well-positioned geographically to serve the growing markets in Eurasia, Dubai Aluminium ("DUBAL") and Emirates Aluminium ("EMAL") - the two primary aluminium smelters in the UAE that sold a total of 1,839,419 tonnes of cast metal products worldwide in 2012 - will exhibit jointly at the 3rd...
Aluminium demand driven by metal’s versatility & green credentials
The future of aluminium use for signage, display, presentation, packaging, storage and promotional gift purposes looks bright, owing to the versatility, recyclability and ecofriendliness of the metal, reports South African aluminium fabrication and finishing specialist Metal Graphics. However,...
