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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DUBAL and EMAL to tap potential European market
Dubai Aluminium and Emirates Aluminium target growth in market share within the European market. Since its first forays into the region in 1996, DUBAL has developed long-term partnership relationships with customers that have driven consistent growth in the company's sales volumes into Europe,...
Dubal and Mubadala to fully acquire Guinea Alumina Corporation
Aluminium and Mubadala said they will acquire the remaining part of Guinea Alumina Corporation they don’t already own, a move that secures long-term access to bauxite used at UAE smelters. The two parties are purchasing the interests in GAC from BHP Billiton and Global Alumina Corporation, the two...
BHP sells interests in Guinea alumina
There has been a change to BHP Billiton's long-held plan to exit what was once trumpeted as a $US5.2 billion ($5.29bn) alumina development opportunity in bauxite-rich Guinea. A plan in which BHP would have sold its one-third stake to the original promoter of the alumina project, Canada's Global...
Dubai Aluminium and Mubadala amounted to 100% in the capital of Guinea Alumina Corporation
The UAE Dubai Aluminium Group and Mubadala, an investment fund owned by the government of Abu Dhabi, announced on May 16, they will rise to 100% in the capital of Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC), by purchasing the shares of BHP Billiton and Global Alumina Corporation in society. Dubai Aluminium...
Alba sponsors CRU's 18th World Aluminium Conference in London
Alba officials can be seen here at the company’s exhibition stand at the CRU’s 18th World Aluminium Conference taking place in London from May 14 – 16, 2013 -- from left Acting Manager Sales & Marketing (GCC, ME and Africa), Amal A. Rahman Ahmed, Chief Executive, Tim Murray, Investor Relations...
Kizad attends World Aluminium Conference to showcase industrial zone's advantages
As part of efforts by the Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad) to raise its profile across the international business community, representatives from the giant UAE based industrial zone are in London this week attending the 18th CRU World Aluminium Conference. Starting with a press briefing...
UAE-developed world-leading aluminium technologies and premium purity products promoted at 18th World Aluminium Conference
DUBAL and EMAL continue to target growth in European market share, raise profile of UAE aluminium sector, at CRU 2013. United Arab Emirates: The key players in the UAE's primary aluminium industry -- Dubai Aluminium and Emirates Aluminium -- will participate jointly at the Commodity Research Unit's...
ALSCON ownership tussle: Supreme Court commences hearing again
The Nigerian Supreme Court will determine who has acted contrary to ts judgement. The Supreme Court will on Monday hear the petition against the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) over its decision to cancel the offer to BFIG to acquire the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON). The BPE,...
Azerbaijan to build $4.8b oil refinery and aluminum plant in RI
Azerbaijan, one of Indonesia’s major suppliers of oil, was planning to build a US$4.8 billion oil refinery in Batam and an aluminum plant in Kalimantan to cement the increasingly close relations between the South Caucasus nation and Southeast Asia’s largest economy, a top Azerbaijani diplomat said....
ALSCON to inaugurate water project in Akwa Ibom
The management of Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom, says it will soon inaugurate water project in the state. The Director, Government- Public Relations, Tatyana Smirnova, disclosed this in an interview in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area. Smirnova said that the project...
Alba posts strong sales figures despite depressed prices
Aluminium Bahrain has posted Q1 sales of $498m, up by $2m on the same period for 2012 ($496m). Net income almost doubled from $57m in 2012 to $108m – an increase of 89% – and CEO Tim Murray attributed the company’s success to strong operational performance but also Alba’s ability to ‘capitalise on...
Alba employees honoured at the national stage
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C.'s employees were amongst a select group of 150 workers from different companies in Bahrain who were honoured for their outstanding performance during a ceremony to mark the International Labour Day. Held under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the...
More expansion on the cards for Emal
Emal CEO Saeed Fadhel Al Mazrooei is already looking beyond the Abu Dhabi smelter’s phase ll development in anticipation of major global growth in demand for aluminium. Emal’s phase ll development will come on stream in December 2013 and by Q2 2014 will boost the smelter’s annual capacity from...
Estonia offers seaports for Tajik aluminum export
Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, who is on a two-day official visit to Tajikistan offered the Tajik government to widely use the seaports of his country for the export of Tajik aluminum to other countries. "I am accompanied with the representatives of the business circles, who are interested...
Aluminium Bahrain reports results for the first quarter of 2013
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C has announced its financial results for the first quarter of the year 2013. Alba's sales for the first quarter of 2013 reached $498m, up by $2m from $496m in Q1 2012 due to strong physical premiums and favourable management performance despite low LME prices. The company has...
Emal plans further expansion
Emirates Aluminium, a joint venture between Abu Dhabi investment fund Mubadala and Dubai Aluminium, is planning a further smelter expansion around 2017, its CEO said. The group is on track to complete its $4 billion phase two by the end of 2014, when it capacity will rise to 1.3 million tonnes from...
India & Middle East emerge as new aluminum hubs
China is still the big story in primary aluminum production on a global scale, but India and the Middle East are coming up as rival hubs, analysts and participants in the sector said. Lower energy costs and easier access to raw materials are the biggest attractions in India and the Middle East;...
Dubai Municipality presents Green Industry Award 2013 to Gulf Extrusions
Gulf Extrusions, a leading global manufacturer of extruded aluminum products, has announced that it has received the Green Industry Award 2013 from Dubai Municipality in recognition of the company's exemplary environmental achievements over the past years. The award, which was presented to Gulf...
