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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California-based BFI Group to go ahead with the acquisition of Alscon
California-based BFI Group Corp. will go ahead with the acquisition of the Aluminium Smelter Co. of Nigeria, known as Alscon, BFI Group's chief executive officer said Thursday, following a directive of the country's National Council on Privatization that it should be sent an offer letter and share...
Production record for Gulf Aluminium smelters
The current GCC operating smelters Alba (Bahrain), Dubal (Dubai), Emal (Abu Dhabi), Qatalum (Qatar) & Sohar (Oman) have collectively produced 3,739,290 tonnes of primary aluminium in 2012, which constitute 9% of total world production compared to 3,488,357 in 2011. The GCC which also has thriving...
Qatalum highlights future of aluminium at aluminium symposium
Qatalum, the Qatari aluminium smelter, took part in the Aluminium Symposium, held on Tuesday at the Qatar Science Technology Park (QSTP). Sharing the podium alongside Hydro (the Norwegian producer), Qatar University and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Qatalum participated in a...
Qatalum CEO outlines Qatar aluminium strides
Qatalum CEO Tom Petter Johansen outlined the Qatari aluminium smelter's perspective on the trends in the global aluminium industry and forecast usage growth in the country and elsewhere in the GCC (Gulf Co-operation Council) at a symposium held at the Qatar Science Technology Park (QSTP) recently....
DUBAL project registered under CDM to reduce greenhouse gases
Acknowledging that the production of primary aluminium has an inherently large environmental footprint, Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL),the entirely state-owned enterprise that operates the world's largest single-site primary aluminium smelter using pre-bake anode technology consciously strives to minimise...
GCC to boost aluminum output by 40%
With global demand for aluminum estimated to increase and reach 70 million metric tons per year by 2020, GCC countries are all set to boost their production capacity to 5 million metric tons by 2014, up 40 percent from around 3 million tons in 2012, said Mohammed Bader-Eddin, the show director of...
Tajikistan's economy grew 7.5% in 2012 despite slump in aluminium
Tajikistan said its economy grew 7.5 percent last year, slightly faster than in 2011 and buoyed by remittances from migrant workers and growth in its mining industry despite a slump in key export, aluminium. More than two decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan, which borders...
Al Andalus grows portfolio with latest additions
Al Andalus Holding Company continues to steer ahead with a well-devised growth plan that includes adding the latest and best technologies to its portfolio, which has ensured its success in the building and construction industry. The Saudi-based company is now planning to set up one more extrusion...
Alba increases Value-Added Sales in 2012
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C (Alba) announced that despite challenging market conditions it was able to deliver higher Value-Added sales volume. For the full-year of 2012, sales figures remained almost stable at 890, 291 mt compared to 893,020 mt in 2011. Sales figures for the fourth quarter of 2012...
Cameroon government starts recruiting advisers for the Minim-Martap/Ngaoundal Bauxite Project
The government of Cameroon is in the process of recruiting legal, financial, mineral and industrial advisers with whom it can work alongside Cameroon Alumina Limited (CAL) in view of preparing and signing a mining convention for the multi-billion Minim-Martap/Ngaoundal Bauxite Project in the...
Gulf Industry Fair 2013 to highlight Bahrain's credentials as world-class industrial hub
Bahrain's credentials as a world-class industrial hub will come under the spotlight in Manama as the Northern Gulf's leading annual business-to-business industrial trade exhibition is staged for the sixth consecutive year. Gulf Industry Fair 2013, being held from 15 to 17 January 2013 under the...
Two financers Invest in Nigerian Aluminium can Manufacturer GZI
Standard Chartered Private Equity and Ashmore today announced that they have invested in GZI, an aluminium can manufacturer based in Nigeria. Yemi Osindero, Head of Standard Chartered Private Equity in West Africa, said “We are excited to have invested in a long-term Standard Chartered client that...
Alba promotes Gulf Industry Fair 2013 as strategic partner
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)'s pledge to advocate the forward thinking and investor friendly nature of Bahrain's economy provided one of the incentives behind the company's decision to be a strategic partner representing the aluminium sector at the Gulf Industry Fair 2013. Organised under the...
Iran produces 253,300 tons of aluminum ingots in nine months
The Islamic Republic of Iran has produced 253,300 tons of aluminum ingots in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year, which started on March 20, 2012. The volume of aluminum ingot production in the country over the previous Iranian calendar month of Azar (November 21-December 20,...
3rd Global Aluminium Foil Roller Conference early 2014 in Dubai
The European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) announced that the third global aluminium foil roller conference (GLAFCO) will take place from 15th – 17th January 2014 in Dubai. Delegates from the international aluminium foil roller industry are expected to continue the coordinated actions on foil...
Alba honoured for safety and environment achievements
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) remains positioned as a regional champion in occupational health, workplace safety and environmental management as the company received the Gulf Aluminium Council (GAC)'s maiden Health & Safety and Environmental Awards. The awards were announced during the 16th Arab...
Aluminium Bahrain falls despite production record
The Bahrain All-Share Index erased since the beginning of the year its advances form the last week of Dec. 2012. On Monday, the gauge slipped 0.86% to 1,054.99 points. Aluminium Bahrain or Alba plummeted 2.40% to BD0.41. Earlier in the day, Alba said it reached a production record in 2012 with...
Controversies erupt in Nigeria over AlSCON's Assets and Ownership
The cost of ALSCON's assets and its ownership has attracted the most attention. Weekly Trust examines the issues that have raised so many questions. There have been growing concerns and controversies over the actual market price and ownership of the Aluminium Company of Nigeria (ALSCON), since...
