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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Tajik aluminium smelter eyes output growth from August
Reuters reported that Tajikistan's state owned aluminium smelter, the largest in former Soviet Central Asia, expects to restore production growth this month after an extensive plant revamp. Tajikistan Aluminium Company produced 2.2% less aluminium in the first 7 months of the year than in the same...
Hertwich supplies to Abu Dhabi aluminum smelter by EMAL
Hertwich Engineering of Austria has commissioned two integrated homogenizing and sawing lines at Emirates Aluminium in Al Taweelah, Abu Dhabi where the world’s largest aluminum smelter is currently being built. Installed in total were two ultrasonic testing stations, two continuous homogenizing...
ARABAL to focus on benefits of recycling
The Arab International Aluminium Conference (ARABAL 2012), which will be held in Doha from November 20-22, will discuss the benefits of aluminium recycling, according to Qatalum, the host company. Qatalum said recycling is becoming one of the important industries in terms of global interest and...
RUSAL fears financial Loss due to Supreme Court Ruling on ALSCON
RUSAL, Russian Aluminum giant and operator of the Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) stands the risk of incurring a financial loss of about $500m if a recent Supreme Court judgement declaring Bancorp Financial Group BFI as preferred bidder for ALSCON, Ikot Abasi Akwa Ibom State is...
Alba's initiatives praised at inJAz Bahrain’s Appreciation Lunch
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)’s backing for initiatives that enable the next generation of Bahrain’s business leaders to realise their potential was praised during a recently held inJAz Bahrain’s Appreciation Lunch at the Bahrain Conference Centre, Crown Plaza Hotel. The event brought together...
Emal to seek $4 Billion from loans and bonds for expansion
Emirates Aluminium Co., the company building the world’s biggest aluminum smelter in the United Arab Emirates, is seeking to raise $4 billion from loans and bonds to finance expansion, a banker familiar with the plan said. The Abu Dhabi-based company also known as Emal aims to raise $500 million in...
Russia's Basic Element to start trading grain directly
Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska's vehicle Basic Element (BasEl), a longtime investor in agriculture, has decided to start trading grain, aiming to sell direct to world markets instead of through Louis Dreyfus and Glencore. "Basic Element plans to create its own trading structure in order to...
Gulf Extrusions witnessed three-fold increase in its India exports
Gulf Extrusions, one of the largest aluminum extrusion plants in the Gulf region, has witnessed a three-fold increase in its export volumes to the Indian market in the first two quarters of 2012, said a senior official. A part of the Al Ghurair Group of Companies, Gulf Extrusions produces aluminum...
Rio Tinto not to lift force majeure on Asia aluminum supply
Rio Tinto Alcan has no immediate plans to lift a force majeure on primary aluminum shipments to customers in the Asia Pacific, spokesman Bryan Tucker said late Monday, although quality problems at the Sohar Aluminium joint venture smelter has been brought under control. The smelter is turning out...
Bronx International commissions new Coil Coating Line in Nigeria
Bronx International has recently commissioned and received final acceptance of its latest Coil Coating Line at ALO Aluminium in Nigeria. The Bronx Color Coating Line is the second Bronx line installed for ALO Aluminium to keep up with market demand for their quality color coated sheets. Bronx's...
China Aluminium exports to rise
China's exports of finished aluminium products are expected to rise in August, slightly boosting aluminium ingot demand. But this should not be taken as a sign that global aluminium demand has picked up as these exporters are selling at thin and sometimes even negative profit margins due to the...
Ma’aden’s aluminum business is slated to start by 2014
Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Ma’aden)’s gold production is expected to rise 30 percent by 2014 because of the output of two new mines, even as it is set to diversify into aluminum business slated in 2014 with an initial investment of SR40 billion, said Al Rajhi Capital in its report on Ma’aden...
Alba turns to debt market to fund a plan to boost production
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), which is 70 per cent owned by the state, expects to pay similar yields to the government for a record borrowing plan after the nation’s credit risk fell to the lowest in almost a year. The metals maker known as Alba plans to raise $2.5 billion (Dh9.1 billion) from bonds,...
Arabal 2012 presents aluminium prices and market factors
The program of Arab International Aluminium Conference (ARABAL 2012), which will be held in Doha from 20th to 22nd of November 2012, will include a discussion panel on aluminium prices, the related supply and demand factors, and a historical view on the price levels and the prospects in the light...
Emal Phase II expansion on track
Abu Dhabi-based Emirates Aluminium (Emal) recently erected the first structural steel for its Phase II expansion, bring it a step closer to becoming one of the world’s largest single-site aluminium smelters. Once completed in 2014, the potline at the Al Taweelah site will be the longest in the...
ABB wins contract to maintain aluminium roll mill
ABB has secured a $9m contract to oversee maintenance procedures at a rolling mill of the Oman Aluminium Rolling Company (OARC) at the eventual site of the company’s facility in Sohar. The Greenfield Aluminium Rolling Mill will produce flat sheet and aluminium foil and have a capacity of 140,000...
DUBAL's gift to 1,800 labourers during Ramadan
Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL), the state-owned corporation that operates the world's largest single-site smelter using pre-bake anode technology, has again extended a hand of kindness to the less privileged in Dubai. Some 1,800 gift bags were prepared in advance; and then presented on 22 July 2012 to the...
Arabal 2012 gets high profile regional and international sponsors
The Arab International Aluminium Conference (Arabal 2012), which be held in Doha 20th - 22nd November 2012, has received sponsorship from Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden), Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), and Sohar Aluminium Company in addition to a number of regional and international aluminium...
