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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Alba sponsors top aluminium conference in the UAE
MANAMA: Alba's sponsorship of a top aluminium conference in the UAE underlines the company's initiatives to engage in events that enrich knowledge-exchange in the industry as well as promote networking opportunities for its leaders. Billed as an authoritative event for senior executives, CRU...
Dubai Aluminium takes honors at Ideas.Arabia
The spirit of innovation and continuous improvement at Dubai Aluminium (Dubal) — the world’s largest primary aluminum smelter using pre-bake anode technology — has again been recognized by an independent, peer-based jury: the company received two category awards in the 2012 Ideas.Arabia Idea of the...
Alba provides sponsorship support for global trade event
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)'s sponsorship of CRU Event's 17th World Aluminium Conference underlines the company's initiatives to engage in events that enrich knowledge-exchange in the aluminium industry as well as promote networking opportunities for industry leaders. Billed as 'an...
Emal seeks partners to forge growth in Abu Dhabi
Emirates Aluminium (Emal) is in talks with two other metal processors interested in building facilities alongside its US$10.2 billion (Dh37.46bn) plant in Abu Dhabi. It comes as the aluminium project increases production to almost 800,000 tonnes in its first phase and prepares to add 1,000 jobs...
Gulf Aluminum Output to Rise 50% by 2015, Daylami Says
Aluminum output at the member nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council will climb to 5.21 million metric tons in 2015 from 3.48 million tons last year, said Mahmood Daylami, Gulf Aluminum Council secretary general. Output at the United Arab Emirates will continue to account for half of the total...
ABB wins $16 million order to upgrade power infrastructure for aluminum complex in Qatar
ABB wins $16 million order to upgrade power infrastructure for aluminum complex in Qatar Zurich, Switzerland, April 27, 2012 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth about $16 million from Qatalum, for upgrading the power distribution network at its aluminum...
EMAL Welcomes The World To Abu Dhabi For ’Aluminium Week’
The world’s leading figures in the aluminium industry will be in Abu Dhabi for what has been named as ‘Aluminium Week’. For the first time ever three of the industry’s most prestigious events will take place in Abu Dhabi over the next few days. Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) will play a central role in...
Abu Dhabi's GHC Plans $1.58 Billion Industrial Investment
Investment in steel, aluminium and pipes; GHC 2011 net 1.5 bln dhs, up 15 percent; GHC appoints BNP Paribas to arrange $600 mln loan Abu Dhabi government-owned General Holding Corporation (GHC) plans to invest 5.8 billion dirhams ($1.58 billion) in the short-term in three industries to boost...
Abu Dhabi extrusion boost
Abu Dhabi government-owned General Holding Corporation (GHC) plans to invest $1.58bn in the short-term in three industries to boost manufacturing. The plans include an $217.7M) downstream aluminium extrusion site. GHC has interests in sectors including steel, oil and gas fabrication, cables, food...
Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) sponsors Mechatronics symposium
For the third consecutive year Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) sponsored the eighth International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications (ISMA) which was held at the American University of Sharjah from 10 to 12 April, 2012. Mechatronics concerns the fusion of multiple engineering practices to...
Saudi Arabian Mining Co plans to expand production with loan from HSBC
Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Maaden) is seeking a 7 billion riyal ($1.86 billion) loan from local banks, a Saudi banker told Reuters on Wednesday. Maaden said in March that it plans to add a new production line, with a capacity of 100,000 tonnes per year, at its aluminium joint venture with U.S. firm...
Oman Aluminium Rolling Company’s Sohar project to start production by Aug. 2013
Muscat: The work on building Oman Aluminium Rolling Company’s 160,000-tonnes per annum project in Sohar is progressing and the venture will be ready for commissioning by August 2013, said a top-level official of the EPC contractor. “We are now pushing on completing civil and building works. The...
UK court adjourns Bahrain alumina Bribery case
A British court adjourned a case involving metals magnate Victor Dahdaleh and former Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) chief executive Bruce Hall, who appeared on Monday to face corruption charges linked to the supply of alumina to Bahrain. Jordan-born Dahdaleh, a former donor to Britain's Labour party and...
UAE primary aluminium industry to be showcased at trade fair in Italy
In line with the region's ambitions to grow product sales in Europe, the potential contribution of the UAE's primary aluminium industry to the European market will again be highlighted at the 9th Metef International Aluminium Exhibition (Metef 2012), thanks to the joint participation of Dubai...
Aluminium Business Looks Promising for Saudi Shipper (NSCSA)
National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) reported a strong first-quarter profit after a bad 2011, and with recent contracts, the expansion of the company's aluminium transport business looks promising. NSCSA, which leases out oil tankers, reported to the Saudi stock exchange that its...
Alba production soar 2% in the first quarter of 2012
Q1 2012 production up to 220,738 metric tonnes (mt) vs. 216,792 metric tonnes (mt) in Q1 2011 Sales for the quarter were almost stable vs. Q1 2011 at 214,891 metric tonnes Aluminium Bahrain ( Alba ) continues to maintain the positive momentum set in 2011 -- its production figures grew 2% on a...
EMAL starts construction of world's longest potline
Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) has marked a major milestone in the construction of its $4.6bn Phase II smelter expansion at Taweelah, pouring the concrete for the first potroom in what will be the world’s longest potline when complete. The pouring, which was carried out by contractors Al Futtaim...
Total Aluminium inaugurates Abuja factory in Nigeria
To strengthen its northern operations, Total Aluminium Systems Limited, the authorised representative of SUNSTONE, one of the leading stone chip coated roof brands in Nigeria, has inaugurated its Abuja factory. The decision to open the factory, which is built on two hectares of land, is in response...
