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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Gulf aluminium output seen at 5m tonnes
The five Gulf smelters – Alba, Dubal, Emal, Sohar and Qatalum – produced more than 3.6 million tonnes of aluminium in 2011 and will reach around five million tonnes by 2014 when Ma’aden and Emal phase 2 are completed, a report said. During the year, Emal announced phase 2 expansion, Ma’aden started...
Saudi Maaden Awards $1.5 Billion Contract To Hyundai E&C To Build Refinery
Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (1211.SA), or Maaden, said Monday it has awarded South Korea'sHyundai Engineering & Construction Co Ltd. (000720.SE) a contract worth $1.5 billion to build the alumina refinery for its joint venture project with U.S.-based Alcoa Inc. (AA) in the kingdom. The joint venture,...
Saudi Maaden-Alcoa Aluminum JV to Add Production Line
Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Maaden) plans to add a new production line at its aluminum joint venture with U.S firm Alcoa to produce sheets used in the automotive and construction industries, the firm said on Monday. The new line will have a capacity of 100,000 tonnes per year and also produce foil...
Dubal to showcase technological innovations
Dubai Aluminium (Dubal) will showcase its technological excellence when it takes part in the TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition (TMS 2012) in the US next week. Being held at the Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida, from March 11 to 15, the focus of TMS is on providing materials science and...
Maaden Signs LoI to Award $1.5 Billion Contract to Hyundai
Saudi Arabian Mining Co., the state- controlled company known as Maaden, said its venture with Alcoa Inc. (AA) signed a letter of intent with Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (000720) on a $1.5 billion contract to build an alumina refinery in Saudi Arabia. The contract will include completing...
Canning Conveyor supplies two Belt Reeling Stations for the EMAL Project
Canning Conveyor, bulk materials handling plant & equipment specialist has recently supplied two conveyor belt reeling stations to Senet in South Africa for their client Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) for a project near Abu Dhabi City. Worksop, United Kingdom – EMAL is a state-of-the-art aluminium...
Aluminium Bahrain Seeks to Keep Bribery Suit Against Alcoa Alive
Bahrain’s state-owned aluminum producer asked a court to let it proceed with racketeering claims that it overpaid for raw materials because of bribes directed by Alcoa Inc. (AA), the largest U.S. aluminum producer. Aluminium Bahrain BSC, known as Alba, claims that New York- based Alcoa bribed...
Azerbaijan ceases imports of ready aluminum
The Azerbaijani government has unveiled plans to stop importing finished products from aluminum. "So why do we continue importing products made of aluminum? Because only part of the work has been done. To develop manufacture of finished products from aluminum it is needed to create a technology...
Alba Welcomes Hamad Town School Students
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) welcomed a group of 23 students from Hamad Town Intermediate Boys’ School for a site visit on Monday, February 27, 2012. Members of Alba Public Relations met the students accompanied by their advisor Mohammed Jaber Sabt. The purpose for their visit was to gain more...
Sohar Aluminium conducts annual fun run
Sohar Aluminium recently held its annual Fun Run at its premises. The Fun Run which promotes the message of healthy lifestyle and staying fit saw close to 200 athletes which included employees of Sohar Aluminium and their families as well as athletes from Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum...
5,000kg of aluminium cans collected in green drive
The green initiative is fast gaining ground. On Thursday, thousands of environment — friendly residents coming from various government departments, educational institutions, hotels, private companies, labour camps, social organisations and families responded to the call of the Emirates...
Abu Dhabi residents warm up to can collection drive
Gulf News reported that a campaign to collect aluminum cans and send them for recycling has saved a huge amount of carbon emissions and reduced energy consumption over the past 15 years. The Emirates Environmental Group's annual can collection campaign since 1997 has resulted in the mitigation of...
Mubadala Aims For $4.5B Emirates Aluminium Financing By Mid-Year
Abu Dhabi government-owned Mubadala Development Company is hoping to see a financing package finalized by mid-year for a new $4.5 billion construction phase at Emirates Aluminum that will almost double the smelter's production capacity, a top executive said Wednesday. Matthew Hurn, the executive...
Oman rolling group awards services contract
Oman Aluminum Rolling Company (OARC) has awarded ABB a $9M maintenance contract at the company’s rolling mill plant in Sohar, Oman. The greenfield aluminum rolling mill will produce flat sheet and aluminium foil with a 140kt/y capacity and will primarily serve the Middle East and European markets....
Everyone's a winner on can-recycling day
An environmental group is holding a nationwide drive to collect and recycle drinks cans Thursday. The annual event, organised by the Emirates Environmental Group (EEG), has been held since 1997 and has recycled 148.7 tonnes of aluminium cans. Instilling a "culture of recycling is the ultimate goal...
Alcoa job deal 'not an issue'
ALCOA has denied any exodus of workers from Point Henry to a new aluminium smelter and rolling mill in Saudi Arabia, with just one Geelong manager joining the project. A total of seven managers and supervisors from Alcoa's Victorian operations will help set up the smelting, rolling and refining...
Alcoa workers offered Middle East jobs
ALCOA is offering workers at its Geelong plant massive pay packets to help set up a new cut-price smelter in Saudi Arabia. It comes as the multinational is reviewing the viability of its Point Henry plant, and the jobs of the 600 workers there, with a final decision on whether it will close due in...
Alba profit surges 53pc to $564m
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) recorded a net income of $564 million for 2011, up by 53 per cent compared to $368 million in 2010. The aluminium giant’s sales reached $2.349 billion in 2011 compared to $1.997 billion in 2010, a statement issued after a meeting of the company’s board today said....
