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 supporting key aluminium sector initiatives
Alba's role as a strategic partner representing the aluminium sector at the Gulf Industry Fair 2012 underscores the company's commitment to support initiatives that showcase Bahrain's aluminium sector as well as highlight Bahrain's attractiveness as an investor-friendly destination. The aluminium...
Guinea Threatens to Cancel Mining Licenses
CAPE TOWN, South Africa—Guinea next month will begin an audit of mining companies operating in the country, which could see some licenses revoked. The country isn't "getting the benefit from its resources," Mines Minister Mohamed Lamine Fofana said on the sidelines of the Indaba mining conference...
QIMC extrusion subsidiary to start production in Q1
Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (QIMC) has said its subsidiary Qatar Aluminium Extrusion will start commercial production of extruded profile by the end the first quarter and the four-fold capacity expansion in its Qatar Acids Company is expected by early next year. “The plant of Qatar...
Norsk Hydro : Aluminium HVAC agreement with Turkish Konveyör
Hydro's aluminium tubing plant in Denmark and the Turkish company Konveyör have signed a cooperation agreement designed to support customers and make easier their replacement of copper tubing with aluminium in heating, ventilation, refrigeration and air conditioning applications. TREND: The shift...
Maaden Alcoa refinery work gathers pace
The Maaden Alcoa aluminum joint venture announced that it had poured the first concrete in the construction of the region's first alumina refinery at the fully integrated aluminum complex at Ras Al-Khair. Once complete, the refinery will initially produce 1.8 million metric tons of smelter-grade...
Pinoy in UAE recycles aluminum cans to send PHL kids to school
A Filipino in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) raises funds by recycling aluminum cans to send children in the Philippines to school. A report of the news site Gulf News on Friday said after work, Michael Del Moro Manlogon collects around 300 aluminum cans a day from a food court near...
EMAl to recruit more Emiratis at fair
Emirates Aluminum is participating at the Tawdheef career fair in Abu Dhabi for the fourth time in line with its commitment to recruit more Emiratis in 2012. Mr Saeed Fadhel Al Mazrooei president and CEO of EMAL said that “Emirati talent is a central feature of how we have come so far, so quickly...
GCC to pump over 10% of world’s aluminium output
Heavy investments will largely expand smelters in Gulf hydrocarbon producers and this will allow them to control more than 10 per cent of the world’s total aluminium output, according to a US report. Besides large investments, the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries possess many advantages...
Gulf Industry Fair draws top global firms
The growing success of Gulf Industry Fair (GIF) is a statement about the healthy confidence in the industrial sector in the GCC, says Jubran Abdulrahman, managing director of Hilal Conferences and Exhibition (HCE) The Gulf Industry Fair is firmly established in the calendar for many companies as...
Arabtec has DH265 Million in Abu Dhabi projects
Dubai: Contractor Arabtec yesterday announced Dh265 million worth of projects in Abu Dhabi, including two in the Western Region. The deals include the Dh110 million expansion of phase seven of the Ruwais refinery, a Dh30 million contract to build a training centre for Abu Dhabi Polymers and a Dh116...
Gulf set to become global aluminium destination
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region’s aluminium industry is set to contribute 10%-11% of global output, thus growing to the stature of global aluminium destination, next to oil wealth, according to Frost & Sullivan. The GCC possesses some great advantages such as low power cost and gas...
GCC aluminium output to reach 10% of global production
UAE. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Aluminium industry is set to grow to 10%-11% of global aluminium production, gaining the stature of global aluminium destination along with oil wealth. The GCC possesses some great advantages including: - low power cost (4 cents / Kwhr) as well as Gas price...
Alubond in Turkish expansion plan
Mulk Holding’s Alubond group has signed an expansion programme in Turkey. Members of the business communities of UAE and Turkey signed a joint venture agreement for Aldom Group Turkey to set up a base to manufacture Alubond Fire Rated Building Façade Panels and Aluminum Coil Coatings. Mulk Holdings...
Tajikistan's 2011 Aluminum Output Down 20% On Year
Tajikistan produced 280,000 metric tons of primary aluminum in 2011, a fall of 20% compared with 2010, the economic development ministry said Wednesday. Tajikistan exports all the aluminum it produces. The reason for the fall in output is disruption in electricity and coke supplies, the ministry...
Alcoa asks federal judge to dismiss bribery suit
Alcoa Inc asked a federal judge in Pittsburgh to dismiss a bribery lawsuit filed against the company by an aluminum maker controlled by the Bahrain government. Aluminum Bahrain BSC claims New York based Alcoa reaped more than USD 400 million in illegal profits by overcharging it for alumina used to...
Gulf aluminum output seen rising 10pc
Aluminium production in the Gulf currently exceeds 7 per cent of the world’s total aluminium production; and is set to increase to 10 per cent by 2020, said an expert. “The aluminium industry in the Gulf has developed over the years into a substantial hub in global terms,” said Abdulla Kalban,...
Alba Welcomes Bahrain French Speaking Society Delegation to the Plant
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)’s support for organisations that strengthen linguistic ties between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Republic of France was given a boost on Monday, January 23, 2012 when it welcomed a 20-member delegation from the Bahrain French Speaking Society to the Alba plant....
Fire in electrical cables halt work at aluminium factory
WORK at a major factory ground to a halt for several hours after an electrical cable fire early yesterday. Cables of high-voltage switchgears caught fire at Sitra-based Gulf Aluminium Rolling Company (Garmco), sources told the GDN. "The power went off at around midnight and was back only by 6am,"...
