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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Aluminium output growth's twin drivers
Global aluminium production grew by 7.4 percent to 43.4 million tonnes in 2011, according to figures released by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI). The twin drivers of that growth were China and the Gulf, where production grew by 10.3 percent and 27.5 percent, respectively. Last year's...
Qatar automotive venture in talks with leading firms
Qatar Automotive Gateway (QatarAg) is in negotiations with leading American and Asian companies specialising in the manufacture of aluminium components as well as the cathode and anode rods used in lithium-ion batteries, the main part in electric vehicles. This was announced by QatarAg chairman...
Azerbaijani President opens Ganja aluminum factory complex
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today attended the opening of the Ganja aluminum factory complex. "DET AL" aluminum complex covers the total area of 74 hectares. It features electrolysis, anode and metal factories. The foundation stone of the complex was laid in 2008. The construction of...
Bahrain's Alba posts higher sales in Q4
Sales at Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), which owns the world's fourth-largest aluminum smelter, grew 1.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 despite a challenging year, the company said on Wednesday. Bahrain was rocked by months of anti-government protests which began in February. The government's...
Aluminum and cotton export decreases in Tajikistan
Tajikistan decreased the volume of aluminum and cotton-fiber export as well as the import of flour, wheat and oil products in 2011, Avesta.tj quotes first deputy head of republic's Customs Service Negmat Rakhmatov as saying. The volume of imported wheat reduced by 3,900 tons, flour by 35,000 and...
Aluminium Bahrain says sales up despite tough year
Sales at Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), which owns the world's fourth-largest aluminum smelter, grew 1.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 despite a challenging year, the company said on Wednesday. Bahrain was rocked by months of anti-government protests which began in February. The government's...
Braden Manufacturing gets $10 million in contracts for UAE aluminum smelter
Braden Manufacturing LLC has netted $10 million worth of contracts for an aluminum smelter facility in the Middle East, the Tulsa company's parent firm announced Tuesday. Irving, Texas-based Global Power Equipment Group Inc., owner of Braden Manufacturing, said the Tulsa factory will produce...
Aluminum prices to recover as producers cut output - Alba
Aluminium Bahrain BSC the second largest producer of the metal in the Middle East, forecast that prices will recover this year as some suppliers cut output. Mr Laurent Schmitt CEO in a statement said that “Less competitive smelters will have to reduce their production capacity or even shut down in...
Billionaire businessman to appear in UK court charged in massive bribery case
Canadian-British billionaire Victor Dahdaleh has rubbed shoulders with royalty, palled around with senior politicians and run a successful business empire whose interests stretched from Switzerland to Singapore. But on Friday the 68-year-old tycoon is set to appear before a British court charged in...
Qatalum represents Qatar's newest energy-related industry at 20th World Petroleum Congress
Qatalum, the state-of-the-art aluminium smelter constructed in line with Qatar's long-term economic diversification strategy, was present as a representative of Qatar's newest energy-related industry: aluminium. The smelter, which achieved full production earlier this year, was also a Gold Sponsor...
Aluminium procurement costs set to rise
Staff in manufacturing purchasing jobs are likely to face higher bills for aluminium as one of the world's top producers forecasts prices to recover from last year's dip as suppliers cut output. Laurent Schmitt, chief executive officer of Aluminium Bahrain BSC, the second-largest producer of the...
BIR World Mirror on Non-Ferrous January 2012
BIR: The following article is based on the latest Non-Ferrous World Mirror produced by the BIR world recycling body for the benefit of its members. A stuttering start to 2012 has been influenced by the unusual circumstance that Christmas/New Year festivities in many parts of the world are separated...
Aluminum Prices to Recover as Producers Cut Output, Alba Says
Aluminium Bahrain BSC, the second- largest producer of the metal in the Middle East, forecast that prices will recover this year as some suppliers cut output. “Less-competitive smelters will have to reduce their production capacity or even shut down” in the first half of 2012 because of low...
Oman has potential to become regional centre for aluminium recycling in the GCC
Oman has the potential to become a major aluminium recycling centre servicing the industry across the GCC in the future, an industry leader told delegates who attended the ARABAL 2011 conference in Oman - the 15th time the event has been held. Frederic Rouyer, the Chief Executive of Oman Aluminium...
Alba hits record metal production in 2011
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), one of the world's largest aluminium smelters, said it has achieved the highest metal production in its 40-year history in 2011 with 881,310 metric tonnes, a substantial leap from 850,700 mtpa achieved the previous year. Announcing the historic feat, Alba chief executive,...
Emal Cast House wins Kaizen award
Emirates Aluminium (Emal) has triumphed at the Dubai Quality Group’s (DQG) 3rd Continual Improvement & Innovation Symposium, with its Cast House receiving a Gold Kaizen Award for its application of advanced quality methodologies. Emal president and CEO, Saeed Fadhel Al Mazrooei, said: “Through...
ORPIC Vale and Sohar Aluminium tie up for social welfare plans
The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr Sheikh Saad bin Mohamed Al Mardhouf Al Saadi, attended the ceremony marking the launch of a cooperation agreement on social responsibility between Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company, Vale and Sohar Aluminium, on Saturday. The signing...
DUBAL sets shining example
The ongoing commitment to energy conservation at Dubai Aluminium that operates a one million metric tonne per annum primary aluminum smelter continues apace, yielding good results. For example, as a member of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, Dubal has whole-heartedly adopted the directives...
