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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Nigerian Senate panel wants sale of aluminium smelter to Rusal revoked
The Nigerian Senate's committee on privatization has called for the sale of the government's stake in the Aluminum Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) to Russia's Rusal to be revoked, according to the committee's report published Wednesday. The report was the outcome of a wider investigation begun...
Maaden signs SR3.75bn financing deal as aluminum project gathers pace
The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) announced Sunday that its subsidiary, Maaden Bauxite and Alumina Company, has signed a $1 billion (SR3.75 billion) financing agreement with the Public Investment Fund (PIF) for the second phase of its aluminum project. The second phase, which includes a...
Aluminium firm vows more output
Key experts and top managers from Qatar University’s Material Technology Unit, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Qatalum and Hydro, gathered at a symposium to discuss the properties, usage area and production processes of aluminium – an element being described as the metal for the...
Rio Tinto aims to boost aluminium production in Oman
Jacynthe Cote,CEO of the world's largest aluminium producer, Rio Tinto Alcan has said the firm is working with its Omani partner to find ways to boost aluminium production in the Sultanate, Muscat Daily has reported. The company will focus on the Middle East in its future plans, especially the...
Alcobond Manufacturing launched
Alcobond Manufacturing, producer of both standard and fire retardant aluminium composite panels, officially launched the company at The Big 5 exhibition. Alcobond claimed the company is experiencing fast and sustained growth with many prestigious contracts despite global recession. The company has...
Aluminium major contributor to GDP
Aluminium is still one of the biggest contributors to Bahrain's gross domestic product (GDP), and forms most of the kingdom's exports. Oil and aluminium contributed 31pc of total GDP or BD2.5 billion ($6.6bn) to nominal GDP in 2010. "Future plans to expand aluminium is likely to increase the...
Azerbaijan's Detal alumina refinery expected to start production
Detal was in the process of returning online a 450,000 mt/year alumina refinery that has been idle since 2009 due to the global financial crisis,official said. The refinery is expected to start commercial production in December. The official also said that Detal still intended to restart its...
Sohar Aluminum capacity expansion decision by year end
Sohar Aluminum is expected to take a concrete decision on its proposed expansion to double the present capacity to 740,000 tonnes per annum by the year end. Mr Henk Pauw CEO of Sohar Aluminum said that the capital expenditure of the proposed expansion which includes a massive captive power plant is...
Arabal: Middle East could become production hub
Rio Tinto Alcan CEO Jacynthe Côté, told delegates at the Arabal 2011 conference that aluminium production will be a key to sustainable economic growth in the Middle East. In her keynote address to the conference, Mrs. Côté told delegates from more than 30 countries that industrial diversification...
Bauxite MOUs in Andhra pradesh
Yet another instance in which the state government gets a pittance while the private promoters a lion's share of the revenue has come to light. The YSR government had entered into two separate memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in 2007 with the government of Ras al Khaimah (an emirate forming part...
Alba welcomes Ministry of Health delegation
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C (Alba) welcomed the opportunity to share its experience in occupational health and safety with a visiting 19-member delegation from the Ministry of Health's Family Residency Programme. Alba's Head of Protocol and Corporate Events, Jamal Al Areifi, received the delegation...
With Kizad zone, Abu Dhabi may put one past Dubai
Emirates Aluminium, or Emal, one of the largest aluminium companies, has set up a plant in this industrial zone. “It currently produces 750,000 tonne of aluminium and is slated to add another 750,000 tonne to its annual capacity within a short time,” says HE Saeed Fadhel Al Mazrooei, president and...
OAPIL plans to double capacity
Oman Aluminium Processing Industries (OAPIL), a joint venture between Oman Cables Company and Takamul Investment Company, is planning to double its capacity to over 100,000 tonnes per annum (tpa), from 48,000tpa now. “Our master plan is to achieve a production capacity of over 100,000tpa. However,...
Oman Aluminium Rolling Company to start commercial production in 2014
Commercial operations at Oman Aluminium Rolling Company (OARC) are expected to begin in 2014 with the plant hitting its full 160,000-tonne production capacity by 2019, according to company CEO Buddy Stemple. Speaking at the Arabal aluminium conference at the Grand Hyatt Muscat on Tuesday, Stemple...
Aluminium industry witnesses big growth
The 15th Arab International Aluminium Conference (Arabal), hosted by Sohar Aluminium kicked off at Grand Hyatt Muscat Hotel and lasted for three days. Shaikh Saad bin Mohammed al Saadi, Minister of Commerce and Industry, said that the achievements made in the aluminium industry in the Sultanate is...
Oman has potential to be recycling centre
Oman has the potential to become a major aluminium recycling centre servicing the industry across the GCC in the future, an industry leader has told delegates at the 15th Arabal conference in Oman. Oman has the potential to become a major aluminium recycling centre servicing the industry across the...
Turkish continuous homogenizing plant
Turkish manufacturer Asas Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret (ASAS) has ordered a continuous homogenizing plant from Hertwich Engineering, Austria. The new plant ensures low operating costs. The electrically heated continuous furnace consumes only 210kWh/t of aluminum, distinctly less than conventional...
Iran 7-month aluminum export at $267mn
Iran says its aluminum and alumina exports have exceeded USD 267 million in the first seven months of the current Iranian year (started March 21). According to the Iranian Mines & Mining Industries Development & Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), the figure indicates a 32-percent increase over the...
