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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Abu Dhabi lures Asian investors for Aluminium among others
Kizad plans Asia offices; phase 1 to be completed end-2012 Abu Dhabi's mammoth new industrial zone is wooing investors from Asia to set up shop and help the emirate diversify its economy away from oil, its top official said. Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad) at Taweelah, midway between Abu...
UAE recycles five million tonnes of scrap metal annually
The UAE's position as a major hub for the global multi-billion dollar scrap metal recycling industry will be a key feature of the inaugural Green Middle East exhibition and conference, to be held from 17-19 October 2011 at Expo Centre Sharjah. Both the UAE and Saudi Arabia have established...
Rusal Says Iran Option for Expansion, No Talks on Building Plant
United Co. Rusal, the world’s biggest aluminum maker, isn’t holding talks on building a plant in Iran, while saying the Persian Gulf country is a possible opportunity as it expands in developing markets. “Iran is one of numerous options for examination,” the aluminum producer’s Moscow-based press...
Bahrain Increases Gas Prices for Aluminum Producer
Bahrain is to increase natural gas prices for one of its biggest consumers, Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), from 2012 in a subsidy-slashing move analysts say is overdue in the Middle East and may mark the start of a trend towards international price levels. Many energy intensive industries in the Middle...
Alcoa reorganizes midstream businesses
America's biggest aluminum producer Alcoa Inc said it plans to reorganise its midstream Global Rolled Products businesses to tap growth opportunity in emerging markets. The business will now focus on five global markets -- aerospace, ground transportation, packaging, consumer electronics and...
Samsung wins Emal's thermal plant contract
Emirates Aluminium (Emal) has awarded South Korea's Samsung C&T Corp a $579.3-million (Dh2.12 billion) a contract to build a thermal plant, the UAE aluminium manufacturer confirmed to Gulf News yesterday. The contract will continue until June 2014, Samsung said in a statement. It was signed on...
Ghana to begin feasibility studies establishing downstream aluminium project
The government of Ghana through the Ministry of Energy (MoEn) and the Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kenesjay of Trinidad and Tobago and Sural C.A. of Venezuela to conduct feasibility studies towards the establishment of a Downstream...
Emal targets export deals in Far East, US markets
Emirates Aluminium (Emal) is securing deals in the US and Far East to export its products, but will continue to honour its commitments in the Middle East despite the political turmoil in some countries, its president and chief executive told Gulf News. "Emal doesn't look at the business model for...
Eco-friendly Credentials on Display as EMAL Supports International Ozone Day
Ozone protection is embodied within Emirates Aluminium (EMAL)'s core value of "Protection of the Environment". On the occasion of International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (16th September 2011), EMAL re-inforced its commitment for excellence in environmental action and continues to...
Modernization of Equipment causesTajik Jan-Aug aluminium output off 20pc y/y
Central Asia's largest producer of primary aluminium, Tajikistan Aluminium Company (TALCO), cut output of the metal to 189,838 tonnes in the January-August period, down 20 percent year on year, a company source said on Monday. Output in August was 18,771 tonnes, down 8.9 percent from July and off...
Rising Bauxite prices not to affect Alcoa projects - Chairman & CEO
During his visit to Dalian to attend the Summer Davos Forum from Sept 14 to 16, Klaus Kleinfeld, the chairman and CEO of Alcoa, discussed with China Daily the firm's development strategy. Alcoa is the leader in bauxite and alumina and has an enviable position in the alumina sector. Our new projects...
Demand for Aluminum Chemicals in Asia to Increase With Aluminum Metal Demand
Western Asia and Southeast Asia are expected to become the primary drivers for global aluminum demand through 2020, replacing East Asia as China's growth slows due to excessive capacity. Aluminum demand is expected to increase by at least 5% each year. Project investments are beginning to skew...
Sohar Aluminium supports Oman National Power Grid
True to its mutual cooperation with the government sector Sohar Aluminium’s Power Plant entered into a 2010-2012 agreement with the Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) to assist with the increasing demand during peak summer months and enable both parties to transfer power between each...
Balexco plant revamp set to be completed
Balexco's $21.3 million project to expand its plant in the Sitra Industrial Zone is nearing completion. The Bahrain-based regional aluminium extrusion company's expansion project consists of two parts, a $9.3m anodising unit and a $12m aluminium extrusion line. Both are expected to begin operations...
UAE primary aluminium sector placed firmly on global stage during international industry conference in Paris
The growing importance of the UAE's primary aluminium industry in the global market has once again been highlighted, thanks to the joint presence of Dubai Aluminium Company Limited ("DUBAL") and Emirates Aluminium Company Limited ("EMAL"), at 26th International Aluminium Conference, organised and...
Guinea Adopts New Mining Code That Gives State 35% Stake
Lawmakers in Guinea, the world’s biggest exporter of bauxite, adopted a new mining code that will give the West African nation a 35 percent stake in commodity companies. “The code gives a correction to the old one for Guinea’s interests,” Mines Minister Lamine Fofana told reporters after the policy...
BHP fears risk in Guinea project
BHP Billiton is spending money hand over fist expanding its global production capacity. But the big spending stops when it comes to an alumina project in Guinea where the company and its Canadian and Middle Eastern partners have all but stopped work on a $US5.2 billion ($A4.9 billion) alumina...
Alba will modernize facilities to boost output
Gulf News reported that Aluminum Bahrain will focus on modernizing its older production facilities if and when it has approved an expansion and bedded that down. Mr Laurent Schmitt CEO of Alba said that the expansion which would add a new sixth smelter potline would see first metal produced in 2015...
