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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Emirates Aluminium picks SNC-Lavalin to manage Phase 2 of smelter construction
Emirates Aluminium Company Ltd. has selected SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX:SNC) to manage the construction of Phase 2 of a major smelter project in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The project will add 525,000 tonnes of annual aluminum production capacity when it is completed in 2014.
Emal aluminum awards $700m in expansion contracts
Emirates Aluminium (Emal) has awarded $700 million in contracts for an expansion project it plans to complete by 2014, the Abu Dhabi-based company said. Phase two of the aluminum complex will almost double the firm’s production capacity to 1.3 million tons a year, making Emal’s plant the largest...
Tajik Aluminum aluminum ingot production down by 17pct in H1s
Mr Farrukh Hamraliev Mahmudovich minister of ministry of economic development and trade of the Republic of Tajikistan said that Tajik Aluminum Company produced 150,000 tonnes of aluminum ingot down by 16.7% YoY. Mr Hamraliev said that the export values of the aluminum ingot amounted USD 440 million...
Alcoa Starts Construction of Refinery at Saudi Venture
Alcoa Inc., the largest U.S. aluminum producer, said it started construction on the site of an alumina refinery in Saudi Arabia. Ceremonies were held today to mark the official groundbreaking at the refinery and the pouring of the first concrete at the aluminum rolling mill, Alcoa said in a...
Alcoa Starts Construction of Refinery at Saudi Venture
Alcoa Inc., the largest U.S. aluminum producer, said it started construction on the site of an alumina refinery in Saudi Arabia. Ceremonies were held today to mark the official groundbreaking at the refinery and the pouring of the first concrete at the aluminum rolling mill, Alcoa said in a...
Alcoa Starts Construction of Refinery at Saudi Venture
Alcoa Inc., the largest U.S. aluminum producer, said it started construction on the site of an alumina refinery in Saudi Arabia. Ceremonies were held today to mark the official groundbreaking at the refinery and the pouring of the first concrete at the aluminum rolling mill, Alcoa said in a...
Alba Summer Camp 2011 Season End
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)'s Annual Summer Camp came to a close as nearly 300 children of Alba employees attended the closing ceremony held on Thursday, July 28, 2011 at the Alba Club.
Outotec Bags Contract from EMAL
Outotec has received two contracts worth €100m from Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) to expand an aluminium smelter in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Under the contract, Outotec will deliver aluminium smelter technology to the second phase of EMAL's smelter expansion project located at Al-Taweelah.
ALSCON sold for N37.5bn, DSC for N4.5bn – BPE
THE Senate ad-hoc committee probing the privatisation and commercialisation activities of Bureau of Public Enterprise, BPE, yesterday commenced with revelations that the Aluminium Smelting Company of Nigeria, ALSCON, which was valued at $3.2 billion (N480 billion) was sold to a Russian company,...
SA charity campaign for needy families successful
Sohar Aluminium (SA), in association with the Ministry of Social Development, organised a donation campaign among its employees from July 18 to August 1. To promote charity and social work, the company employees donated funds for the needy families. In addition to the employee donations, Sohar...
Schoeck ComBAR reinforcement chosen for Ras Az Zawr aluminium smelter project in Saudi Arabia
Following the success with other comparable regional projects such as Qatalum in Qatar and Dubal in the UAE, Schoeck ME FZE will be supplying their ComBAR fibreglass-reinforcement bars to the Ras Az Zawr aluminium smelter project in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The ComBAR components were chosen strictly...
Aluminium Bahrain distributes USD102m in dividends
Aluminium Bahrain's (Alba) chairman, Mahmood Al Kooheji, said that the company would distribute dividends at 27 fils per share, reported Gulf Daily News.
Outotec seals €100M Emal contracts
Outotec has secured two contracts to deliver technology to the second phase of Emirates Aluminium’s smelter. The €100M order will see Outotec deliver technology, engineering, supply and installation of a green anode plant with one anode production line, along with a crushing plant for recycled...
Emirates Aluminium Plans To Spend $ 4.5 Billion To Double Potential Output
Emirates Aluminium, plans to spend $4.5 billion to nearly double its potential output of the widely used metal in the industry. The Abu Dhabi-based firm's board of directors has approved the phase two expansion plan to increase annual capacity to 1.3 million metric tonnes by the end of 2014.
CB&I receives Saudi Arabian tank contract
CB&I has been awarded a storage tank project, valued in excess of US $60 million, by the Ma’aden Bauxite and Alumina Company. The project is a part of the Integrated Aluminium Complex in Ras Al-Khair, Saudi Arabia.
Sambo orders ALSCON to dredge River Imo
Vice-President Namadi Sambo has expressed his consternation over the failure of the management of Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) to dredge the Imo River after collecting N19.2billion ($120million). The contract was awarded in 2005 to Dayson Holdings Limited, the core investor of the...
EMAL celebrates 12 months and 5 million work hours with zero lost time incidents
Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) –celebrated one full year and 5 million work hours without a single Lost Time Incident (LTI) last week, highlighting the continued success of the company’s culture of ‘Safety First, Last, and Always’. The Al Taweelah based aluminium smelter’s excellent LTI safety record...
Bahrain Aluminum Q2 Net Falls 21.9% on Derivatives
Aluminum Bahrain (ALBHBq.L: Quote) (Alba), which owns the world's fourth-largest aluminum smelter, saw its second quarter net income fell 21.9 percent due to unrealised derivative gains, a statement said on Monday. Bahrain was rocked by months of anti-government protests which began in February....
