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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Ma’aden and Alcoa Sign Bank Financing for Ma’aden Aluminum Smelter and Ma’aden Can-Sheet Rolling Mill
...RIYADH, Saudi Arabia & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ma’aden, the Saudi Arabian Mining Company, and Alcoa today announced that the Ma’aden Aluminium Company and Ma’aden Rolling Company both of which are owned 74.9% by Ma’aden and 25.1% by Alcoa have signed bank financing for the Middle East’s first...
Ma’aden and Alcoa Sign Bank Financing for Ma’aden Aluminum Smelter and Ma’aden Can-Sheet Rolling Mill
...RIYADH, Saudi Arabia & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ma’aden, the Saudi Arabian Mining Company, and Alcoa today announced that the Ma’aden Aluminium Company and Ma’aden Rolling Company both of which are owned 74.9% by Ma’aden and 25.1% by Alcoa have signed bank financing for the Middle East’s first...
London Stock Exchange Welcomes Aluminium Bahrain
...The London Stock Exchange today welcomed Aluminium BahrainAluminium BahrainLoading... B.S.C. ("AlbaAlbaLoading..."), the world's fourth-largest producer of aluminium by capacity, to its Main Market...
Ma'aden, Alcoa get bank financing for Saudi aluminium project
...The Ma'aden Aluminium Company and Ma'aden Rolling Company have signed bank financing for a fully integrated aluminium smelter and food-grade can-sheet rolling mill in Saudi Arabia, joint-venture partners Ma'aden and Alcoa said Tuesday...
Aluminum manufacturer in Ghana wants higher tariffs on Chinese products
...Aluworks Ghana is calling on government to increase tariffs on imported Chinese products. Mr Ernest Kwasi Okoh MD of Aluworks said that “The Chinese are dumping their inferior goods such as cooking utensils, roofing sheets among others on the Ghanaian market which is largely responsible for the...
Gulf countries aiming for 6 million tonnes of annual aluminum production
...The Middle East processed around 3 million tonnes of primary aluminum or 6.5% of total global production in 2009 to cement its place as one of the world's top aluminum sources. The output from GCC states alone has doubled to 1.8 million tons since 2000...
Gulf countries aiming for 6 million metric tons of annual aluminium production
...The Middle East processed around 3 million tons of primary aluminium or 6.5 per cent of total global production in 2009 to cement its place as one of the world's top aluminium sources. The output from GCC states alone has doubled to 1.8 million tons since 2000. The rapid growth of the aluminium...
UAE aluminium smelters confirm long term commitment to Japan
...The Japanese market has since 1980 been of strategic importance to the UAE's primary aluminium sector. Dubai Aluminium Company Limited one of the world's largest single site smelters has sold its finished aluminium products to more than 30 customers in Japan for three decades in substantially...
Siemens to modernize aluminum cold rolling mill in Bahrain
...Austria-based plantmaker Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Co. B.S.C. (GARMCO) in Manama, Bahrain, to equip its aluminum cold rolling mill No. 2 with new automation and drive systems. The modernization is intended to improve plant availability...
Contracts awarded for aluminium complex
...Engineering firm Fluor Corporation won a series of contracts from a joint venture (JV) comprising Saudi Arabian mining firm Ma’aden and aluminium smelter Alcoa to provide programme management consultancy (PMC) and engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services...
Ghana to restart Valco aluminium smelter next year
...Ghana plans to restart its Valco aluminium smelter next year as a prelude to building an integrated aluminium industry as world metal prices and its own energy resources improve, the government said on Wednesday...
UAE EMAL aluminium capacity boost plan on track
...Abu Dhabi-based Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) expects to complete a capacity expansion plan that will help its current output triple to 700,000 tonnes, by the end of this year, a company executive said on Tuesday...
BHP Billiton plant pollutes
...Mining giant BHP Billiton started a planned pollution at its Mozambican aluminium plant on Wednesday, despite heavy public opposition and a pending court application about its permit, a spokesman confirmed...
Steel Guru : Japan and Germany seek rare earth recycling as hedge <b>...</b>
... UAE aluminium smelters pay trade visit to Japan. 0blt1. Japan secondary al alloy makers fail to get higher price for October ...
UC RUSAL appoints new members to its Board of Directors
...The National reported that Abu Dhabi National Energy Company move into aluminum has helped boost revenues for the Q3...
TAQA aluminum move pays off for Q3
...The National reported that Abu Dhabi National Energy Company move into aluminum has helped boost revenues for the Q3...
Aluminum Bahrain prices IPO at bottom of range
...Reuters reported that Aluminum Bahrain priced initial public share offer at the bottom of the indicated range having attracted just enough demand for all the shares offered by sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat which raised USD 338 million...
UAE's Emal aluminium capacity boost plan on track
...Abu Dhabi-based Emirates Aluminium (Emal) expects to complete a capacity expansion plan that will help its current output triple to 700,000 tonnes, by the end of this year, a company executive said on Tuesday. The company produces more than 200,000 tonnes from its phase one greenfield smelter....
