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...
Odisha has brought forward its investment roadshow in the United Arab Emirates as competition among Indian states for overseas capital intensifies. The programme was initially planned for December, but growing investor outreach by other states prompted the government to advance the visit, according...
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On March 7, 2023, according to our report from the MENA region, the state-owned Egyptian Aluminium Company (Egyptalum) is planning to invest nearly $34.5 million (1.05 billion Egyptian pounds) in projects in the next fiscal year starting on July 1, 2023. As per the data posted on Egypt's stock...
The five-decade-old aluminium smelter, Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), functions excellently in operations, safety, environment, and socio-economic development and continues to be the world's largest aluminium smelter ex-China with a production of 1,600,111 tonnes in 2022, according to a recent rating...
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has published its financial and operational results for 2022, reporting a record revenue of AED 34.6 billion ($9.4 billion), up by 36 per cent from AED 25.5 billion ($6.9 billion) in 2021. Net profit also grew significantly to stand the highest ever at AED 7.4...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced the joining of Midal Cables as the new Production and Transformation member. Founded in 1977, Midal is known for manufacturing aluminium rods, wires and overhead conductors for electrical transmission. With a current capacity of more than 350,000...
In January 2023, Africa’s primary aluminium production amounted to 143,000 tonnes, continuing to increase by 3,000 tonnes or 2.14 per cent month-on-month, found the International Aluminium Institute survey. In December 2022, Africa produced 140,000 tonnes of primary aluminium, which was up by 11.11...
According to our report from the MENA region, over $2 billion in industrial agreements were signed in Amman, the capital and the largest city of Jordan, at the third Higher Committee meeting of the Industrial Partnership for Sustainable Economic Development, a regional initiative involving the UAE,...
Emirates Global Aluminium welcomed His Highness Mohamed Ibrahim Al Hammadi at the Al Taweelah facility in Abu Dhabi. He is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Emirates Nuclear Energy Company (ENEC), Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation is responsible for deploying and owning nuclear...
As the country's metals sector has boomed, Iran has reported significant increases in aluminium production. On February 20, 2023, IMIDRO, Iran’s state metals and mining company, stated aluminium production in four leading smelters in the country had reached over 528,000 tonnes in the first ten...
Mrs Habiba Hassan Sultan Al Mar’ashi Al Hashimi is the Co-founder and Chairperson of Emirates Environmental Group (EEG), a pioneering non-government organisation established in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 1991. She guided EEG to become the first environmental NGO in the world to receive ISO...
This week the primary aluminium industry witnessed some prominent events. From top companies like Ma'aden, Nalco and Hydro announcing their fourth-quarter results to LME aluminium price hitting a 5-week low due to rising stockpiles in LME-approved warehouses dampened investor mood. As per the...
Global aluminium aerosol cans shipments by AEROBAL members have recorded an increase of 6.8 per cent for 2022 to nearly 6 million units. AEROBAL is an international organisation representing manufacturers of aluminium aerosol cans. According to AEROBAL, the growth in shipments was mainly due to the...
The Saudi state-owned mining company headquartered in Riyadh, Ma'aden, has reported a more than 87 per cent leap in its full-year 2022 net profit, enhanced by higher sales and higher average prices. On February 13, 2023, the largest multi-traded mining company in the Middle-East region, Ma’aden,...
Shanghai Metals Market reported, based on CCTV news and CCTV international news, that although the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey brought devastating effects, including 5,894 people killed in Turkey and 1,832 in Syria, it barely disrupted the local aluminium industry. Seydisehir, the only...
The Harare City Council (HCC), the local governing body of the capital of Zimbabwe, has warned that water production may soon stop due to a lack of aluminium sulphate. According to a statement from the local government authority, all areas of the city would be impacted. Aluminium sulphate is...
Oracle Power PLC, a successful producer of green hydrogen, has agreed upon a Memorandum of Understanding through its Joint Venture Oracle Energy Limited for supplying 50,000 tonnes of green hydrogen to Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA). This MoU between EGA and Oracle Energy will ensure the...
The aluminium industry and its urge to move towards a low-carbon-induced environment can be considered one of the most critical concerns. The government of New South Wales pledged to collaborate with the region's most emission-prone sectors to transform them into low-carbon facilities. Apart from...
On Friday, February 3, Qatar Aluminium Manufacturing Company, a Qatari Public Shareholding Company, popularly known as QAMCO, announced its financial result for 2022 ended December 31, reporting a record net profit of QR919 million, up by 10.13 per cent from QR 834.5 million in 2021. The company’s...
On Thursday, February 2, Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) reported its fourth quarter and full-year 2022 financial results, announcing a sharp downfall of Q4 profit by 78 per cent year-on-year from BD181.2 million (US$481.8 million) to BD39.4 million (US$104.9 million). For the full year, Alba...
