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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Alba CEO Ali Al Baqali rolls out the company’s ESG Roadmap
The Chief Executive Officer of Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), Ali Al Baqali rolled out the company’s approved Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Roadmap by the Board of Directors, to underline the company’s strong commitment to Bahrain’s, an island country in Western Asia towards the...
Djibouti’s import of aluminium tubes and pipes during 2019-22 demonstrates an uneven demand trend
In the Horn of Africa, a nation named Djibouti has lately been classified as a low-middle-income country status. However, despite the recent economic development, the country’s poverty rates stand at 79%, with 42% of the population living in paramount poverty. Djibouti provides a mixed economic...
EGA secures an access to $137.5 million of revolving credit facility based on Term SOFR, emerging alternative to LIBOR
According to a recent report, Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company outside oil and gas in the UAE, has agreed to a revolving credit facility tied to the Term Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR).It will provide EGA an access to $137.5 million, with a term extended by 12...
African aluminium smelters witness increased production in Q1 2022 in comparison with Q1 2021
Total aluminium production worldwide for the month of March 2022 has been 5.693 million tonnes with a rise of 10.35 per cent than 5.118 million tonnes in the previous month. African production of aluminium has been on steep upward rise from 123,000 tonnes in February 2022 to 136,000 tonnes in March...
After BMW now Mercedes Benz to sport solar aluminium as EGA agrees to supply CelestiAL to Hammerer Aluminium
According to a recent report, Emirates Global Aluminium has agreed on supplying CelestiAL solar aluminium to Mercedes-Benz parts maker Hammerer Aluminium Industries (HAI). The news came after the former, the world’s biggest premium aluminium producer, entered into a formal agreement with Hammerer....
World primary aluminium production in Q1 2022 dips by 1% Q-o-Q to 16.459 Mt despite a rebound in March
In March 2022, world primary aluminium production grew month-on-month by 11.23 per cent to rebound to 5.693 million tonnes, bringing the total output in the first quarter ended March 31, 2022, to 16.459 million tonnes. In February, the production stood at 5.118 million tonnes, seeing a decline of...
Romco group announces its most-awaited expansion for 2022
Romco Group, located in London and with operations in Nigeria and other African countries, has announced its "most ambitious capex programme to date" for this year, as it seeks to build on record revenues in 2021. Romco in its March quarterly report stated that 2021 was a great year of progress...
Alba receives RoSPA award for outstanding ‘Safety and Health’ standards for the ninth time
During the fiscal year 2021, Alba won the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Gold Medal Award for maintaining an excellent track record in Safety and Health, becoming the ninth time recipient of the same in a row. Keeping the employees and the contractors’ labour force safe is of...
Downstream weekly recap: Chinese billionaire Liu Zhongtian penalized for aluminium scam of $1.8 billion dollars; ELVAL accepts a €75 million from the EIB to be paid in 10 years
This week has been very eventful for the downstream aluminium products sector with Ministers of the United Arab Emirates visiting their manufacturing units to plan upgradations while Chinese billionaire Liu Zhongtian defrauding America by forging aluminium into ‘pallets’ to avoid paying US$ 1.8...
Yemen’s export of aluminium scrap during 2019-21 denotes a constant downfall; 25% further plunge estimated for 2022
The economy of Yemen is a mixed economy, where there is limited private freedom, but the economy remains extremely controlled by the government. Civil war, corruption and economic mismanagement have driven Yemen to stand as one of the poorest of the world's low-income countries. Although crude oil...
Qalex receives second nitriding furnace from Nitrex
The brainchild of the Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (QIMC), Qatar Aluminium Extrusion CO. (Qalex) has received a second nitriding system from Nitrex. The aluminium profiles manufacturer desired to equip a second extrusion plant with an independent nitriding furnace to safeguard handling,...
Alba picks EtaPRO for its digital transformation drive to enhance power stations performance
The first aluminium smelter in the Middle East region, Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), recorded 1.561 million tonnes of aluminium production in 2021 has selected EtaPRO LLC to enhance the thermal performance of its power stations. EtaPRO LLC is a company with 3 decades of experience in developing...
Arab world’s second-largest economy projects to raise industrial contribution
The second-largest economy of the Arab world, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is devoted to executing its tactics of reinforcing priority industrial spheres like heavy industry and upgrading their contribution to the nation’s economic development, according to Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of...
Iran’s aluminium ingot production hikes by 20% in 1400, says IMDRO
Aluminium ingot production in Iran surged by 20 percent throughout the Iranian calendar year 1400, which ended on March 20, says the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO). IMIDRO is a large state-owned holding corporation operating in Iran's mining...
Egyptian market welcomes Hydro CIRCAL, brand of recycled aluminium with highest recycling rate
The Egyptian market welcomed back Technal®, the French brand at the “Technal® World: Sustainability and Building Envelopes" conference held in Cairo this week, to mark the launch of Hydro CIRCAL. With a range of excellent and unique products and collaborations, Technal® is a pioneer provider of...
EGA and Ma’aden will co-operate on developing greener aluminium smelting technology
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the UAE’s biggest industrial company outside oil and gas, and Ma’aden, a Saudi state-owned mining company, have reportedly agreed to extend their collaboration on greener aluminium smelting technology, in a bid to achieve more sustainable production. The news came...
Morocco reports enterprising export demand of its aluminium scrap during 2019-21; 14% decline forecasted for 2022
The metal aluminium is recognized as of the most recycled and recyclable materials in today’s use. As it is said that aluminium beverage can, car door or window frame are often recycled directly back into it and this procedure can happen infinitely. Now depending on the sort of scrap and the...
“EGA plans to build a 150,000 tonnes per year aluminium recycling facility, which will be our first and the largest of its kind in the UAE”, Abdulnasser Bin Kalban, CEO of Emirates Global Aluminium
Abdulnasser Ibrahim Saif Bin Kalban is Chief Executive Officer of Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA). Before he was appointed CEO in 2020, Mr Bin Kalban had served as an Alternate Board Member of EGA since May 2017. He is a member of EGA’s Technical and Project Committee and its Finance and Commercial...
