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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Azerbaijan’s Aluminium export market reflects volatility during 2017-20
Azerbaijan, a country positioned at the junction point of south-western Asia with south-eastern Europe, north of Iran and south of Russia. It shipped $19.6 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2019. The US dollar amount reflects a -55.3% decline since 2015 and a -0.9% increase from 2018 to...
EGA marks Global Recycling Day post achieving highest-ever levels of recycling last year
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, on 18 th March’20 marked Global Recycling Day and announced that the company’s recycling of industrial waste increased by more than a third last year to almost 140,000 tonnes, whilst...
Alba focus to meet its 2020 objectives: aims on Safety, Production and Cost
Bahrain was the pioneer country in the Arab region to start an aluminium smelter. Starting as a 120,000 tonne per annum smelter in 1971, Alba today is a 1.36-plus million tonnes smelter. As the on-going global headwinds, volatile LME price and weak economic sentiment across the markets, Aluminium...
Bosnian company defamed for selling Aluminium Oxide to Iran’s nuclear programme
The Bosnian official authorities stated that a company from the town of Zvornik held talks with Iranian officials for selling aluminium oxide. This could have been used in Tehran’s nuclear programme. Fahrudin Radoncic, Bosnian Security Minister published on 16 th March’20 that a Bosnian company had...
Iran's annual aluminium production to rise 60% Y-o-Y
Iran’s aluminium production capacity is expected to reach 775,000 tonnes in the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 19 th ). The figure clearly states 60% more than the previous year. As per the reports of the country’s national development plan for the mining sector and based on the...
Investment opportunities in Ghana are extensive, primarily Bauxite and Aluminium Industry: GIPC
Yofi Grant, the CEO of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) said: “the government’s flagship programme One District One Factory (1D1F) presents unlimited opportunities for both internal and external investors to thrive.” Yofi Grant’s communicated that the 1D1F drive incorporated with other...
Azelio establishes recycled aluminium as an energy storage medium at Morocco's Noor solar complex
Azelio, the Swedish renewable energy firm has completed its renewable energy storage solution, with 24-hour clean power production, at the Noor Ouarzazate solar complex in Morocco. Azelio has designed a solution to adequately store renewable energy from solar and wind power and make it obtainable...
Extension of Vietnamese Alumina supplies to the UAE until 2023: EGA signs a deal with Vinacomin
The largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, Emirates Global Aluminium, has signed a fresh three-year contract with Vinacomin, a Vietnamese state-owned firm, extending the supply of Vietnamese alumina to the UAE until 2023. As per the new agreement, EGA will...
Aluminium alloyed weapon wings tooled Wildcat Helicopters exhibited during Royal Navy’s CSG21 roll-out
Leonardo Helicopter has exhibited in public its weapon wing system that is tooled UK AW159 Wildcat HMA2 maritime helicopters during the Royal navy’s Carrier Strike Group 2021 roll-out. Leonardo Helicopter UK’s Maritime Marketing Manager, Louis Wilson-Chalon, said: “the system's aerodynamic design...
The US import of Al crude, metals and alloys from Bahrain remains progressive in June-Nov’19
The American import of aluminium crude, metals and alloys from Bahrain remains quite progressive in Jan-Nov’19, though there is a global turmoil. The total import from June-Nov’19 was recorded at 56,100 tonnes, whereas the total import from Jan-Nov’19 stood at 121,000 tonnes. In June’19 the US...
Ball Corporation receives ASI Performance & CoC Standard Certification for responsible production
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative has announced today, on March 5, that it has certified Ball Corporation with its Performance and Chain of Custody Standard Certification. 23 plants of Ball Corporation in the Middle East, Europe, and Africa, as well as the regional headquarter, quality assurance,...
Ghana seeks African Development Banks' investment in the integrated Aluminium industry
The Vice-President of Ghana, Mahamadu Bawumia stated: “The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) support for Ghana has boosted its government’s efforts to consolidate the economy”. Bawumia, during the welcome session of a team executive directors and senior officials of the African Development Bank on...
Ducab sets up a new dedicated unit to supply aluminium, copper solutions to its global customer base
Ducab, aluminium and copper cables manufacturer owned by Abu Dhabi’s General Holding Corporation and Investment Corporation Dubai, has reportedly launched a new subsidiary unit Ducab Metals Business (DMB), aiming at supplying locally-manufactured aluminium and copper solutions to a global customer...
Africa’s primary aluminium production dropped 2.86% YoY in January
Africa produced 136,000 tonnes of primary aluminium in January 2020, a decrease of 2.86 per cent from 140,000 tonnes in January 2019. The output reduced by 2.16 per cent from December 2019’s production of 139,000 tonnes but increased 2.26 per cent from November 2019’s production of 133,000 tonnes,...
24th cycle Can Collection Day observed in UAE: Emirates Environmental Group
On 27 th February’20, school children, members of the corporate community and the hospitality industry together came up to observe the 24 th cycle of Aluminium can collection day in UAE. In a single day, pre-identified collection points across the country collected around 5,325 kg of aluminium...
“2020 will be a year of transition during which producers are likely to behave prudently, looking for productivity gains and decisions based on long term investment strategies” - Louis Bouchard, P. Eng. Executive President, STAS Inc
STAS Inc. is a Canadian company specialised in the development, fabrication and commercialisation of process equipment for the global aluminium industry. Aluminium producers that can benefit from STAS technologies range from primary smelters to secondary foundries to aluminium mills and extruders....
World primary aluminium production slightly up at 5.451 million tonnes in January
Global primary aluminium production stood at 5.451 million tonnes in January 2020, an increase of 0.57% from 5.420 million tonnes in January 2019. The output inched up by 0.22% month-on-month, according to the latest data showed by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) on Thursday, 20...
Alba appoints Bahraini national Hamad Alshaibeh as new Director of Administration
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the world’s largest aluminium smelter ex-China, has appointed Bahraini national Hamad Alshaibeh to serve as the new Director of Administration. Alba’s Chief Executive Officer, Al Al Baqali said: “With more than 18 years of experience in Alba, Alshaibeh has played a key...
