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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Bahrain’s aluminium powder and flakes export estimated to dip 14% in 2019
Bahrain along with producing primary aluminium has been focusing on expanding its downstream production over the years. Enhanced capacity at Bahrain’s largest industrial facility is set to boost downstream manufacturing opportunities and increase industry’s share of GDP. Expansion of Aluminium...
SNC-Lavalin bags new engineering and project management services contract from EGA
SNC-Lavalin, Canadian engineering, procurement, and construction services provider, has reportedly bagged a three-year Master Services Agreement from Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) to provide engineering and project management services. The Canadian company will complement EGA’s existing resources...
Alba unveils Arab International Aluminium Conference 2019 key industry topics
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the 1 million-metric tonnes smelters in the world, reportedly reveals some of the key industry topics that will be addressed in the 23 rd edition of the Arab International Aluminium Conference (Arabal) 2019. Arabal will take place from November 19 to November...
Al Bustan Centre & Residence participates in EEG’s months-long aluminium can collection programme
Al Bustan Centre & Residence, the popular hotel-apartment among tourists and businessmen in the heart of Dubai, has reportedly participated in ‘Can Collection Drive’ organised by Emirates Environmental Group (EEG). As per the rule of the campaign, the employees of the hotel apartment vowed to...
World primary aluminium production unchanged from last year in May
World primary aluminium production came in at 5.43 million tonnes in May, unchanged from May 2018 production. Production increased 4.14% from April’s 2019 production of 5.22 million tonnes, according to the latest data showed by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI). Primary aluminium...
Iran’s aluminium production drops 32% in two-month period
The Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) reported that Iran's total production of aluminium declined by 32 per cent in the first two months of the current fiscal (March 21- May 21) compared with last year's corresponding period. Aluminium production...
EGA achieves cost savings of AED20.8 million in H1 2019 through its ‘Suggestion Scheme’
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) reportedly announced yesterday, June 16 that it achieved cost savings of AED20.8 million through suggestion scheme in the first half of 2019. The EGA suggestion scheme first came into effect in May 1981 with the intention of involving the most valuable asset of an...
Lindian Resources appoints experienced bauxite executive Shannon Green as managing director
Lindian Resources Limited has reportedly taken a new managing director on board, named Shannon Green, an experienced bauxite executive with more than 20 years of resource development and mining operations. He recently served Canyon Resources Limited as general manager, where he played an...
Alba CEO attends 12th Harbor Aluminium Outlook Summit
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced it was a sponsor and a key participant in one of the leading events in the world aluminium industry, the 12th Harbor Aluminium Outlook Summit. The event was held from 4 – 6 June 2019 in Chicago, USA. Tim Murray, Chief Executive Officer of Alba took part in...
UAE’s aluminium bar rods and profiles import to plunge 13% in 2019; Oman to be the leading source
Like many other nations, the United Arab Emirates is increasingly using aluminium semi-finished products in the form of rolls, bars and rods in the building and construction industry. Thanks to the characteristics and properties of aluminium that have led to revolutionary and innovative changes in...
Alba wins award for Best Corporate Governance in Industrial Services Middle East
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the Bahrain-based aluminium smelter, has been awarded the ‘Best Corporate Governance in Industrial Services Middle East’ award for its outstanding corporate governance policies as well as its role in establishing and maintaining good practices in transparency across its...
UAE’s estimated aluminium scrap exports up 26% YoY in 2018
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) exports huge amount of aluminium scrap every year. UAE is one of the major aluminium recycling hubs in the Middle East. The top export destinations of aluminium scrap are India, Italy, Turkey, Spain, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Oman among others. According to recent...
Iran’s aluminium production down by 33% in the first Iranian month
The Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) reported that Iran's total production of aluminium stood at 20,415 tonnes during the first Iranian month (March 21-April 20). This marks a drop of 33 per from the same period last year. Iran’s flagship...
Alba achieves 6 million work-hours without LTI
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), on course to become the world’s largest smelter with Potline 6, announced an outstanding Safety milestone as its smelter achieved 6 million working-hours without Lost Time Injury (LTI) on Sunday 26 May 2019. A ceremony was held on Tuesday June 28 to mark the...
Tadweer acknowledges EGA for its successful and cost-effective recycling model
Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre Tadweer has reportedly acknowledged four companies that annually generate over 250 tonnes of waste in a bid minimise waste production at source. One of the honorees is Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) that has developed a successful and cost-effective waste...
East Hope Group eyes to develop aluminium facility, red mud research centre and recycling project in Abu Dhabi
China’s manufacturing firm East Hope Group has reportedly entered into an agreement with Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD) to explore the feasibility of setting up a project in that region by investing $10 billion. Samir Chaturvedi, CEO of KIZAD, and Meng Changjun, president of Investments,...
Turkey reduces import tariffs on US products by half
Turkey has reportedly lowered tariffs by half on some US imports in response to the United States’ move to halve tariffs on Turkish aluminium and steel imports. The news came after the official gazette revealed on Wednesday, May 22. Turkey Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan wrote on Twitter,...
UAE’s exports of crude metal and alloys to US up 15% YoY in Jan-Feb
The United Arab Emirates exported 92,700 tonnes of aluminium (crude metal and alloys and aluminium semi-finished products) to the US in the first two months of 2019, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey. In February alone, exports to the US stood at...
