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UAE pumps over 4% of global aluminium output
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A new smelter constructed in Abu Dhabi two years ago boosted the UAE’s aluminium output to 1.8 million tonnes in 2011 to allow it to pump more than four per cent of the world’s total production of the metal.
Official figures showed Dubal smelter in Dubai reached a capacity of around 1.02 million tonnes this year while the Abu Dhabi plant, Emal, is producing nearly 750,000 tonnes per year. Emal’s output is expected to double to 1.3 million tonnes when new expansions are completed in 2014.
“The UAE’s aluminium production has reached 1.8 million tonnes per year, accounting for about 4.1 per cent of the world’s total aluminium output and 51 per cent of the production in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),” the government-owned Dubal said in a report ahead of its participation along with Emal in the September 7-9 global aluminium conference in Paris.
Citing world estimates,Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting(GOIC)said global aluminium demand is forecast to soar to nearly 70 million tones by 2020 from around 37 million tones currently.
Official figures showed Dubal smelter in Dubai reached a capacity of around 1.02 million tonnes this year while the Abu Dhabi plant, Emal, is producing nearly 750,000 tonnes per year. Emal’s output is expected to double to 1.3 million tonnes when new expansions are completed in 2014.
“The UAE’s aluminium production has reached 1.8 million tonnes per year, accounting for about 4.1 per cent of the world’s total aluminium output and 51 per cent of the production in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),” the government-owned Dubal said in a report ahead of its participation along with Emal in the September 7-9 global aluminium conference in Paris.
Citing world estimates,Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting(GOIC)said global aluminium demand is forecast to soar to nearly 70 million tones by 2020 from around 37 million tones currently.
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