Asia

Alba Inks Financing Deal For 6 MW Solar Farm Project

Alba Inks Financing Deal For 6 MW Solar Farm Project

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced this week that it has secured funding totaling BD1.6 million (US$4.2 million) for its Solar Farm Project from Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait (BBK). Alba and BBK held a signing ceremony on Monday that was attended by...

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Events

EGA Head Discusses Zero-Carbon Energy With Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation

EGA Head Discusses Zero-Carbon Energy With Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation

Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) hosted the head of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) at its aluminium plant at Al Taweelah in Abu Dhabi. EGA’s chief executive officer Abdulnasser Bin Kalban received ENEC managing director and CEO Mohamed Ibrahim Al Hammadi at the plant to discuss clean energy and its future in UAE. ENEC […]

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UACJ And Toyo Seikan Group Team Up On Push To Increase Aluminium Beverage Can Recycling

UACJ And Toyo Seikan Group Team Up On Push To Increase Aluminium Beverage Can Recycling

Japanese packaging manufacturer Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. and compatriot integrated aluminium manufacturer UACJ Corporation entered into a business alliance last week aimed at promoting the horizontal recycling of aluminium beverage cans via the “CAN to CAN” initiative. The firm said the agreement intends to enhance the development and commercialization of aluminium cans that are […]

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Rio Tinto Partners With Marubeni To Increase Aluminium Sustainability In Japan

Rio Tinto Partners With Marubeni To Increase Aluminium Sustainability In Japan

Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group is teaming up with Japanese trader and business conglomerate Marubeni Corporation on a collaboration to purchase Rio Tinto’s low-carbon aluminium for sale to Japanese downstream manufacturers. The firm said that the Collaboration Agreement’s first sale of RenewAl low-carbon aluminium will be to a major Japanese motorcycle manufacturer. The high-purity […]

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Emirates Global Aluminium Partners With NAFIS On Domestic Hiring Initiative

Emirates Global Aluminium Partners With NAFIS On Domestic Hiring Initiative

Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced last week the signature of an agreement with Emirati Talent Competitiveness Council (NAFIS) to collaborate on best practices for hiring more UAE locals (“Emiratisation”) in the private sector. EGA boasts one of the highest levels of local hiring for any major company in the country, which it hopes to […]

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