Dubai Government Inks Deal With Nature Alu For High-Purity Aluminium Plant
The government of Dubai and North American high-purity aluminium producer Nature Alu (NA) have agreed to establish the United Arab...
Asia
EGA Boosts Amperage To 500kA At Al Taweelah Aluminium Smelter
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced last week that it has started operations at its DX+ Ultra reduction cells at an amperage of 500kA, the highest amperage reached by alumininium smelters in the Middle East to date. Boosting the amperage to 500kA...
Emirates Global Aluminium Agrees To US$137.5 MM Credit Facility Tied To Term SOFR
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced this week that it has entered into a new US$137.5 million revolving credit facility...
Aluminium Bahrain To Use EtaPRO Technology To Boost Power Stations’ Performance
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced last week that it has chosen to work with EtaPRO LLC to enhance the thermal...
Events
EGA And Ma’aden Extend Aluminium Technology Partnership
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) has extended its agreement with state-owned mining firm Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) to explore and maximize opportunities in the aluminium sector. This week’s agreement tacks on to the end of a 2018 Memorandum of Understanding to coordinate on the development of aluminium smelting technology, including technology that will reduce […]
EGA And INALUM Ink Memorandum Of Understanding On Brownfield Aluminium Smelter Expansion In Indonesia
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) and PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (INALUM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding last week to cooperate on a brownfield aluminium smelter expansion in Indonesia. The MoU will have EGA and INALUM collaborate on a feasibility study aimed at a possible expansion of the current plant. The proposed expansion would include EGA’s […]
Aluminium Bahrain and Emirates Global Aluminium Ink Technology Cooperation Agreement
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) and Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on technology cooperation between the two firms this week. Details of the MoU were sparse, but the document evidently contemplates to find ways for the two companies to work towards increasing production at Alba’s Line 6 smelter and to […]
India’s Government Panel Recommends Expedited Approval Of Sustainable Bauxite And Aluminium Production Permits
A panel of the Indian government has asked that environmentally-responsible permits for bauxite mining be fast tracked in order that the country’s significant bauxite reserves may be tapped into sooner rather than later. Headed up by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rakesh Singh, the standing committee on coal, mines and steel said in a report it […]
Aluminium Bahrain Inks Agreement With Bahrain Polytechnic On Academic Training Programs
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) and compatriot higher education institution Bahrain Polytechnic signed a Memorandum of Understanding last week to enhance their existing agreement regarding partnership on academic and training programs for Bahrainis of mutual benefit. Alba said the two organizations would cooperate on an engineering curriculum that would emphasize training relevant to Alba’s workforce. Additionally, […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
