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Alba Commissions New Online Performance System At Its Power Stations

Alba Commissions New Online Performance System At Its Power Stations

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) took the next step in its Industry 4.0 Transformational Journey by commissioning the Online Performance System at its power stations. With this in place, operators at Alba’s power stations will be able to quickly and easily view real time...

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Alba Retains Spot As Top Ex-China Aluminium Smelter In 2022

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) has retained its spot as the biggest aluminium smelting company outside of the People’s Republic of China. According to a report released by global research, analytics, and consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie, Alba’s production of 1,600,111 metric tons last year cements it in the lead again this year for aluminium smelters based […]

Emirates Global Aluminium Returns Record Financial Results In 2022

Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) released results for 2022 this week. The firm rode the wave of higher aluminium prices to a record AED7.4 billion (US$2.01 billion) in net profit for the year. The bottom-line improvement of 34 percent came in part due to the average realized London Metal Exchange price of US$2,715 per metric […]

Hindalco’s Belagavi Works Certified Under Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s Performance Standard

The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) certified Hindalco’s Belagavi Works plant in India for Alumina Hydrate, Calcined Alumina, Special Alumina Hydrate, and special Calcined Alumina under the ASI Performance Standard V2 (2017) Certification last week. The plant, which is in Karnataka, produces about ten dozen different grades of alumina project. It produces special alumina and alumina […]

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 […]

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 […]