EGA To Supply Solar-Powered Aluminium To Commercial Imaging Satellite
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) will be supplying Gulf Extrusions and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) with its CelestiAL...
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EGA To Partner With BP On Reducing Carbon Emissions Generated By Calcined Petroleum Coke Supply
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and British oil and gas firm BP p.l.c. have signed a memorandum of understanding to search for and develop methods for reducing the level of carbon dioxide generated to provide EGA’s calcined petroleum coke supply. The companies hope...
Alcoa And EGA Ink Long-Term Alumina Supply Agreement
Pittsburgh aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation and Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced this week a new agreement in which Alcoa will...
EGA Pairs With RECAPP By Viola On Aluminium Recycling In Schools
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) last week announced a new partnership with digital recycling company RECAPP by Viola aimed at...
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Winner Of EGA Robotics Contest Measures Material Thickness In Reduction Cells Using Artificial Intelligence
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) completed the fifth annual Al Robot competition this week, choosing a team from American University in Dubai as its winner. The problem in this year’s competition was to construct a robot capable of measuring the thickness of materials in the potline’s reduction cells. At present the task is done by […]
GAC Becomes First Plant In Guinea To Win Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Performance Standard Certification
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced this week the certification of Guinea Alumina Corporation SA (GAC) under its Performance Standard V2 (2017). The ASI certification of GAC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA), is the organization’s first-ever certification in Guinea. Covered under the new certification are GAC’s bauxite mining operations close […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 ...
