EGA’s Al Taweela Refinery Produces Near-Capacity 1.92 MMT Of Alumina In 2020
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) reported financial and operating results for the full year of 2020 earlier this week. Despite...
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EGA Brings Online Over Two Dozen New Reduction Cells At Al-Taweelah Aluminium Smelter
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced last week the start-up of the first section of an expansion to its aluminium smelter at Al-Taweelah. Per the firm, bringing online the 26 new reduction cells at potline 1 will bump the plant’s overall nameplate...
EGA Fires Up Cutting-Edge Gas Turbine At Jebel Ali
A joint venture between Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Mubadala and Dubal Holding spun up a new gas turbine for...
EGA Completes Refurbishment At Al-Taweelah Aluminium Smelter’s Potline 3
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) completed a major refurbishment of its Potline 3 at the Al-Taweelah aluminium smelter, having relined the...
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EGA Marks Third Consecutive Month Of Full Production At Al Taweelah Alumina Refinery
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) said yesterday that its refinery at Al Taweelah has completed three consecutive months of production at or above its nameplate capacity. The plant has a nameplate capacity of 2 million metric tons per annum and started production 21 months ago. EGA notes the rapidity at which ramp-up was carried out, observing […]
EGA Inks Agreement With INALUM For Technical Assistance On Upgrades To North Sumatra Aluminium Smelter
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced on Tuesday an agreement with PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (INALUM) to supply technological assistance as INALUM upgrades its aluminium smelter in North Sumatra. The firm will upgrade INALUM’s existing technology from almost 40 years ago, they said. The 18-month project is intended to boost the plant’s aluminium output by 20 […]
South America’s First Aluminium Plant To Feature EGA Technology
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced last week an agreement with Colombian firm NEO Aluminio Colombia to provide its technological expertise to the building of an aluminium production facility in Colombia. The facility, called the Green Aluminium Transformation Complex for Colombia (GALTCO) will be South America’s first aluminium plant. Powered via energy derived from hydroelectricity, […]
EGA Employee Suggestion Box Saves Firm AED60 Million So Far In 2020
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) said last week that its employee-led continuous improvement initiative has led to AED60 million (US$16.3 million) in savings for the firm for the year to date. The program, which is know as “Tamayaz,” was launched four years ago and has yielded several important safety and efficiency improvements at the plant. […]
EGA’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions 38 Percent Below Industry Average In 2019
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) published its third annual Sustainability Report this week. The report details the firm’s environmental, social, and governance performance in 2019 for operations in the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Guinea. Per the firm, it had a greenhouse-gas-emissions intensity that was 38 percent below the industry average as published […]
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 businesses and policymakers to accelerate decarbonization efforts. However, with COVID-19 disrupting lives and economies in an unprecedented manner, countries across the globe ...
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 ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
