Al Taweelah refinery

EGA Renews Partnership With MIT On Aluminium Research And Development

EGA Renews Partnership With MIT On Aluminium Research And Development

Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) renewed its ongoing partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) this week, adding nine masters and Ph.D. student engineers to work with EGA’s in-house talent. All told, EGA has welcomed nearly 50 students from MIT’s David...

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Emirates Global Aluminium And GE To Explore Switching Gas Turbines To Hydrogen

Emirates Global Aluminium And GE To Explore Switching Gas Turbines To Hydrogen

In an effort at culling greenhouse gas emissions from its aluminium smelting operations, Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced over the weekend a Memorandum of Intent with GE Gas Power to convert EGA’s natural gas turbines to hydrogen-powered generators. In addition, the MoI also contemplates continued investigation into carbon capture, utilization, and storage at the […]

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EGA’s Al Taweelah Refines Record 1.09 MMT Of Alumina In 2021’s First Half

EGA’s Al Taweelah Refines Record 1.09 MMT Of Alumina In 2021’s First Half

Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) turned in results for the first half of 2021 this week. The firm showed a strong rebound from last year’s pandemic-related challenges. In the year’s first half EGA turned a net profit of US$473 million, up from last year’s second-half total of US$178 million and reversing the first-half loss of […]

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EGA Ships 100th Load Of Bauxite Ore From Guinea Operations

EGA Ships 100th Load Of Bauxite Ore From Guinea Operations

Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) shipped its one hundredth load of bauxite ore from its operations in the West African country of Guinea earlier this month. EGA said in a press release that its subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corporation has shipped 16.4 million metric dry tons since operations commenced at the US$1.4 billion project in the […]

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EGA’s Al Taweela Refinery Produces Near-Capacity 1.92 MMT Of Alumina In 2020

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 the global market struggling under the effects of coronavirus, the firm’s numbers were generally strong for the year. For the full year, EGA reported an adjusted EBITDA of US$1.13 billion, up by 63 percent on […]

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EGA’s Al Taweelah Alumina Refinery Reaches Full Production Of 2 MTPA

EGA’s Al Taweelah Alumina Refinery Reaches Full Production Of 2 MTPA

Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced last week the full ramp-up of its alumina refinery at Al Taweelah to 2 million metric tons per annum in June, marking a significant milestone for the region’s largest alumina refining operation. The firm noted that full ramp-up was achieved after only fourteen months of production, which it notes […]

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