EGA Inks Deal With GE For Improvements To Gas Turbines At Al Taweela Aluminium Smelter
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) has signed an agreement with GE Gas Power (GE) to make improvements on four of...
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EGA Wins Green Industry Label From Abu Dhabi Government For Al Taweelah Aluminium Smelter
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced this week the reception of an honorary “Green Industries” label from Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi in recognition of its sustainable production at the Al Taweelah alumina refinery and aluminium smelter. The “Green Industries” label is...
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...
EGA Commissions New Aluminium Production Capacity At Al Taweela Smelter
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) officially completed the latest expansion at its Al Taweela aluminium smelter over the weekend. The...
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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 […]
EGA Begins Second Phase Of Al Taweelah Aluminium Smelter Expansion Ahead Of Schedule
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced this week that it has begun the second phase of the expansion of its aluminium smelter at Al Taweelah ahead of schedule. EGA said in a press release that the second phase will add 26 new reduction cells to Potline 2, increasing the line’s output by over 30 thousand […]
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 reduction cells after several years of use. According to the firm, the over 400 reduction cells were also augmented with new steel collector bars with copper inserts, which are intended to improve performance at the […]
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 […]
First Capesize Vessel Departs Guinea Alumina Corporation Facilities In Kamsar
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced over the weekend the departure of the inaugural Capesize vessel from its bauxite mining subsidiary in Guinea. Berge Bulk’s ore carrier MV Berge Rosa departed from Guinea Alumina Corporation’s facilities at Kamsar bound for an unnamed buyer in India. The vessel set sail with 173 thousand metric tons of […]
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 ...
