Al Taweelah smelter

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 Commissions New Aluminium Production Capacity At Al Taweela Smelter

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 project expanded the Al Taweela smelter’s nameplate capacity to 78 thousand metric tons per annum by installing 66 new state-of-the-art reduction cells. EGA notes that the cells use entirely domestic technology, as have all expansions […]

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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 Completes Refurbishment At Al-Taweelah Aluminium Smelter’s Potline 3

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 […]

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