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...
EGA To Begin Construction On Plant To Convert Bauxite Waste To Usable Soil
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) will soon begin construction on a plant to convert bauxite residue to usable soil, the...
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...
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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 […]
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’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 […]
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 […]
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 ...
