Aluminium Bahrain Inaugurates New Mangrove Nursery
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) inaugurated a mangrove nursery last week to mark the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove...
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Alba Debuts New Aluminium Alloy Tailored for Extrusions
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) debuted a new aluminium alloy this week. Alba’s new 6060.HE joins its AA6060 aluminium alloy line, which are intended for use in aluminium extrusions. The new aluminium alloy was developed in conjunction with the University of Bahrain and...
Aluminium Bahrain To Implement Virtual Reality In Corporate Training
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) has begun an arrangement with Atyaf eSolutions Co. W.L.L. to begin implementing virtual reality technology in several...
Aluminium Bahrain Commissions AI Program For Green Anode Production
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) announced last week the completion of its artificial intelligence program Green Anode Density Prediction, developed in conjunction...
Events
Aluminium Bahrain Visits Mitsubishi Heavy Industries As New Gas Turbine Nears Completion
Aluminium Bahrain’s top brass toured the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries facilities in Japan last week in anticipation of its shipping and delivery of Alba’s new cutting-edge gas turbine to the firm’s aluminium plant in Bahrain. Alba’s chair Shaikh Daij bin Salman bin Daij Al Khalifa led the entourage in a tour of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)’s […]
Aluminium Bahrain Adds Three New Solar-Electric Powered Industrial Personnel Carriers
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) opened a trio of solar charging stations intended to service electric vehicles and solar-electric powered industrial Personnel Carriers (PCs) used to convey workers around the aluminium smelter’s campus. The three solar charging stations are expected to save the firm up to 110 thousand KWhr each year, which translates to a drop […]
Aluminium Bahrain Wins British Safety Council Award
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) was awarded with the 2023 International Safety Award with Merit from the British Safety Council (BSC) last month. The award recognized Alba’s commitment to maintaining a safe work environment in 2022. Alba’s representatives accepted the award at BSC’s International Safety Awards Gala Dinner on May 19th in London. Present for the award […]
Aluminium Bahrain Becomes First Gulf Region Firm To Earn ISO 18788:2015 Certification
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) became the first company in the Gulf region to be certified under the ISO 18788:2015 Certification program. The certification was obtained through Bureau Veritas and awarded after an audit of Alba’s Security Operations Management System (SOMS) at Alba’s main plant, its Calciner and Marine Facility and its SPL Treatment Plan. Alba’s Chief […]
Alba Smelts 398,252 Metric Tons Of Aluminium In First Quarter
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) released results for the first quarter of 2023. Results were lower across the board, which the firm chalks up to a lower LME price and premiums. In the year’s first quarter, Alba reported a profit of US$126.2 million, off by 68 percent on the year from last year’s total of US$390.4 million. […]
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 ...
