As Siemens Dignitaries Look On, Alba Powers Up New Switch House 7
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) earlier this week announced the Power Distribution System (PDS) Project’s energizing of the plant’s new 33kV...
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)
Alba Commissions State-of-the-Art Batch Homogenizer in Casthouse 3
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced last week the commissioning of a high-tech batch homogenizer for use in production of specialized billet at its Casthouse 3. The homogenizer, which was provided by SMS group’s Hertwich Engineering as part of the Alba Casthouse 3...
Alba Aims for Providing a Quarter of Gulf Region’s Annual Aluminium Production: CEO Murray
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) is angling at becoming the owner of the largest single-site aluminium smelting operation on Earth according...
Aluminium Bahrain Appoints New Chief Operations Officer
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced yesterday the appointment of Dr. Abdulla Habib Ahmed as the firm’s Acting Chief Operations Officer....
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Alba Records a 91-Percent Bump in Net Income to US$246 MM in 2017
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced results for the final quarter and full year of 2017 late last week, boasting of strong numbers for both periods across the board. Alba recorded a year-on-year rise in sales volume for the year of 0.4 percent to 978,195 metric tons, with production on an upswing as well, better by […]
Alba’s Line 6 Will Boost Aluminium Sector’s Contribution to Bahrain’s GDP to 16 Percent: CEO Tim Murray
A top official at Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) says that his industry is likely to account for up to 16 percent of Bahrain’s total gross domestic product once Alba’s ongoing capacity build-out is completed and comes online next year. Speaking at the Gulf Industry Fair 2018 earlier this week, Alba’s Chief Executive Officer Tim Murray […]
Alba Seals First Cathode in Line 6 Expansion Project
Mideastern aluminium firm Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced the completion of another milestone in its Line 6 Expansion Project last week, revealing to investors that the company completed the initial cathode sealing operation on the line. Cathode sealing is an important part of the process of bringing the line to life, explains the firm. The […]
Aluminium Bahrain Sets Production and Sales Records in 2017
Mideastern aluminium firm Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) set a company record in sales volume and production last year. According to a statement released by the firm, Alba sold 978,195 metric tons of primary aluminium in 2017, which was an improvement of 0.4 percent from 2016’s sales volume of 974,014 metric tons. Helping propel the total […]
Officials from Russia’s Komi Republic Discuss Aluminium Opportunities with Alba
Mideastern aluminium firm Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) played host to a delegation of state officials from the Komi Republic earlier this month. On December 11 Alba received Head of the Republic of Komi Mr. Sergey Gaplikov and His Excellency Ahmed Abdulrahman Al Saati, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Russian Federation. Per […]
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 businesses and policymakers to accelerate decarbonization efforts. However, with COVID-19 disrupting lives and economies in an unprecedented manner, countries across the globe ...
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 ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
