Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)

Alba and Bechtel Extend Partnership with MoU on Line 6

Alba and Bechtel Extend Partnership with MoU on Line 6

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced on Monday the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding with San Francisco construction and civil engineering firm International Bechtel Co. (Bechtel) to partner on continued work on the ongoing Line 6 Expansion project. Bechtel was named the...

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Aluminium Bahrain’s Line 6 Expansion Achieves 25 Percent Completion

Aluminium Bahrain’s Line 6 Expansion Achieves 25 Percent Completion

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) updated shareholders on the firm’s progress on the US$3-billion Line 6 Expansion Project yesterday, noting that the undertaking continues to run on the scheduled timeline. According to the firm, earthworks and concrete at the site are continuing as planned, with engineering at 50 percent completion, and procurement and contracts at 70 […]

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Despite Line 5 Damage, Alba Turns In Strong Second Quarter and First Half Numbers

Despite Line 5 Damage, Alba Turns In Strong Second Quarter and First Half Numbers

Boosted in part by a rebound in aluminium prices, Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) posted better financial numbers for the just-ended quarter and half. Alba turned in total sales of US$476.9 million in the second quarter, up year-on-year from last year’s Q2 total of 441 million. Net income for the quarter came to US$47.1 million, up […]

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Alba Lays Foundation for Sixth Potline

Alba Lays Foundation for Sixth Potline

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced over the weekend that the concrete foundation of the firm’s new Potline 6 facility has been laid. A portion of the Line 6 project, Potline 6 consists of two pot rooms, each of which is just under a mile long. As such, these buildings are the longest in the Line […]

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Construction Underway on Alba’s Sixth Aluminium Potline

Construction Underway on Alba’s Sixth Aluminium Potline

Shovels have turned the first dirt in the construction of Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C.’s long-awaited Line 6 Expansion Project. Alba made the announcement of same this past Sunday. The new line is slated to cover an area of 150 acres and require an earthwork cut-and-fill volume of 63.6 million square feet of dirt. Companies local to […]

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Aluminium Bahrain Appoints New Director of Casthouse

Aluminium Bahrain Appoints New Director of Casthouse

Mideast aluminium smelter Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. announced the appointment of Abdul Rasool Ahmed Abdul Rasool to the position of Director of Casthouse. An Alba veteran of over three decades, Rasool joined the company in 1985 as an Operator. He was promoted to Supervisor after a dozen years of experience in the casthouse, then was promoted […]

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