Alba Retains Spot As Top Ex-China Aluminium Smelter In 2022
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) has retained its spot as the biggest aluminium smelting company outside of the People’s Republic of...
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Alba Inks Financing Deal For 6 MW Solar Farm Project
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced this week that it has secured funding totaling BD1.6 million (US$4.2 million) for its Solar Farm Project from Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait (BBK). Alba and BBK held a signing ceremony on Monday that was attended by...
Aluminium Bahrain’s 2022 Bottom Line Hit Hard By Challenges To Global Market
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) reported results for the final quarter and full year of 2022 last week. Although financial metrics...
Aluminium Bahrain Commissions Forced Cooling Network Project At Potlines 4 and 5
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) kicked off 2023 this week by launching its Forced Cooling Network (FCN) Project at Potlines 4...
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Aluminium Bahrain Awards Contract For Installation Of 9 Acres Of Solar Panels At Solar Farm Project
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) said this week that it has signed a contract with Advanced United Systems (AUS) to install about 9 acres of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Panels at its Solar Farm Project. The Solar Farm Project will consist of about 11,300 solar panels mounted atop parking facilities and certain facilities at Alba’s plant. The […]
Alba Sets Aluminium Production Record Of 1.6 MM Metric Tons In 2022
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) closed out 2022 on a high note by setting a new primary aluminium production record. In 2022, Alba’s smelters produced 1,600,111 metric tons of primary aluminium. Last year’s total surpasses 2021’s total of 1,561,222 metric tons of primary aluminium by 38,889 metric tons. That total is an improvement of 2.5 percent […]
Aluminium Bahrain Awards Line 7 Project Feasibility Study To Bechtel
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) awarded international construction firm Bechtel Co. Ltd. the contract to conduct a feasibility study for the upcoming Line 7 Project on Monday. Alba confirmed the contract award at a virtual meeting with Bechtel officials at which many other topics of shared interest were discussed as well. In a press release, Chairman […]
Aluminium Bahrain’s Al Khalifa Emphasizes Vertical Integration In Meeting With Egypt Official
On Monday, officials from Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) met with Egypt’s public enterprises sector minister at the sidelines of the ARABAL Conference to discuss areas of potential mutual interest. Chairman of the Board of Directors Shaikh Daij bin Salman bin Daij Al Khalifa sat down with Egypt’s Minister of Public Enterprises Sector Mahmood Esmat and […]
Aluminium Bahrain Hosts Alignment And Synergy Workshop For Company Executives
Earlier this month Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) hosted a one-day Alignment and Synergy Workshop for the firm’s executive leadership in order to prepare for the challenges ahead in the coming year. Held at the Wyndham Grand Manama Hotel, Alba’s leadership discussed the dynamic market situation facing the aluminium industry, ways in which the company may […]
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 ...
