Cutting Edge Siemens Gas Turbine Installed At EGA Power Project
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) last week announced the successful transport from port and installation of the biggest gas turbine...
Emirates Aluminium
EGA Retires US$361 MM In Indebtedness Early In 2021
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced last week the full repayment ahead of schedule of the project finance facilities that funded its aluminium smelter at Al Taweelah in Abu Dhabi. EGA retired the debt to 13 export credit agencies totaling US$361 million...
EGA Agreement Results in New Caustic Soda Plant at KIZAD
UAE’s Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) revealed yesterday the signing of a long-term supply agreement with Shaheen Chem Investments LLC...
EGA Finishes US$300 MM Upgrade to Aluminium Smelter
UAE’s Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced yesterday the completion of its three-year, US$300-million project to upgrade production lines at...
Events
EGA Inks Agreement with University of Queensland on Project to Convert Bauxite Residue to Soil
UAE’s Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC announced yesterday that it has come to an agreement with Australia’s University of Queensland to cooperate on a three-year research endeavor aimed at converting bauxite residue into soil. The research will be carried out by The University of Queensland’s School of Agriculture and Food Sciences in conjunction with universities in […]
EGA Expands Research Partnership with MIT
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have partnered to conduct six new practical research partnerships over the course of the current academic year. The new partnerships represent an extension of EGA’s ongoing relationship with MIT’s David H. Koch School of Chemical Engineering Practice. This program is an opportunity for […]
UAE Government Affirms Commitment to EGA
Representatives of Abu Dhabi’s government reaffirmed their commitment to the country’s manufacturing sector generally, and the domestic aluminium industry specifically, in a visit to Emirates Global Aluminium last week. Delegates from the Department of Economic Development made the visit to EGA’s Al Taweelah aluminium smelter and the under-construction Al Taweelah alumina refinery. Among the visitors […]
EGA Sends First Shipment of 5,000 MT of Spent Pot Lining to UK Recycling Firm Befesa
UAE’s Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced last week the first shipment of spent pot lining to British waste management firm Befesa for recycling. According to the EGA press release, the firm shipped approximately 5,000 metric tons of the spent lining to Befesa for reuse in industries including cement, fiberglass, and ceramics. Pot lining has a […]
EGA Among Four New Members of The Aluminum Association
The Aluminum Association announced the addition of four new members last Friday. It now counts Almexa Alumino, Emirates Global Aluminium, Linde LLC, and Material Sciences Corporation among its numbers. Almexa Alumino joins the Association as a producer member. The company is based in Cuautitlan, Mexico and operates three plants that produce aluminium plate, sheet, and […]
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 ...
