Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC

EGA Refines First Alumina At Al Taweelah

EGA Refines First Alumina At Al Taweelah

The first batch of alumina has been produced at Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC’s (EGA) new refinery at Al Taweelah. The US$3.3 billion plant in Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi is the country’s first alumina refinery, which EGA says will set the UAE...

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EGA Expands Bauxite Residue Research Partnership With Belgian Firm

EGA Expands Bauxite Residue Research Partnership With Belgian Firm

UAE’s Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced earlier this week the widening of a partnership with Belgian research and technology organization Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO) dedicated to discovering new and different beneficial uses of bauxite ore residue. Per EGA, the companies will begin two new studies, the first of which involves using bauxite […]

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Final Equipment Delivered To EGA’s Bauxite Operation In Guinea

Final Equipment Delivered To EGA’s Bauxite Operation In Guinea

Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced to investors earlier this week the delivery of the final major piece of bauxite mining equipment at its operations in Guinea. EGA said on Wednesday that a barge loader built by ThyssenKrupp in India arrived in recent days and now awaits installation at the terminus of the site’s 1.5-km […]

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EGA Inks US$6.5 Billion Debt Refinancing Loan

EGA Inks US$6.5 Billion Debt Refinancing Loan

Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced yesterday the successful completion of a US$6.5-billion term loan facility backed by a contingent of several regional and global financial institutions. EGA’s new note is a senior unsecured facility with a tenor of seven years and a flexible repayment profile, allowing the firm to be more agile in its […]

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EGA’s Al Taweelah Alumina Refinery Enters Final Stages Of Commissioning

EGA’s Al Taweelah Alumina Refinery Enters Final Stages Of Commissioning

The commissioning of Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC’s (EGA) massive new alumina refinery is yet closer to producing its first alumina, as the firm announced yesterday that the commissioning of the site has entered its final stages. The firm says it has begun hot-water testing of the Digestion section at Al Taweelah, which is the first […]

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EGA Train Delivers First Guinean Bauxite Ore Shipment To The Coast

EGA Train Delivers First Guinean Bauxite Ore Shipment To The Coast

UAE aluminium smelter Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced yesterday the departure of the first train loaded with bauxite from subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corporation’s mine and its safe arrival to port facilities on the coast. The milestone three-hour, 55-mile journey consisted of 80 railcars loaded with 6,800 metric tons of raw bauxite ore. The ore […]

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