Jebel Ali smelter

EGA Renews Partnership With MIT On Aluminium Research And Development

EGA Renews Partnership With MIT On Aluminium Research And Development

Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) renewed its ongoing partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) this week, adding nine masters and Ph.D. student engineers to work with EGA’s in-house talent. All told, EGA has welcomed nearly 50 students from MIT’s David...

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Emirates Global Aluminium And GE To Explore Switching Gas Turbines To Hydrogen

Emirates Global Aluminium And GE To Explore Switching Gas Turbines To Hydrogen

In an effort at culling greenhouse gas emissions from its aluminium smelting operations, Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced over the weekend a Memorandum of Intent with GE Gas Power to convert EGA’s natural gas turbines to hydrogen-powered generators. In addition, the MoI also contemplates continued investigation into carbon capture, utilization, and storage at the […]

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ASI Certifies EGA’s Jebel Ali Aluminium Smelter Under Its Performance Standards

ASI Certifies EGA’s Jebel Ali Aluminium Smelter Under Its Performance Standards

Trade group Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced this week that Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC’s (EGA) Jebel Ali aluminium smelter has been certified under ASI Performance Standards for responsible sourcing, production, and stewardship of aluminium. The ASI’s certification at the site covers its casthouse and smelter as well as other associated facilities. Products produced at the newly-certified […]

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EGA’s Suggestion Scheme Saves AED416 MM In Forty Years

EGA’s Suggestion Scheme Saves AED416 MM In Forty Years

Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) marked the 40th anniversary of its Suggestion Scheme last week. Over the previous four decades the Suggestion Scheme has received over half a million suggestions from EGA employees and has saved the company roughly AED416 million (US$113 million). The EGA Suggestion Scheme was first launched in 1981 by then-Head of […]

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EGA Fires Up Cutting-Edge Gas Turbine At Jebel Ali

EGA Fires Up Cutting-Edge Gas Turbine At Jebel Ali

A joint venture between Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Mubadala and Dubal Holding spun up a new gas turbine for the first time at the site of its under-construction power plant at the Jebel Ali operations. The power plant, which will be operated by JA Power & Water Co, started the Siemens Energy H-class gas […]

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