Line 6 Expansion Project

Alba Chair Hails “Game Changing” Line 6 Aluminium Smelting Capacity Increase On Two-Year Anniversary

Alba Chair Hails “Game Changing” Line 6 Aluminium Smelting Capacity Increase On Two-Year Anniversary

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) said the newly-commissioned aluminium smelting capacity at its Reduction Line 6 is a “game changer” for the now-largest aluminium producer outside of the People’s Republic of China last week. During a visit by the chairman of the board...

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Alba Refinances US$1.5 Billion Loan Facility Funding Line 6 Expansion Project

Alba Refinances US$1.5 Billion Loan Facility Funding Line 6 Expansion Project

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. announced yesterday the successful refinancing of a US$1.5 billion syndicated loan facility that the firm has been using to fund the Line 6 Expansion Project. Per the firm, the new terms of the facility give it an 8-year tenor with 16 semi-annual payments and a 6-month grace period for each payment. The […]

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Difficult Aluminium Market Leads To Bottom-Line Struggles For Alba In Q1

Difficult Aluminium Market Leads To Bottom-Line Struggles For Alba In Q1

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. released results for the year’s opening quarter earlier this week. Lower LME prices teamed up with higher alumina prices to squeeze the firm’s bottom line over the year’s first three months. In the year’s first quarter Alba reported a net loss of BD 15.8 million (US$42 million), reversing a net profit of […]

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Alba Commissions 106 New Aluminium Smelting Pots On Line 6

Alba Commissions 106 New Aluminium Smelting Pots On Line 6

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. announced earlier this week the opening of over one hundred pots on its new Line 6, bringing the line to around one-quarter capacity. As of Tuesday this week, Alba is operating 106 of the 424 pots on line six, with plans for opening another hundred by the end of next month. Chairman […]

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Alba’s Line 6 Aluminium Potline Reaches 50 Percent Capacity

Alba’s Line 6 Aluminium Potline Reaches 50 Percent Capacity

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. announced over the weekend another milestone in its Line 6 Expansion Project with the handover of over 14 dozen new pots, allowing the firm to begin commissioning over half the line’s new capacity. “We are pleased to announce that Potline 6 is now in full ramp-up mode with the handover of the […]

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