Sohar Aluminium Inks Partnership With Indian Firm For US$100 Million Aluminium Alloy Wheel Plant
Sohar Aluminium announced earlier this week a partnership with Indian aluminium alloy wheel manufacturer Synergies Castings to build a US$100...
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Sohar Aluminium Inks 10-Year Maintenance Contract With GE For Gas Turbines
Oman aluminium smelter Sohar Aluminium and global conglomerate General Electric (GE) this week signed a services contract to maintain and repair four GE gas turbines at Sohar’s aluminium plant. The new contract covers four GE13E2 natural gas turbines and four generators installed...
Sources Say Oman’s Sohar Aluminium In Talks With London Banks Regarding Possible Refinancing
A handful of sources told Reuters yesterday of Oman’s Sohar Aluminium’s plans to confer with London financial institutions to discuss...
Sohar Aluminium Returns to Full Production After Unexpected August Shutdown
Oman’s Sohar Aluminium announced yesterday that it has returned to full production following a power disruption that led to a...
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SOHAR Aluminium Showcases World-Class Facilities to 200 Experts Attending ARABAL 2017
Muscat, November 12th 2017 – Concluding this year’s three-day Arab International Aluminium Conference & Exhibition (ARABAL), 200 delegates toured Sohar Aluminium’s facilities to get a first-hand look at the company’s ever growing production capacity, cutting-edge technology, environmental stewardship, and rigorous safety standards. Sohar Aluminium is Oman’s first Greenfield smelter and the fourth largest primary aluminium […]
Mideast Aluminium Mavens Believe U.S. Duties on Imported Aluminium Will Do More Harm Than Good
Though the Section 232 investigation into aluminium imports launched by the United States government is largely aimed at producers in and of the People’s Republic of China, Mideastern producers believe that any duties imposed as a result will do naught but harm American consumers. Such was the consensus of officials who spoke on the subject […]
Sohar Aluminium Hits 25% Capacity After August Shut-Down
Oman aluminium producer Sohar Aluminium has restarted about one quarter of the firm’s smelting capacity since the company’s plant was forced to shut down this summer after a power outage. So said the company’s CEO at 2017 Arab International Aluminium Conference (ARABAL) earlier this week. Mohammed Al Masoudi went on to say that the firm […]
Expanded Aluminium Capacity Under Consideration by Sohar Aluminium
The CEO of Oman’s Sohar Aluminium told domestic media late last week that his company plans to increase its smelting capacity and its downstream capabilities over the next several years. Said Mohammed Al Masoudi said that Sohar is aligning its priorities with Tanfeedh, the Omani government’s plan for economic diversification, which recommends a multi-million-dollar plan […]
Sohar Aluminium Slowly Returns to Production After Power Outage
Oman’s Sohar Aluminium said yesterday that it has eased back into production after an accident led to a six-hour power outage in August. Said Al Masoudi, Sohar’s CEO, was quoted in a statement released to the media yesterday as saying that more progress had to be made before production at the plant could return to […]
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 ...
