Oman Opens Sultanate’s First-Ever Aluminium Composite Panel Plant
Saturday saw the inauguration of Oman’s first-ever aluminium composite panel (ACP), located in Northeast Oman. The plant, which is located...
Sultanate of Oman
US Commerce Department Levies Preliminary Antidumping Duties On Aluminium Sheet From 18 Countries
On Friday the U.S. Department of Commerce issued its preliminary determination on a complaint by domestic aluminium producers that imports of common aluminium alloy sheet from 18 countries have been dumped on the American market, finding support for such harm and instructing...
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...
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...
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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’s ARABAL 2017 Kicks Off November 6
Oman’s Sohar Aluminium is hosting the 21st annual Arab International Aluminum Conference (ARABAL) and Exhibition at the Shangra-La Barr Al Jissah Resort & Spa in Muscat. The four-day conference is scheduled to begin November 6. Entitled “Driving Strategic Growth of the Global Aluminum Industry,” the event will feature five dozen world-class experts who will discuss […]
Sohar Aluminium Continues to Investigate Potline Incident That Led to Shutdown
Oman’s Sohar Aluminium is looking for answers after an accident at its plant led to a power outage of over six hours last week. According to English-language media, an accident at the firm’s lone potline caused production to halt for 6-1/2 hours on August 4. Few details have emerged since then, but the CEO Said […]
Sohar Aluminium Announces Record Output for 2015
The Sultanate of Oman’s Sohar Aluminium announced a production record on Sunday as it released its 2015 Sustainability Report. The report highlighted certain operational efficiency benchmarks the company has achieved as well. Sohar Aluminium, which is Oman’s biggest non-hydrocarbon industrial venture, announced a year-end production total of 377,186 metric tons. That’s an increase over 2014’s […]
Napco Turns In Strong Earnings Numbers for 2015
Oman’s National Aluminium Products Company (Napco) announced its 2015 earnings on Sunday. The firm experienced substantial growth in the course of the previous year, with a jump in earnings of over one-quarter year-on-year, and an increase in net profits of over a tenth as well. The firm, based in Muscat, earned revenues of US$64.42 million […]
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 ...
