Emirates Global Aluminium Begins Third Decade Of Student Summer Training Program
Emirates Global Aluminium began its 21st year of sponsoring UAE students in its Summer Training Program aimed at fostering interest...
United Arab Emirates
Emirates Global Aluminium Marks Emirati Women’s Day With Majority Female Training Class Graduation
Emirates Global Aluminium celebrated Emirati Women’s Day last week by graduating a class of trainees that was composed of a majority of women. Of the 75 graduates of EGA’s training program, 49 were women, and all were UAE nationals. The training, which...
EGA And ITOCHU Extend Cooperation On Specialty Aluminium Projects
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) signed an agreement with ITOCHU Corporation of Japan last week to explore collaboration on joint...
Emirates Global Aluminium Signs On To UAE Hydrogen Leadership Initiative
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced this week the signing of an agreement with the UAE Ministry of Energy and...
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EGA Plans Solar-Powered Silicon Metal Production Unit For UAE
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced on Friday a new project to manufacture silicon metal domestically in the United Arab Emirates in order to assure a constant supply for use in producing premium grades of aluminium alloy. At present, the UAE imports the entirety of silicon it uses in industry, and EGA is the country’s […]
Dubai Government Inks Deal With Nature Alu For High-Purity Aluminium Plant
The government of Dubai and North American high-purity aluminium producer Nature Alu (NA) have agreed to establish the United Arab Emirates’ first and only high-purity aluminium plant. Dubai’s government, acting under the auspices of Dubal Holding, signed the agreement last week to cooperate with NA on the project, which intends to produce aluminium with a […]
EGA Enters Partnership With Several Other Compatriot Firms To Enhance Aluminium Decarbonization Effort
Aluminium smelter Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced last week a partnership with Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA), Dubal Holding, and Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) to increase solar power use, optimize power generation, and cut carbon production at its aluminium operations in the United Arab Emirates. Though official approvals have yet to […]
Sources Say Emirates Global Aluminium Pondering IPO
Sources say Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) is weighing a possible initial public offering (IPO) in 2022 after the firm refinanced a significant chunk of its debt this week. Wire service Reuters is reporting that a trio of sources claiming knowledge revealed to them that the UAE’s aluminium smelter is considering offering between ten and […]
EGA Begins Second Phase Of Al Taweelah Aluminium Smelter Expansion Ahead Of Schedule
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced this week that it has begun the second phase of the expansion of its aluminium smelter at Al Taweelah ahead of schedule. EGA said in a press release that the second phase will add 26 new reduction cells to Potline 2, increasing the line’s output by over 30 thousand […]
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 ...
