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Person, Worker, Clothing Spectro Alloys is a secondary foundry alloy maker in the US, producing 110,000 tonnes of aluminium ingots per year

EGA buys majority stake in US aluminium recycler

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the biggest non-oil industrial company in the UAE, has acquired an 80 percent stake in US-based aluminium recycling company Spectro Alloys Corporation. The owner-managers of Spectro will hold 20 percent. The funding will be in line with EGA’s green finance framework, launched in June, to support decarbonisation projects and enable the […]

Alba Maaden Aluminium Ras al Khair

Ma’aden-Alba merger ‘a potential game changer’

The proposed merger between the Saudi Arabian mining company Ma’aden and Bahrain’s aluminium smelter Alba looks likely to shake up the global aluminium industry, with the new company challenging for sixth place in the world rankings. “It’s almost a game-changing event, particularly in the GCC region,” says Andy Farida, a senior analyst at Fastmarkets, a […]

Alumina prices increased towards the end of May, mainly driven by supply disruptions in Australia and India

Emirates Global Aluminium profit down as prices weaken

Net profits at Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the biggest non-oil industrial company in the UAE, fell 6 percent to AED1.84 billion ($500 million) in the first half of 2024 from AED1.96 billion a year ago, driven by lower product prices. The average realised London Metal Exchange aluminium price declined 2 percent year on year to […]

Spectro Alloys president Luke Palen and Emirates Global Aluminium CEO Abdulnasser Bin Kalban sign the stake acquisition deal

EGA to buy 80% of US aluminium recycler

Emirates Global Aluminium, the UAE’s biggest non-oil industrial company and one of the world’s largest aluminium producers, plans to acquire an 80 percent stake in US-based Spectro Alloys Corporation. The transaction will accelerate EGA’s global expansion into aluminium recycling and help grow its business in the United States. The acquisition, subject to regulatory approvals, is […]

Alba Bahrain aluminium prices

Strong aluminium prices push Alba profit up

Aluminium Bahrain, better known as Alba, reported profit for the first half of 2024 of BD93 million ($247 million), an increase of 83 percent year on year, helped by the falling cost of raw materials and rising sale prices. Alba’s profits in the second quarter surged even higher, jumping 102 percent year on year to […]

An EGA employee looks out over its Al Taweelah facility in Abu Dhabi. The electricity used in aluminium smelting makes up 60% of its carbon footprint

Adnoc, Emirates Global Aluminium and the outlook for net zero

It is a tall order. The UAE is striving to develop its industrial capacity while also decarbonising in a world that needs a 40 percent-plus reduction in emissions by the end of the decade to avoid devastating climate change. Two of the country’s biggest state-owned enterprises – Adnoc and Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) – are […]

The Emirates Global Aluminium plant at Al Taweelah. New projects in collaboration with Masdar could be powered by renewable energy

Aluminium decarbonisation alliance takes shape in UAE

Emirates Global Aluminium, the UAE’s largest non-oil industrial company, has formed an alliance with state renewable energy company Masdar to work on decarbonisation projects. The two companies will explore the joint development of renewable energy projects such as battery storage and the production and storage of green hydrogen. They will also work together internationally to […]

Workers at Emirates Global Aluminium's Al Taweelah refinery. The company is increasingly focused on recycled aluminium

Emirates Global Aluminium buys German recycling business

Emirates Global Aluminium, the UAE’s biggest non-oil industrial company and one of the world’s largest aluminium producers, has signed a binding sale and purchase agreement to acquire a German aluminium recycling business. The transaction to acquire 100 percent of Leichtmetall Aluminium Giesserei Hannover, a subsidiary of an investment fund managed by Quantum Capital Partners, is […]

Male factory worker inspecting quality rolls of galvanized or metal sheet in in aluminum material warehouse. Male worker working in warehouse of raw materials during manufacturing process in plant

Emirates Global Aluminium profit falls with metal prices

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the UAE’s largest non-oil industrial company and one of the world’s largest aluminium producers, reported a decline in net profit last year, despite posting record production volumes of alumina, cast and hot metal for 2023. Net profit fell 54 percent year on year to AED3.4 billion ($937 million), against a backdrop […]

EGA chief digital officer Carlo K Nizam and CEO Abdulnasser Bin Kalban at the groundbreaking ceremony

EGA’s industrial data centres go green

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the UAE’s largest non-oil industrial company and one of the world’s largest aluminium producers, has broken ground on the first industrial data centres in the emirates to be totally powered by renewable energy. The two data centres in Jebel Ali and Al Taweelah will be developed in collaboration with Scientechnic, a […]