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    EGA Targets Net Zero with New Sustainable Technologies

    Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), headquartered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is an integrated aluminum producer, with capabilities ranging from bauxite mining to smelting, casting, and recycling. Its aluminum smelting capabilities include two smelters in Al Taweelah, Abu Dhabi, and in Jebel Ali, Dubai, with total production of 2.73 million tonnes in 2023. Within its […]

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    EGA’s Breaks Ground on EX Technology Pilot

    Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) broke ground on the construction of ten pilot reduction cells for EX, the company’s next generation smelting technology, at its Al Taweelah smelting facility. The pilot will not only prove the cell technology, but also the advanced Industry 4.0 capabilities of the design, building on EGA’s existing R&D and Industry 4.0 […]

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    IAI Reports Progress In Greenhouse Gas Reduction Initiative

    The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) reported on the progress of its Aluminium Industry Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which was launched at COP28 in December 2023. The initiative tracks and publicly reports the greenhouse gas reduction ambitions and progress of IAI member companies, encouraging further steps in the sector’s efforts to address climate change. The initiative is backed […]

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    Aluminum Companies Look to Hydrogen as a Sustainable Fuel for Remelt Operations

    By Andrea Svendsen, Managing Editor. There’s no question that aluminum is a sustainable material option for industries such as automotive, transportation, and building and construction, among others. The metal’s light weight, high strength, corrosion resistance, and other properties enable engineers and designers to optimize their products, enabling them to develop sustainable, energy efficient designs. In […]

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    EGA to Acquire Majority Stake in American Recycler Spectro Alloys

    Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced its intention to acquire a majority stake in Spectro Alloys Corporation, a leading secondary aluminum producer based in Rosemount, Minnesota. The acquisition will accelerate EGA’s global expansion into aluminum recycling and expand its business in the U.S. “EGA is the biggest ‘premium aluminium’ producer in the world and our goal […]

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    EGA Ready to Pilot Its Next-Generation Smelting Technology

    Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) completed the design phase of its EX reduction cells, the company’s next generation smelting technology. “Technology development has been a foundation of our global competitiveness for decades,” said Abdulnasser Bin Kalban, chief executive officer of EGA. “EX technology will enable the production of more aluminum with less energy and lower emissions, […]

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    EGA to Acquire European Producer of High-Strength Recycled Aluminum

    Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) signed a binding sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of Leichtmetall Aluminium Giesserei Hannover GmbH, a German aluminum recycling firm. EGA will acquire 100% percent of the recycling operation from Leichtmetall Holding GmbH, a subsidiary of an investment fund managed by Quantum Capital Partners GmbH. This is EGA’s first major […]

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    Alba and EGA Sign Technology Service Agreement for Reduction Line 6

    Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) in Bahrain and Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) in the United Arab Emirates signed a Technology Services Agreement for Alba’s Reduction Line 6. The reduction line was originally commissioned in December 2018, bringing Alba’s nameplate production capacity to more than 1.6 million tonnes per year. In 2020, it was reported to be […]

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    Advances in Processing Alumina Refinery Bauxite Residue Waste

    By Alton Tabereaux, Contributing Editor. Bauxite residue is an insoluble solid waste by-product generated after the digestion of gibbsitic bauxite ore with sodium hydroxide at elevated temperature and pressure in the Bayer process for the extraction of alumina. During the digestion process, aluminum minerals react with caustic soda process liquor to form soluble sodium aluminate […]