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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) started construction on a 170,000 tonne per year recycling plant at its Al Taweelah smelter in the United Arab Emirates. This will be the largest aluminum recycling plant in the country. Market analysts expect global demand for recycled aluminum to grow from some 27 million tonnes per year in 2022 to […]
A new study, “Aluminium Beverage Can Recycling in United Arab Emirates and Asia Pacific: A Review Of Waste Management Maturity In Six Countries,” on recycling of aluminum cans has identified that 60 million tonnes of CO2e per annum could be saved through effective global recycling of used beverage cans (UBCs) by 2030. The study was commissioned […]
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) signed an agreement with Gulf Extrusions and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) to send CelestiAL aluminum produced from solar power into space. The metal will be used to produce extruded components for MBRSC’s MBZ-SAT, the region’s most advanced commercial satellite in the field of high-resolution satellite imagery. “At EGA, we […]
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) selected International Bechtel Co. Ltd. (Bechtel) to perform a feasibility study for its Line 7 expansion project. This will expand the company’s capacity of high quality, low carbon aluminum. “We are delighted of the partnership we have developed with Bechtel throughout the years, which has translated into awarding them Line 7 […]
