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 […]
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) in the UAE signed an agreement with Hammerer Aluminum Industries (HAI) in Austria for the supply of EGA’s CelestiAL solar aluminum. EGA supplies thousands of tonnes of aluminum to HAI each year — a proportion of which will now switch to CelestiAL. In addition, the agreement will ensure that finished profiles […]
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), based in the UAE, has a long legacy of developing aluminum smelting technology designed to increase production while limiting the amount energy required. Since the 1990s, the company has developed and implemented its own cell technologies throughout its smelters, including both expansions and retrofits of existing lines. EGA became the first […]
