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“Dubal’s additional production volume provides scope for the company to expand its customer base and grow its sales revenue,” Dubal CEO Abdulla Kalban said. “Accordingly, we’re looking forward to another record-breaking year in 2008,” he said.
Dubai firm commissioned second phase of its latest expansion project in February. The project entailed a 32-pot, 22,000 mtpa extension of Potline 5, completed in July 2007; and a 40-pot, 40,000 mtpa extension of Potline 6.
The combined Potline 56b expansion project, completed at a cost of $236 million, has brought the number of electrolytic aluminium reduction cells in the plant infrastructure to 1,557 pots, arranged in eight potlines.
Construction of this latest two-phased expansion project began in June 2006. A remarkable safety record of more than 7 million man-hours worked without any Lost Time Injuries was achieved over the 20-month period. This is no mean feat, considering that more than 3,000 workers were on site at the peak of the construction phase.
Naturally, the increased capacity of the plant will contribute substantially to the turnover and profitability of Dubal, to the future benefit of the economy of Dubai. Already, the economy has benefited from the $135.7 million spend on local suppliers during the course of the project, which equates to 58 per cent of the total budget against a targeted spend of 40 per cent.
The extension of Potline 6b represents a particular milestone in Dubal’s ongoing quest to develop advanced technologies which can compete with similar technologies on the world market in terms of productivity, capacity and efficiency, while maintaining the highest standards of environmental conservation. The 40 new cells in Potline 6b incorporate Dubal’s proprietary DX technology, which operates at high amperage of more than 340,000 amperes to yield greater productivity of approximately 2.615 tonnes per cell per day.
Dubal’s DX technology is also 5.9 per cent more energy efficient than earlier generation technologies, thus offering environmental advantages.
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