Bahrain’s Alba in ’05 produced 746,000T aluminium

MANAMA — Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), one of the world’s biggest smelters, said on Thursday its production in 2005 jumped to 746,000 tonnes, up from 530,000 tonnes in 2004.

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Published: Sat 4 Feb 2006, 9:23 AM

Last updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 2:33 PM

Alba’s Deputy Chief Executive Mahmood Daylami told Reuters that 2006 production is expected to increase to 830,000 tonnes.

Daylami said the firm was still mulling a new production line. “The government is studying this but no certain decision has been taken yet,” Daylami added.

In September, Alba launched a $1.7 billion production line, its fifth, raising its output capacity by 307,000 tonnes per year to 837,000 tonnes.

Alba is 77 per cent owned by the Bahraini government, 20 per cent by Saudi Arabia and three percent by the German group Breton Investments.


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