Alba locks in a record-breaking production of 1,600,111 MT
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) has recorded a new historic production record of 1,600,111 metric tonnes (MT) in 2022 — an increase of 38,889 MT versus 1,561,222 MT in 2021 (+2.5% Year-on-Year), as announced by the Company on 03 January 2023.
Commenting on this milestone, Alba’s Chief Executive Officer, Ali Al Baqali stated:
“This all-time production record translates our motto ‘opportunities don’t happen, we create them by doing the best we can with what we have’. We also look forward to set new highs in the future driven by our in-house production creep.
I take the opportunity to express my gratitude to the Management team, our employees and contractors’ personnel for making our 2022 objectives a reality by challenging themselves to do more safely and responsibly.”
A special ceremony, attended by the Executive Management, Directors, Managers and employees from various departments, was held at Alba’s Product Yard to mark this achievement.
Starting as a 120,000 tonnes per annum smelter in 1971, Alba, today, is one of the world’s largest aluminium smelters with a production of more than 1.6 million metric tonnes per annum (2022). Its diverse product portfolio of Standard and Value-Added Products (VAP)s are exported to more than 240 global customers through its sales offices in Europe (Zurich), Asia (Hong Kong & Singapore) and subsidiary office in the U.S. Alba is dual listed on Bahrain Bourse and London Stock Exchange and its shareholders are Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company B.S.C. (69.38%), SABIC Industrial Investments Company (SIIC) (20.62%) and General Public (10%).
