Aluminium Bahrain

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the world's largest aluminium smelter ex-China, is known for its technological strength and innovative policies. Alba enforces strict environmental guidelines, maintains a high track record for safety, and is widely regarded as one of the top performers on a global scale.[1] The company headquarters is based in Bahrain and 84% [2] of its total workforce are Bahraini nationals.

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C.
Public
Traded asBHSE: ALBH
LSE: ALBH
ISINBH0006000044 
IndustryAluminium
Founded1968 (Operations began in 1971)
HeadquartersAskar, Bahrain
Area served
Middle East, North Africa, Asia, Americas and Europe
Key people
  • Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa (Chairman)
  • Ali Al-Baqali (CEO)
  • Khalid A. Latif (CMO)
  • Amin Sultan (CPO)
  • Bryan Harris (CFO)
  • Abdulla Habib (COO)
ProductsStandard ingots, rolling slabs, foundry alloy ingots, extrusion billets, T-Ingots, liquid metal, potable water, calcined coke
Revenue $2.738 billion (2019)
$14.31 million (2019)
Total assets $6.437 billion (2019)
Total equity $2.869 billion (2019)
Number of employees
3,182 (2019)
Websitewww.albasmelter.com

The company produces a range of aluminium products to include T-Ingots, 10Kg/22.5Kg Standard Ingots, Properzi Ingots, Rolling Slabs, Extrusion Billets, Sows and Liquid metal. About half of Alba's aluminium is sold to Bahrain's downstream industry while the rest is exported to countries within the GCC, the Middle East, Europe, Americas, Far-East and South Asia.[3]

In 2019, the company set an all time production record in its history with 1,365,005 metric tonnes.[4]

History

Alba was officially incorporated in 1968 and began operations in 1971 with an annual capacity of 120,000 metric tonnes per annum.[5] After modernisation and expansion works the smelter's capacity rose to 450,000 tonnes in 1992. In March 2005, Alba commissioned a new reduction line, Line 5, which increased the company's capacity to over 860,000 tonnes of aluminium at that time. Today, thanks to its newly inaugurated Line 6, Alba's production capacity is beyond 1.5M mtpa.

Ownership

The shareholders of Alba are Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (69.38%),[6] SABIC Investment Company (20.62%) and the General Public (10%).

The company went public in 2010, launched its first IPO, and was listed on the Bahrain Bourse and the London Stock Exchange, under the symbol "ALBH".[7]

Plant
Schematic of production process

The Alba plant comprises six reduction lines, two cast houses, three carbon plants, a Petroleum Coke Calciner and Seawater desalination Plant, 11 fume treatment plants, a marine terminal and five power stations. The plant also features a 13 hectare oasis, with more than 15,000 trees and shrubs and an artificial lake.

Product Range
Alba's production
Standard Ingots
Extrusion Billets

Aluminium Products

Standard Ingots

Standard ingots are for downstream users who wish to re-melt this residual form of aluminium in their own furnaces, and then cast it to produce a variety of end products. Alba's production capacity of standard ingots stands at approximately 400,000 metric tonnes per annum.

Rolling Slabs

Sheet ingots, or rolling slabs, are used in rolling mills for manufacturing aluminium foil and sheet products. The total annual production capacity of rolling slabs currently stands at approximately 140,000 metric tonnes per annum.

Foundry Alloy Ingots

Foundry alloy ingots are mainly used by the automotive industry for manufacturing automotive wheels, truck hubs and gas pump nozzles.

Extrusion Billets

Extrusion ingots are widely used in the construction industry (for windows and door frames), transportation, engineering, and consumer durables. Alba produces around 380,000 metric tonnes per annum of extrusion ingots.

Liquid Metal

The Liquid is supplied in liquid form to downstream industries in Bahrain and is transferred in crucibles. It takes 5 hours for the liquid metal to solidify.

Other Products

Calcined Coke

Alba is one of only two smelters in the world to have a dedicated coke calciner, its production capacity is nearly 550,000 metric tonnes per annum.

Anodes

Alba has three carbon plants that produce about 550,000 metric tonnes of anodes every year. Carbon anodes are produced from calcined petroleum coke and coal tar pitch.[8]

Power

With its four natural gas turbine power stations having a total power generating capacity of 2,249 MW ISO, equivalent to the average power consumed in Bahrain as a whole, Alba's energy needs are fulfilled independently.[9] With waste heat recovery, some of the power stations have an efficiency of 54%.[10][11]

Water

Alba's seawater desalination plant was commissioned in 2001. It utilises waste heat from the calcining process to generate steam for the production and supply of 41,000 cubic metres per day of potable water.

Environment Conservation

Alba has invested more than US$589 million [12] environmental conservation and earned international praise and recognition for being committed to implementing highest environmental standards across the organisation.

Line 6 Expansion Project

Alba's Line 6 Expansion Project is one of the largest brownfield developments in the region. Expected to begin production by January 1, 2019, this Project will boost the smelter's per-annum production by 540,000 metric tonnes, bringing its total production capacity to 1.5 million metric tonnes per year.

The Line 6 Expansion Project will make Alba the world's largest single-site aluminium smelter and be a significant economic boost for the Kingdom of Bahrain due to the many co-investment opportunities through local and foreign aluminium investments.[13]

  • Aerial View
  • Aerial View
  • Alba's Farm
  • Alba's Lake
  • Alba's Calciner
  • Alba's Carbon
  • Alba's Casthouse
  • Alba's CSR Initiatives
  • Alba's Lab
  • Alba's Lake
  • Alba's Farm
  • People
  • Alba's Products
  • Alba's Products
  • Alba's Reduction Lines
  • Alba's Safety Principles
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References
  1. "Alba's Corporate Profile". Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. "Facts & Figures about Alba". Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. "Facts & Figures about Alba". Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. "Alba sets new production record as it goes above 1.36 million metric tonnes for the first time". Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. "Alba's Corporate Profile". Aluminium Bahrain. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Alba is given a welcome at the London Stock Exchange". Aluminium Bahrain. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  8. "Alba Products - Anodes". Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  9. "Power". www.albasmelter.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019.
  10. "1,792 MW combined-cycle power plant set for Bahrain". Power Engineering International. 4 August 2016.
  11. Power plant on YouTube
  12. "Safety, Health and Environment". Aluminium Bahrain. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  13. "Line 6 Expansion Project". Retrieved 11 July 2018.
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