Emirates Aluminium (EMAL)
Emirates Aluminium (EMAL), our 50-50 joint venture with Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL), produced its first metal in late 2009, four months ahead of schedule and on budget.
The US$ 5.7 billion project is the largest industrial development in the United Arab Emirates outside the oil and gas sector. It is the first smelter in the world to license the highly-efficient and environmentally-friendly DUBAL’s UAE-developed DX Reduction Cell Technology, which reduces the amount of energy needed to produce the metal, lowering costs and increasing production capacity.
Phase one of the smelter will have a nameplate capacity of 718,000 tonnes of primary aluminium per annum. Phase two is currently in the feasibility stage and when completed, will make EMAL the world’s largest free standing aluminium smelter.