The use of advanced technologies that can reduce emissions intensity and help in countering environmental and sustainability challenges in aluminium manufacturing and allied industries were a point of discussion at a major conference in Bahrain.
Despite the challenges of the past couple of years, Bahrain’s transportation strategy has remained focused, a top official said at the opening of the 18th Trans Middle East 2022 Exhibition and Conference in the kingdom.
GCC aluminium output tops record 6m tonnes
MANAMA, January 20, 2021
By Pummy Kaul The GCC countries have reported a record production of primary aluminium in 2020, surpassing the 6 million tonnes milestone for the first time, in a year which was fraught with challenges and odds. The five primary aluminium producers in the GCC collectively produced 6,115,408 tonnes of high quality primary aluminium in 2020 for the local and international markets, registering an increase of about 6 per cent over the previous year, according to the statistics released by the Gulf Aluminium Council (GAC). The increase of around 353,554 tonnes over the last year (5,771,854 tonnes) is mainly due to the record production achieved by Aluminium Bahrain which ended 2020 by beating its production target of 1,540,000 metric tonnes per annum (mtpa) to top a record of 1,548,500 metric tonnes, the highest-ever achieved in its 50 years of commercial operations.