EGA’s Al Taweelah refinery hits nameplate capacity

ABU DHABI / WAM

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the largest industrial company in the UAE outside oil and gas, on Tuesday announced that its Al Taweelah alumina refinery, the first in the UAE, has delivered sustained monthly production at or above nameplate capacity each month for the past three months.
The milestone marks the completion of a world-class ramp-up of the refinery that was achieved within 21 months of the start of production despite the challenges of a global pandemic. Other refineries commissioned elsewhere in the past decade have taken three years to reach this level.
The ramp-up has been delivered with an excellent safety record, with zero injuries leading to time off work. The refinery can produce some two million tonnes of alumina per year, enough to meet 40% of the EGA’s needs. Alumina is the main feedstock for aluminium smelters.
The refinery’s production replaces some imports, further increasing the economic impact of the UAE’s aluminium sector which contributes some $5 billion each year to the nation’s economy and supports one in every 100 UAE jobs.