DUBAI / WAM Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) on Monday announced the first exports of bauxite ore from Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC) its mining project in the Republic of Guinea in West Africa, marking the completion of EGA’s strategic expansion upstream in the aluminium value chain to create an integrated global aluminium giant. The GAC project, and Al Taweelah alumina refinery, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The National Elections Committee (NEC) said that young individuals — aged between 21 and 33 — represent around 33 percent of the registered electorate, adding that 100,000 young people out of a total of 337,738 citizens, are participating in the current round of the Federal National Council (FNC) election. The NEC also stressed that its electoral ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Brazil would welcome a BRICS-like bloc with the Gulf states to work towards achi- eving common goals, according to an influential Brazilian Congressman. Brazil is the current chair of the BRICS, an informal association of five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. “We are open to new markets and new opportunities; therefore, ...