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Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the Bahrain-based international aluminium smelter, announced the promotion of Abdul Rasool Ahmed Abdul Rasool as the Director of Casthouse.
A. Rasool joined Alba in 1985 as an Operator and was promoted to Supervisor Casthouse in 1997. He was appointed as the Casthouse Manager in 2006 thereafter Senior Casthouse Manager in 2013.
Speaking on this occasion, Alba’s Chief Executive Officer Tim Murray said:
“Casthouse is the operational area that interfaces directly with our customers and A. Rasool has played a critical role in maximizing Alba's Value-Added Production (VAP). Alba will continue down the path of growing our VAP portfolio with the commissioning of a new state-of-the-art Casthouse as part of the Line 6 Expansion Project.
A. Rasool is another great example of developing management talent from within the Company. A. Rasool is a true leader in every sense of the word and I am confident that he will take the performance of our Casthouse operations to the next level.”
A. Rasool has a Higher National Diploma in Metals Technology, Sandwell College, UK and associate Diploma in Technology (Chemical Engineering) from Hindustan Institute of Engineering, Madras, India.
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About Alba:
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) - one of the largest and modern aluminium smelters in the world - is renowned for its premium grade aluminium products, technological strength and innovative policies, strict environmental guidelines and high track record for safety. Established in 1971 as a 120,000 tonnes per annum smelter, Alba today produces more than 971,000 metric tonnes per annum of the highest grade aluminium, with products including standard and T-ingots, extrusion billets, rolling slab, properzi ingots, and molten aluminium.
Alba is listed on both the Bahrain Bourse and London Stock Exchange, and the Company’s shareholders are Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (69.38%), SABIC Industrial Investment Company (20.62%) and the General Public (10%).
About 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 early 2019, this Project will boost the smelter’s per-annum production by 540,000 metric tonnes, bringing its total production capacity to around 1.5 million metric tonnes per year.
With a CAPEX of approximately US$ 3 billion, the Line 6 Expansion Project involves the construction of a sixth pot line utilising EGA’s proprietary DX+ Ultra Technology, a 1,792 MW power station and other industrial services.
Bechtel is the EPCM contractor for the Line 6 Expansion Project smelter. For Power Station 5 (PS 5), GE and GAMA Consortium was awarded the EPC contract, while Siemens is the Power Distribution System contractor. J.P. Morgan, Gulf International Bank (GIB) and National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) are the Financial Advisors for this Project.
The Bankable Feasibility Study was completed by Bechtel in December 2014. In June 2015, Alba Board approved the Line 6 Expansion Project and in November 2015, Alba secured the natural gas supply for this Project.
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.
For further details, please contact:
Shreedevi Menon
Public Relations Officer
Tel: (973) 1783 7357
E-mail: shreedevi@alba.com.bh
Website: www.albasmelter.com.bh
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