The Board of Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, today announced the appointment of Abdulla Jassem Kalban as Managing Director and Abdulnasser Ibrahim Saif Bin Kalban as Chief Executive Officer. The appointments will be effective from January 2020.

Abdulla Jassem Kalban, currently Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, will take responsibility for EGA’s achievement of its strategic objectives and will remain a Board member of EGA.

As Chief Executive Officer, Abdulnasser Ibrahim Saif Bin Kalban will be responsible for managing EGA’s ongoing operations and business and will report to the Managing Director.

Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of EGA said: “EGA continues to thrive as a globally competitive aluminium business at the heart of a growing strategic industry for the UAE. These changes to EGA’s leadership structure build on a legacy of unparalleled achievements and prepare the company for our next phase of growth.”

His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Ahmed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of EGA said: “EGA is a truly world-class business, with customers around the world and operating assets on two continents at every stage of the aluminium value chain from bauxite to cast metal. These changes equip EGA with the right senior team to lead the company to the next level and I congratulate both Abdulla Kalban and Abdulnasser Bin Kalban on their new appointments.”

Abdulla Kalban said: “My new responsibilities allow me to focus fully on EGA’s long-term direction, to further strengthen our position as a global aluminium industry leader. Abdulnasser is a seasoned executive with many years of experience and I look forward to working closely with him.”

Abdulnasser Bin Kalban said: “I have worked alongside EGA throughout my career, and am excited to return as Chief Executive Officer. EGA’s trajectory of growth and success has reflected that of the UAE. I look forward to delivering further operational and business achievements in the years ahead.”

Abdulla Kalban has worked for the company since joining as a graduate trainee in 1985. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Aluminium in 2005, and has been Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of EGA since its formation through the merger of Dubai Aluminium and Emirates Aluminium in 2014.

Abdulnasser Bin Kalban worked for Dubai Aluminium from 1996 to 2014 in senior roles in the company’s Major Projects and Power and Desalination departments. Since 2014, Abdulnasser Bin Kalban has served as Chief Executive Officer of Dubal Holding, which owns 50 per cent of EGA as well as other energy and industrial assets in the UAE and internationally. Mr Bin Kalban will step down from this role following his new appointment at EGA.

Contacts at EGA:
Simon Buerk
sbuerk@ega.ae
056 3111 536

About EGA

Emirates Global Aluminium is equally-owned by Mubadala Investment Company of Abu Dhabi and the Investment Corporation of Dubai.

It is the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside the oil and gas industry, and the largest company jointly owned by the two Emirates.

EGA is an integrated aluminium producer, with operations from bauxite mining to the production of cast primary aluminium. EGA operates aluminium smelters in Jebel Ali and Al Taweelah, an alumina refinery in Al Taweelah and a bauxite mine and associated export facilities in the Republic of Guinea.

EGA’s aluminium is the second largest made-in-the UAE export after oil and gas. In 2018, EGA produced 2.6 million tonnes of cast metal. EGA is the only UAE producer and makes the UAE the fifth largest aluminium producing nation in the world.

EGA has more than 350 customers in over 60 countries. Over 80 per cent of EGA’s production is value added products, one of the highest proportions of any aluminium company in the world.

EGA’s aluminium is primarily used in the construction, automotive, packaging, aerospace and electronics industries.

Over 10 per cent of EGA’s aluminium production is sold in the UAE to around 26 downstream aluminium companies that make products with EGA’s aluminium. The growing broader aluminium sector in the UAE supports 60,950 jobs. EGA itself employs over 7,000 of these people including almost 1,200 UAE Nationals.

EGA has focused on technology development for over 25 years. EGA has used its own technology for every smelter expansion since the 1990s and has retrofitted all its older production lines. In 2016 EGA became the first UAE industrial company to licence its core industrial process technology internationally.

As a corporate citizen of the UAE, EGA aspires in all its operations to be measured amongst the world’s leading metals and mining companies in meeting its environmental and social responsibilities. In 2017, EGA became the first Middle East headquartered company to join the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative, a global programme to foster greater sustainability and transparency in the aluminium industry. In 2019, EGA’s Al Taweelah site became the first in the Middle East to receive certification from ASI for its sustainability practices and performance. ASI certification is the aluminium industry’s internationally recognised standard for environmental and social performance and governance.

EGA was formed in 2014 through the merger of Dubai Aluminium and Emirates Aluminium.

EGA’s Jebel Ali aluminium smelter began production as DUBAL in 1979. At almost five square kilometres, this site is five times bigger than Dubai Mall.

EMAL started production in 2009 and its Al Taweelah aluminium smelter was the largest single-site aluminium smelter in the world when completed. EGA’s Al Taweelah site is five times bigger than Al Maryah Island at six square kilometres.

EGA has its own power stations at both sites, producing electricity to meet its needs. EGA’s electricity generation capacity is 5,450 megawatts, making EGA the third largest electricity generator in the UAE after the Dubai and Abu Dhabi utilities. EGA also produces water through desalination units at its power plants.

EGA began production at Al Taweelah alumina refinery in April 2019. EGA’s alumina refinery is the first in the UAE and only the second in the Middle East. The project reduces the UAE’s dependence on imported alumina and will supply 40 per cent of EGA’s needs once fully ramped-up.

Bauxite exports from Guinea Alumina Corporation, EGA’s wholly-owned subsidiary in Guinea, began in August 2019. The GAC project is one of the largest greenfield investments in Guinea in over 40 years.

For more information on EGA please visit www.ega.ae.  

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