VOL. XXXIII

NO. 27

9-APRIL-1990

Bahrain

Alba's Aluminum Production Increases by Over 14% in 1989

Production of aluminum ingots by Aluminum Bahrain (Alba) - the Bahrain-basedjoint venture owned 74.9% by the Bahraini Government, 20% by the Saudi BasicIndustries Corporation (SABIC) and 5.1% by Breton Investments of West Germany -reached a record level in 1989 of 210,395 tons, a 14.5% increase over outputof 183,804 tons in 1988. In May 1989 Alba decided on a project to double thecapacity of the plant...