Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 37

12-September-2005

bahrain

Albas Smelter Line 5 Inaugurated

Bahrains Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa on 4 September inaugurated Aluminium Bahrains (Albas) Smelter Line 5, which forms the central part of the companys $1.7bn expansion plan. The Line 5 expansion project has increased Albas production capacity to more than 840,000 tons/year to make it the largest smelter in the world. Engineering, procurement, construction and management...