VOL. XLV

No 32

12-August-2002

BAHRAIN

Bechtel Awarded EPCM Contract For AlbaExpansion Project

Aluminium Bahrain(Alba) on 23 July announced that Bechtel had been awarded the engineering,procurement, construction and management (EPCM) contract for the Potline 5 expansion project, which will increase annualaluminum capacity from the current 500,000 tons/year to 800,000 t/y. Work onthe $1.7bn expansion scheme is to begin in early-2003, with start-up scheduledfor late-2004. A license agreement has...