VOL. XLI

No. 06

9-February-1998

BAHRAIN

Alba's Production Reaches Record Level Of 500,000 Tons In 1997

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) produced a record of 493,032 tons of aluminum in 1997, anincrease of 6.9% over output in 1996, according to an announcement by Bahrain's officialGulf News Agency (GNA) on 14 January. Alba last month signed a $400mn contract withMannesmann KTI for the construction of a calcined coke plant with a capacity of 450,00t/y, of which Alba will utilize some 250,000 t/y for its...