VOL. XL

No. 04

27-January-1997

BAHRAIN

Alba's Expansion Comes On Stream

The $130mn expansion of Aluminium Bahrain (ALBA)which will increase the capacity of the plant by 36,500 tons/year to 496,500 t/y bymid-1977, came on stream at the begiining of this year. A total of 76 new cells startedproduction at a rate of 25,000 t/y , which will rise to the full capacity of 36,500 t/yupon the completion of the upgrading of ALBA's power station in May of this year.Construction work at the station, which...