VOL. XXXVIIINO. 928-NOVEMBER-1994

Bahrain

Aluminum Bahrain Plans Capacity Expansion To 485,000 Tons/Year

Aluminum Bahrain (Alba) announced on 23 November that the company's Board ofDirectors has approved a plan for a feasibility study on the expansion of thecapacity of its plant by 25,000 tons/year from the current 460,000 t/y to485,000 t/y at an estimated cost of $95mn. Alba owned 77% by the BahrainGovernment, 20% by the Saudi Public Investment Fund and 3% by Breton Investmentsat the end of...