VOL. XXXVII

NO. 40

4-JULY-1994

Bahrain

Alba Approves Construction Of $250Mn Coke Calciner Plant

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) - owned by the Bahrain Government 77%, the SaudiArabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) 20%, and Breton Investments of Germany 3%- has approved the construction of a coke calciner plant at an estimated cost of$250mn. The plant will produce petroleum calcining coke (for carbon electrodes)which are used in the aluminium manufacturing process, thus saving on imports ofthese...