Aluminium Bahrain

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C.
Company typePublic
IndustryAluminium
Founded1968 (Operations began in 1971)
HeadquartersAskar, Bahrain
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • HE Khalid Al Rumaihi (Chairman)
  • Ali Al-Baqali (CEO)
  • Abdulla Habib (COO)
  • Amin Sultan (CPO)
  • Waleed Tamimi (CSO)
  • Ahmed A. Qader (ACFO)
  • Hisham Alkooheji (ACMO)
ProductsLiquid metal, 10 & 25 kg standard ingots, T-Ingots, 9.7 kg Properzi bars, rolling ingots (slabs), extrusion ingots (billets), sows, potable water, calcined coke
RevenueDecrease $4,106 million (2023)
Number of employees
3,150 (2023)
Websitewww.albasmelter.com

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) is the first aluminum smelter in the Middle East which started its commercial operations in 1971. The electricity that powers the process come from three power stations fueled by the nearby gas fields.

86% of Alba's employees are Bahraini nationals [1] and the company has introduced numerous capacity building initiatives to boost nationalization of its workforce.[2] [3]

  1. ^ "Corporate Responsibility". Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Alba announces a new initiative to boost Bahrainisation". Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  3. ^ Release, Press. "Gearing for growth: Alba upskills more than 660 employees". www.zawya.com. Retrieved 18 February 2024.