Facts
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General Information  
Area of main site: 3.65 sq.km
Number of potlines: 5
Start-up of Potline 1: 1971
Start-up of Potline 2: 1971
Start-up of Potline 3: 1981
Start-up of Potline 4: 1992
Start-up of Potline 5: 2005

Number of employees 2,914*
Percentage of national employees 87%
* as of 2012  

Type of finished product
Standard and T-ingots, extrusion billets, rolling slab,
properzi ingots, and molten aluminium.
Hot metal production capacity 890,000 mtpa

Total Sales (2012)  
Extrusion billet 41%
Foundry Alloys 13%
Rolling Slabs 12%
Standard Ingots 5%
Liquid Metal 29%

Total Exports (2012)  
Bahrain 46%
Asia 14%
Other MENA 24%
Europe 12%
America 4%

Power Plant Capacity  
PS1 338 MW
PS2 179 MW
PS3 808 MW
PS4 909 MW
Total installed capacity: 2,234 MW

Average metal purity  
Overall average metal purity 99.84%

Petroleum Coke Calciner and Seawater desalination Plant
Total project cost: US$ 450 million
Raw material (green petroleum coke): 775,000 mt per year
Production – calcined petroleum coke: 808 MW
Desalinated water capacity 41,000 cubic metres per day of potable water
Port facility: Able to handle 2.5 million metric tonnes of materials per year