Alba Invests in National Talent: 24 Employees Make Strides in Top-Up BEng in Mechanical Engineering Programme
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) CEO Ali Al Baqali celebrated the first class of Alba's Top-Up BEng in Mechanical Engineering (Hons) Programme from the University of Huddersfield (UK) on 06 May 2024 in the presence of senior Alba officials and faculty members.
Alba Soars to Top 1% Globally with EcoVadis Platinum Sustainability Rating
Alba, one of the world’s largest aluminium smelters, is proud to announce that it has achieved the pinnacle of sustainability recognition – the EcoVadis Platinum Rating. This prestigious distinction from EcoVadis, a world-renowned provider of business sustainability assessments, places Alba among the elite 1% of companies evaluated worldwide.
Alba Embraces Industry 4.0 with SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the world’s largest aluminium smelters, has inked an agreement with SAP, a market leader in enterprise application software, to upgrade its enterprise resource planning solution (ERP) to SAP’s latest software – S/4HANA Cloud. With this move, Alba will accelerate its digital transformation journey and Industry 4.0 adoption to adapt to ever-changing business needs.
Alba Achieves First Fire of State-of-the-Art Gas Turbine for Power Station 5 Block 4 Project
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the world's largest aluminium smelters, announced a significant milestone towards the commercial operation of its Power Station 5 (PS 5) Block 4 Project with the First Fire of the Mitsubishi Power M701JAC Gas Turbine (GT) on Tuesday 23 April 2024. This achievement marks a key step towards the project's on-schedule completion in Q4 2024. Notably, it also comes just six months after the GT unit's delivery to site in October 2023.
Alba wins four Awards from the National Safety Council
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the world’s largest aluminium smelters, is proud to announce that it has won four major National Safety Council (NSC) USA awards for 2024, namely Perfect Record Award, Occupational Excellence Achievement Award, Milestone Award and Million Work Hours Award.
Alba kicks-off ‘SAFE and Healthy Ramadan’ Campaign
In line with the Company's commitment to its personnel's Safety and Wellbeing, Alba's CEO Ali Al Baqali launched the plant-wide "SAFE and Healthy Ramadan" campaign on 14 March 2024. The event was attended by the Company's top officials and employees representing various departments.
Alba and EGA sign Technology Service Agreement for Reduction Line 6
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the world’s largest aluminium smelters, and Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the largest industrial company in the UAE outside oil and gas, have recently inked a Technology Services Agreement for Alba’s Reduction Line 6.
Alba holds its Annual and Extraordinary General Meetings for 2024
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the world’s largest aluminium smelters, held its 14th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) on 07 March 2024 at Al Dana Hall in Alba. The meeting was led by the Chairman of the Board Khalid Al Rumaihi with attendance from the Board members, Company’s Executive Management, Alba shareholders, and representatives from regulatory bodies.
Alba signs Associate Centre Partnership Agreement with the World Economic Forum
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the world’s largest aluminium smelters, has inked an Associate Centre Partnership Agreement under the Advanced Manufacturing Industries Cluster with the World Economic Forum (WEF), in a signing ceremony led by Alba’s Chief Executive Officer Ali Al Baqali and WEF’s Head of Global Partner Development and Member of the Executive Committee, Alexandre Raffoul, on 04 March 2024 at Alba premises.
Alba hosts top officials and key clients at the 2024 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)’s Chairman of the Board of Directors Khalid Al Rumaihi and the Chief Executive Officer Ali Al Baqali, hosted top officials from various companies in Bahrain and GCC aluminium smelters as well as key clients and suppliers at its exclusive Paddock Club area for the 2024 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix that was held from 29 February to 02 March 2024 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain.