When Alba began operations in 1971, it was the first aluminium smelter in the Middle East and was also the first major industrial diversification initiative undertaken in the Gulf.
When Alba began operations in 1971, it was the first aluminium smelter in the Middle East and was also the first major industrial diversification initiative undertaken in the Gulf.
Alba is officially incorporated by a Charter in 1968, and the foundation stone for the new aluminium smelter is laid by H.H. the late Amir Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa on Monday, 6th Jan 1969, at 4pm.