EGA starts second phase of Al Taweelah smelter expansion

EGA starts second phase of Al Taweelah smelter expansion

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, on Tuesday announced the start-up of the second phase of its expansion to Al Taweelah smelter in Abu Dhabi. The expansion adds 26 new reduction cells to Potline 2, boosting production capacity by over 30,000 tonnes of hot metal per year. EGA is adding further reduction cells to each of the three potlines at Al Taweelah. The expansion to Potline 1 began production in April. The expansion to Potline 3 is expected to start production later this year. The full expansion of 66 new reduction cells will increase EGA's production capacity by some 78,000 tonnes of hot metal per year. Despite Covid-19, the work has progressed ahead of schedule with the full project now some 80 per cent complete. Some 950 people are working on the Al Taweelah smelter expansion project, achieving a world-class safety performance with zero lost time injuries in over 2.7-million hours of work completed so far. EGA Chief Executive Officer, Abdulnasser Bin Kalban, said: "We have been working throughout Covid-19 on this expansion to Al Taweelah smelter, which is now starting production as the world increasingly needs aluminium to