$100m aluminium plant signals Bahrain’s industrial push

$100m aluminium plant signals Bahrain’s industrial push

Conexus Resources Group has launched a $100 million aluminium rod plant in Bahrain, the latest project to emerge as the Gulf kingdom seeks to enhance its manufacturing sector. The UK company has announced the inauguration of Konexus Aluminium, which will process liquid metal from Bahrain’s national manufacturer Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) to serve regional and international […]

Plant to cost $100m

Alba largest smelter outside China

Manufacturing is 13.9% of GDP

Conexus Resources Group has launched a $100 million aluminium rod plant in Bahrain, the latest project to emerge as the Gulf kingdom seeks to enhance its manufacturing sector.

The UK company has announced the inauguration of Konexus Aluminium, which will process liquid metal from Bahrain’s national manufacturer Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) to serve regional and international clients.

Alba is the largest single-site smelter outside of China, and produces more than 2 percent of the world’s aluminium output. 

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Last year it produced 1,620,665 metric tonnes. In the same period, Bahrain’s manufacturing sector grew to the second largest non-oil contributor to real GDP at 13.9 percent.

Manufacturing remains a focus as one of the five priority non-oil sectors outlined by Bahrain’s