UAE’s EGA becomes HILT CRC’s 1st industry partner outside Australia

UAE’s EGA becomes HILT CRC’s 1st industry partner outside Australia

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has joined Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre (HILT CRC), to progress research into the decarbonization of alumina refining.

HILT CRC is an Australian cooperative research center bringing together industry, researchers and government to achieve technological breakthroughs in the decarbonization of the steel, iron, alumina and cement industries. Australia is the world’s second-largest alumina refining country and the largest alumina exporter.

Joining international research and technology providers, EGA is HILT’s first industry partner with operations entirely outside Australia. EGA’s Al Taweelah alumina refinery began production in 2019 and is the only alumina refinery in the UAE.

EGA also operates aluminum smelters in Abu Dhabi and Dubai and a bauxite mine and associated export facilities in the Republic of Guinea. EGA was the first aluminum producer in the Middle East to join the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI), and the first to achieve a site certification to the ASI Performance Standard.

In alumina refining, HILT CRC is focusing on decarbonizing the production of steam for digestion, and calcination. The two processes account for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions from alumina refineries and are the most significant decarbonization challenges at EGA’s Al Taweelah alumina refinery.

EGA is committed to reaching net zero