Line 6 to be a catalyst in Aluminium Downstream Park

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Aluminium Bahrain Chairman, Shaikh Daij bin Salman bin Daij Al Khalifa, stressed Alba’s “full commitment” to endorsing the national initiatives, led by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, including the National Economic Recovery Plan.

The recovery plan aims at boosting jobs, non-oil sector contribution, and direct and indirect investments for a circular economy.

The chairman also expressed keenness to putting in motion the Aluminium Downstream Park from the blueprint to reality and serve the cluster of companies with Line 6 metal to further contribute to Kingdom’s GDP.

Shaikh Daij added: “Bahrain has the most established infrastructure for the local downstream in the Region with the Aluminium sector contributing around 12% to Bahrain’s GDP.

The planned Aluminium Downstream Park, situated in the vicinity of Alba campus, will increase the contribution of non-oil sectors to the GDP of Bahrain and grow the exports of the Kingdom through setting-up of different Aluminium manufacturing and recycling projects.”

Transitioning to the world’s largest Aluminium smelter ex-China since 2020 thanks to Line 6, Alba will be a catalyst in the development of the planned Aluminium Downstream Park that was announced within Bahrain’s Economic Recovery Plan.

A US$3 billion game-changer, Line 6 Expansion Project added 540,000 metric tonnes per annum (mtpa) to Alba’s 1 million mtpa production, taking its nameplate capacity to more than 1.548 million mtpa (2020).

With this landmark Project, Alba will increase its metal supply to a thriving downstream sector, which will ultimately contribute to Bahrain’s socio-economic development.