Alba to establish first Spent Pot Lining Treatment Plant in GCC

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) yesterday announced the establishment of the first-ofits-kind Spent Pot Lining (SPL) Treatment Plant in the GCC and Bahrain. The new plant will have a capacity to treat 30,000 to 35,000 tonnes of SPL a year, which after being processed, can be used in other industries.

A result of the co-operative efforts between Alba and Bahrain’s Supreme Council for Environment (SCE), the SPL Treatment Plant is in line with Bahrain’s National Waste Management Strategy led by HH Shaikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Personal Representative of His Majesty King of Bahrain and President of the Supreme Council for Environment. With the establishment of this Plant, Alba will be developing a value-creating and sustainable solution for the treatment of SPL with zero-waste.

Commenting on this initiative, Alba’s Acting Chief Executive Officer Ali Al Baqali said: “Through establishing SPL Treatment Plant, we get closer to meet our company-wide goals in key corporate responsibility areas - in line with Bahrain Economic Vision 2030. We also look forward to progressing this project and have it operational by the first quarter of 2021.”

Dr Mohamed Bin Daina, Chief Executive of the Supreme Council for Environment, Bahrain said: “We are pleased that Alba will lead this transformation in the region with the establishment of the SPL Treatment plant, which will have environmental as well as economic benefits for Bahrain.”