Alba joins hands with Regain for SPL treatment plant

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) has signed Australian-based Regain as the technology partner for its Spent Pot Lining (SPL) Treatment Plant. The signing took place in the presence of Alba’s Chairman of the Board of Directors Shaikh Daij bin Salman bin Daij Al Khalifa on 20 November 2019 and Regain’s Managing Director Bernie Cooper, Strategic Consultant Frank Briganti.

Alba Executives - Chief Operations Officer Dr Abdulla Habib, Chief Admin and Supply Officer Waleed Tamimi, Chief Financial Officer Bryan Harris, Director Safety, Health & Environment Moh’d Khalil along with other Alba officials were present. Commenting, Alba’s Chairman of the Board of Directors Shaikh Daij said it believes in collaborating with companies that help innovate and grow.

Alba announced the establishment of the first-of-its-kind SPL Treatment Plant in the GCC and Bahrain in September 2019. The SPL Treatment Plant - expected to be operational by Q1 2021 - is in collaboration with Bahrain’s Supreme Council for Environment (SCE) and is a zero-waste process with a capacity to treat 30,000 - 35,000 tonnes of SPL a year then convert it to valueproduct.

The estimated budget for establishing the SPL treatment Plant is close to US$ 44 million. Regain’s Managing Director Bernie Cooper commented: “The SPL Treatment Plant to be established in Bahrain will set new global benchmarks in terms of environmental sustainability and economics for transforming SPL into value-added products.”