2014 Aluminium Production in the GCC reached to 4,928,143 tons, an increase of 1,179,527 tons compared to 2013

Collectively the five Aluminium companies (EGA, Alba, Ma’aden, Qatalum and Sohar Aluminium) produced 4,928,143 tons of primary Aluminium in 2014 compared to 3,748,616 tons in 2013, an increase of 31%.

GCC Aluminium production constitutes 10% of the total world production.

Mr. Mahmood Daylami, Secretary General, Gulf Aluminium Council(GAC) added, “The main increase has come from Ma’aden Aluminum, Saudi Arabia start-up which was successfully ramped up during the year, and EMAL Phase 2 project completion before the target date”.

He also added that the production for 2015 is expected to be more than 5 million tons.

GCC remains to be one of the leading hubs for the Aluminum business where 40% of its production utilized by the Downstream Aluminium industry in the Gulf for Regional and International market, while the balance of the primary Aluminium production are exported to different regions of the world.

GCC Aluminium production are of the highest quality and the plants are modern, and environmentally-friendly and are regarded to be the most advanced in the world.

Copyright and Exemption Declaration :¢ÙAll articles, pictures and videos that are marked with "China Aluminum Network" on this website are copyright and belong to China Aluminium Network (www.alu.com.cn). When transshipment, any media, website or individual must list the source from "China Aluminium Network (www.alu.com.cn)". We seek legal actions against anyone that disobey this. ¢ÚArticles that marked as copy from others are for transferring more information to readers, do not represent or endorse their opinions or accuracy and reliability. When other media, website or individuals copy from our website, must keep the source. Anyone that changes the articles' sources will hold the responsibilities for copyright and law problems. We also seek legal actions against anyone that disobey this. ¢ÛIf any articles copied by our website concern the copyright and other problems, please contact us within one week.