Aluminium Bahrain brings Line 6 expansion online, becoming world's largest single-site smelter

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) is fully bringing online its Line 6 Expansion Project, adding 540,000 metric tons per year of aluminum capacity for a total of over 1.5 million mtpa, making it the world's largest single-site aluminum smelter. The $2.5 billion project started commissioning in December 2018 and will be fully operational in Q3 2019.

“We will generate an extra 540,000 metric tons a year of the metal, giving us a total capacity of over 1.5 million mtpa, and it will add more than $1 billion to our revenues.”japantimes.co.jp

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• japantimes.co.jpLeading the world in aluminum | The Japan TimesMami OkuboJun 25, 2019

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