# 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.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-06-25
- Where: Bahrain, Bahrain
- Value: $2.50B
- Starts operating: Q3 2019
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 540,000 metric tons per year (additional); total capacity over 1.5 million mtpa
- Products: aluminum
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Aluminium Bahrain](https://endata.com/companies/9766.md)

## Sources

- [japantimes.co.jp](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/country-report/2019/06/26/global-insight/bahrain-report-2019/leading-world-aluminum/), 2019-06-25: "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."

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