Alba's
Line 5 project celebrates major milestone
Posted: 24 June 2003
Aluminium Bahrain (ALBA) completed the pouring of the first concrete
foundation for the Reduction Rooms on 23rd of June 2003 at the Line
5 construction site.
The occasion was attended by representatives from the Alba, Bechtel
and A.A.Nass Senior Management Team who joined together to witness
one of the most important milestones in the construction of the
Line 5 Project, the largest expansion project currently in the region.
The pouring of the first concrete on the Line 5 site is a major
milestone for this project as it marks the beginning of the construction
phase of the Reduction-Rooms of Line 5.
In addition, this event marks the timely progress of the Line 5
project since its initial stages of development and indicates the
speed and efficiency at which the expansion has been proceeding
in order to meet the target schedule.
“We are extremely happy to be witnessing the first concrete
pouring on the Line 5 site as this highlights our success in meeting
the time constraints placed on us” explained Huma Assiri,
Civil Engineering Manager of the Line 5 Project.
“This occasion stands testimony to the effectiveness of the
project management tools currently being used to track and measure
the performance in all areas of the Line 5 Project as it is the
efficient combination of these management techniques which have
ensured that the project is proceeding to schedule and within the
assigned budget” continued Assiri.
For his part, Niall O’Byrne, General Manager of the Line
5 Expansion Project commented ” We are pleased to see that
this expansion project, scheduled for completion in early 2005,
has been progressing with speed and efficiency. We are confident
that as the project continues to develop the local community will
become increasingly aware of the socio-economic benefits resulting
from this expansion in terms of greater employment opportunities
and a further contribution to the national economy ”
Alba - Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C (c) - is a 520,000 tonnes per annum
aluminium smelter. As well as its reduction lines and casthouses,
the company has a dedicated carbon department and a 1500MW power
plant. A 450,000 tonnes per annum coke calcining plant is also in
operation at the company's marine terminal. The company was officially
opened in 1971 and its shareholders today are the Government of
Bahrain (77 per cent), SABIC Industrial Investments (20 per cent)
and Breton Investments (3 per cent).
The entire plant operates to the Environmental Management System
standard ISO14001 and the Casthouses and Marketing are also operating
to the ISO 9002 Quality Management System. The company has won a
number of awards including the inaugural Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman
Al Khalifa Award for Industrial Excellence, the International Millennium
Business Award for Environmental Achievement and a GCC-wide award
for Human Resources Development and nationalisation of the workforce.
ALBA’s Line 5 Expansion, due for completion in February 2005
will expand ALBA’s annual production by a further 307,000
tonnes per annum, making it the largest smelter in the world outside
of eastern Europe. At a total cost of US $ 1.7 billion, the expansion
will include a new power station, carbon & casthouse Plants
and other facilities
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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