Dubal

Dubal

Type	Public company
Industry	Aluminium
Founded	1979
Headquarters	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Key people	Abdullah Kalban, CEO
Products	Aluminium
Revenue	Not declared
Employees	4,166
Website	http://www.dubal.ae

The Dubai Aluminium Company Limited (DUBAL), located in Jebel Ali, is one of the largest industrial companies in the UAE. Some 14% of its total workforce are UAE nationals.

DUBAL was incorporated pursuant to a Decree of the Ruler of Dubai, dated 5 May 1975. It is a limited liability company, wholly owned by the Investment Corporation of Dubai. HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum is DUBAL's Chairman.

Dubal is currently ranked as the 7th largest global producer in the industry ^[1] with a current production capacity of 890,000 tonnes per annum by the end of 2007, increasing to 980,000 tonnes per annum by the end of 2010.

Contents 1 Facilities 1.1 Raw materials, port and storage facilities 1.2 Electric power generation 1.3 Smelter complex 1.4 Desalinisation plant 2 External links 3 References

Facilities

Raw materials, port and storage facilities

• Annual consumption of process materials: 2,170,000 tonnes of alumina, coke and coal;
• Maximum vessel size for port facility: 75,000 tonnes;
• Storage capacity: 295,000 tonnes.

Electric power generation

The power station is fired by indigenous natural gas.

• Power station installed capacity: 2,700 MW .

Smelter complex

• Reduction plant with capacity of 890,000 tonnes;
• Casthouses: 3, with a total of 27 furnaces;
• Carbon plant with capacity of 380,000 anodes/year.

Desalinisation plant

• Fresh water production capacity: 30 million US gallons (110,000 m³)/day
• Reservoir storage capacity: 10 million US gallons (38,000 m³)

External links

• Home page

References