Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C (Alba)
- Alba provides over 3000 jobs
- 90% of the employees at Alba are Bahraini's.
- Alba's ownership: 70% of the company is owned by the Bahraini Government (mumtalakat) 20% SABIC and 10% general public.
- Officially commenced operations in 1971
- At first they produced 120,000 tonnes per annum
- They now produce up to 890,000 tonnes per annum
- 50% of Alba's products are used in Bahrain's industry with the rest exported to regional and international customers in the Middle East, Europe, Far East, South East Asia, Africa, and North America.
Products produced by Alba
- Standard and T-ingots
- Extrusion billets
- Rolling slab
- Propertzi ingots
- Molten aluminium