Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (trading as Alba) is a Bahraini aluminium producer and smelting company based in Askar, Bahrain. The company was incorporated in 1968 and began commercial operations in 1971 as the first aluminium smelter in the Middle East. Alba is dually listed on the Bahrain Bourse and the London Stock Exchange.
History
Alba was incorporated on 9 August 1968 by Amiri decree. Construction of the smelter began in 1969, and the company produced its first aluminium in May 1971 with an initial capacity of 120,000 metric tonnes per year. During the following decades, Alba expanded its production base by commissioning Reduction Line 3 in 1981, Reduction Line 4 and Power Station 3 in 1992, a coke calciner in 2002, and Reduction Line 5 in 2005, which increased total capacity to more than 830,000 metric tonnes per year.[1]
In 2010, Alba completed an initial public offering and obtained a dual listing on the Bahrain Bourse and London Stock Exchange.[2][3]