Alba 'gearing up to become largest smelter'
CONSTRUCTION NEWS
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) is gearing up to become the world’s largest aluminium smelter as Line 6 nears completion, a statement by Alba chairman Shaikh Daij bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa said.
In the statement, issued during Alba's third quarterly board of directors meeting for this year today (September 25) at Alba, Shaikh Daij stated: “I congratulate all Alba employees and contractors as we have made history by achieving an outstanding safety milestone of more than 11 million working-hours without lost time injury (LTI). This safety score endorses our overarching objective of ‘Think Safety First and Always’.”
During the meeting, the board approved the minutes of the previous meeting which was held on April 30, as well as 2020 marketing plan. In addition, the board reviewed reports of the executive committee, board audit committee and the nomination, remuneration and corporate governance committee.
Updates were also given on safety, financial performance to date, Line 6 Expansion Project overall progress, savings achieved by Project Titan – Phase IV, as well as insights on the overall market conditions.
The board also approved the appointment of Bryan Harris as the chief financial officer and Khalid Turani as the chief internal audit and risk officer with immediate effect.
In addition to Shaikh Daij (chairman), the Alba board of directors comprises six directors appointed by Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company – Yousif Abdulla Taqi, Osama Mohammed Al Arrayedh, Yaser E Humaidan, Dr Mohamed Kameshki and Suha Karzoon. The two directors appointed by Sabic Industrial Investments Co (SIIC) are Ahmed Mohammad A Al Jabr and Ali Al Shamrani and the two elected directors are Omar A Al-Amoudi and Mutlaq Al-Morished. - TradeArabia News Service
