Sustainable operations are key to future: Alba

Sustainable operations are key to the future,said Aluminium Bahrain(Alba) CEO while warning that the aluminium industry “continues to face many headwinds”. Tim Murray was commenting during a series of awareness sessions kick-started by the company to improve operational efficiency and productivity for value-creation and sustainable operations. The series titled ‘Titan – Phase III: The Phase of Urgency & Extreme Ownership’ Campaign was launched on 08 October 2018.

“Through Project Titan - Phase III, we seek to adopt extreme measures to improve our operational efficiency all the while being prepared to seize the right opportunities in the future,” said Murray highlighting the impact of higher Alumina prices coupled with fluctuating LME prices. Running for a month, the sessions are being held for Aluminium Bahrain employees across the plant by members of Alba’s Operational Excellence Department.

The event also featured Question & Answer sessions and open discussions on various subjects in order to streamline Alba’s cost structure. Alba had launched the Phase III of its company-wide, cost reduction programme Project Titan with an aim to reduce cash-cost by US$ 60 per metric tonne of aluminium and stepup its production capacity to 1,000,000 metric tonnes per annum by end of 2018.