Alba’s Line 6 First Hot Metal by 2019

Manama : The Line 6 project is progressing as per schedule to expedite the safe delivery of the First Hot Metal by 01 January 2019, said Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) Chairman of Board of Directors Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa. 

“The overall project progress to date exceeded 25% (wherein engineering progressed more than 50% while contracts and procurement advanced by more than 75%),” said Shaikh Daij. 

He was receiving a high delegation from Line 6 EPCM contractor, International Bechtel Co. Ltd. (Bechtel), led by its President and Chief Operations Officer Jack Futcher and President for Mining & Metals Paige Wilson on Wednesday September 20, 2017.  

Present at the meeting were Alba’s Chief Executive Officer Tim Murray, Deputy CEO and Chief Supply Chain Officer Ali Al Baqali, Line 6 Project Director Shawqi Al Hashmi, Bechtel’s Line 6 Director Denis Garrity and Bechtel’s General Manager Shane Hall. 

Commenting on this meeting, Alba’s Chairman of Board of Directors Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa said:  “We are also confident that Bechtel will expedite the safe delivery of the First Hot Metal, as per target, by 01 January 2019.”