Alba announces 50pc completion on Line 6 start-up

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) announced that it has successfully started additional 106 pots in Line 6 bringing by that 212 pots into life which is equivalent to 50% of Line 6 capacity on 18 April 2019. Chairman Shaikh Daij bin Salman bin Daij Al Khalifa attended the ceremony held on 30 April in the presence of CEO Tim Murray, members of Executive Management, Line 6 Start-up team along with senior Bechtel officials.

Commenting, Shaikh Daij, said: “We are excited to have progressed the ramp-up of Line 6 pots ahead of plan by 12 days. With 50pc of Line 6 operational, we look forward to advancing the safe commissioning of the remaining 212 pots on schedule and to move closer to full production by Q3 2019. Alba said it is now looking at the full completion of Line 6 by early Q3 2019.