Alba Line 6 nearing completion: Shaikh Daij

Aluminium Bahrain’s (Alba) Line 6 Expansion Project is nearing its completion setting the stage for it to become the world’s largest aluminium smelter, said a top Alba official. Chairman of Alba’s Board of Directors, Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa, during its third quarterly Board of Directors meeting for this year, congratulated Alba employees and contractors for achieving “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’,” he said. The meeting 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. The board reviewed reports of Line 6 Expansion Project overall progress, Project Titan – Phase IV achieved savings as well as insights on the overall market conditions.

The Alba board 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 two elected directors, Omar A. Al-Amoudi and Mutlaq Al-Morished.