Aluminium Bahrain

Alba announced that 56 Bahraini employees have successfully completed the ‘Al Jisr’ Training and Development programme. This flagship initiative is designed to build essential supervisory skills and accelerate career progression for high-potential nationals, reinforcing Alba’s commitment to developing future leaders from within. Alba’s Chief Executive Officer Ali Al Baqali recognised the programme’s participants during a ceremony held on 16 February 2025 at the Company’s premises, in the presence of the senior management team. Read article: https://lnkd.in/dTscyQ_4 #Training #AlJisr #Bahrainisation

Alba, in partnership with the International Sports Academies Federation (ISAF), successfully hosted the 3rd edition of the Alba Sports Festival on 14 and 15 February 2025 at Alba Club, Riffa. Bringing together around 1,500 amateur athletes from 21 nationalities and 43 sports academies, the festival featured 18 sports competitions, including swimming, tennis, padel, football, darts, snooker, bowling, and walkathon, along with new events such as athletics, arm wrestling, strongest man, and fencing. Read article: https://lnkd.in/dStCeRUm #AlbaSportsFestival #Sports #Festival #BahrainSportsDay

Alba announces the promotion of two highly accomplished Bahraini nationals, Hussain Al Halwachi and Abdulrahman Almulla, to key leadership positions within the Company. These promotions highlight Alba's long-standing commitment to developing its national workforce from within the ranks, nurturing talent, and building future leaders. Read article: https://bit.ly/40Mex6R #Promotions #Bahrainisation

Alba is the proud recipient of the prestigious Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Life President Award for its commitment to ensure a safe and healthy work environment as well as setting global benchmarks in safety and health. Read article: https://bit.ly/3Cp9rp7 #RoSPA #Award #Safety #Health

The new issue of Albayan is released! Kindly click on the following link to download the soft-copy: https://lnkd.in/d2mZudiG #Aluminium #Bahrain #Magazine #Albayan

In a forward step towards its ambitious decarbonisation goals, Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the world's largest aluminium smelter on a single site, is embarking on a pilot programme for an electric, battery-powered Aluminium Fluoride (AlF3) feeding vehicle. This innovative step, utilising a cutting-edge vehicle from Techmo Car S.p.A., is currently being evaluated in Reduction Lines 4, 5, and 6. Alba will analyse the data and performance of this trial vehicle to inform its decision on a potential fleet-wide adoption of electric AlF3 feeding vehicles. This move underscores Alba's commitment to sustainable operations and aligns perfectly with its overarching Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategy. Read article: https://bit.ly/4hC8EA7 #EV #ElectricVehicle #AlF3 #Techmo #Sustainability #Decarbonisation

Alba’s CEO, Ali Al Baqali, visited the headquarters of Midal Cables on 22 January 2025, where he met with its CEO, Khalid A. Latif, and members of the senior management. The meeting highlighted the strong partnership between Alba & Midal Cables, with Midal Cables being Alba’s largest client, receiving over 220,000 MT of liquid metal annually. Al Baqali commended the vital role Midal Cables plays in the aluminium downstream industry within the Kingdom and the region. He also expressed appreciation for Midal Cable’s recent Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) accreditation, which underscores its position and efforts to drive sustainability in the sector. #Partnership #Midal #Alba

As part of its ongoing commitment to developing its national workforce, Alba announced that it has promoted more than 2,080 employees over the past five years. The Company held a special ceremony on 23 January 2025 to celebrate the promotion of its national cadres (including 218 employees who were promoted in 2024). The event was attended by Chief Executive Officer Ali Al Baqali, Executives, management teams, representatives from the two labour unions. [ Read article: https://bit.ly/3CtdPmM ] #Promotions #Development #HumanResources #Bahrainisation

Alba has joined the Open Innovation Program, backed by Bahrain’s Labour Fund (Tamkeen) and managed by Brinc MENA. This Program connects leading enterprises with innovative Bahraini startups and SMEs to develop cutting-edge solutions that address the enterprises’ challenges and requirements, and enhance operational efficiency, drive sustainability, and foster economic growth. Alba is the first company in Bahrain to participate in this initiative. [ Read article: https://bit.ly/40sDCDE ] #Tamkeen #OpenInnovationProgram #Program Tamkeen

Alba CEO Ali Al Baqali welcomed the Director of Academy at the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) Ian Cooke and the Regional Manager at LEEA Amro Hassan during their visit to the Company’s premises on 20 January 2025. LEEA’s delegation presented a special trophy to the CEO in recognition of Alba’s outstanding safety commitment and adherence to highest standards in safe lifting operations. Attended by Director Safety and Health (SH) Mohd Khalil and Sr. Manager SH Nezar Hameed, the meeting focused on strengthening the collaborative partnership between the two organisations. Alba is proud to have 24 active lifting tackle inspectors certified by LEEA, significantly enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of inspections across the Company’s operations. #LEEA #LiftingEquipment #Safety #Trophy LEEA