EMAL Smelter at Al Taweelah, Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates
DUBAL's first technology licence agreement for DX Technology,
signed in October 2007, relates to the EMAL Smelter project at Al
Taweelah in Abu Dhabi, which involves a 1.5 million tonne smelter
to be constructed in two equal phases, where commissioning of
Phase I (756 cells with the capacity to produce 750,000 tonnes
per annum) began in December 2009. The last cell was energized at
the end of December 2010, enabling EMAL Phase I to operate at full
capacity from January 2011.
EMAL's potrooms
By 30 April 2008, DUBAL had already delivered a comprehensive
package to the EMAL Smelter development and management team. The
package describes in detail how to implement, start and operate a
DX technology potline and comprises 504 drawings, specifications,
lists and procedures.
The DX Technology installed in EMAL Phase I will be upgraded
simultaneously to the EMAL Phase II project. The technology
upgrade, comprising proven enhancements, will increase the
production yield from the existing 756 cells to 800,000 metric
tonnes per annum by the end of 2012.
The EMAL Phase II project will entail the construction of a new
potline within the EMAL complex. The line will comprise 444 DX+
Technology cells, with an annual production capacity of 520,000
metric tonnes.