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Core smelting operations

Dubai Aluminium Company Limited, Jebel Ali

Entirely state-owned, Dubai Aluminium Company Limited ("DUBAL") was established in 1979 to aid the diversification of the UAE economy by adding value to the country's oil-rich mineral resources. Our company, widely regarded as the industrial flagship of the UAE and one of the largest non-oil contributors to Dubai's economy, proudly celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2009. Read more

Emirates Aluminium Company Limited, Al Taweelah

EMAL is a joint venture between Dubai Aluminium Company Limited ("DUBAL") and Mubadala Development Company ("Mubadala") and was established in February 2007 to construct what will become the world's largest single-site aluminium smelter complex.  The project will be built in two Phases. The 756-cell EMAL Phase I, which uses DUBAL's DX Technology, was fully commissioned by the end of 2010, will produce about 750,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum from 2011 onwards.

In July 2011, EMAL Phase II was announced. A new 444-cell potline will be built using DUBAL's DX+ Technology. This, together with a technology upgrade of the existing 756 cells, will increase EMAL's annual production capacity to 1.3 million metric tonnes by 2014.

The EMAL complex, a 6 sq. km site in the Khalifa Port Industrial Zone in Al Taweelah, half-way between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, produces primary aluminium with a product mix of sow, standard ingot, tee ingot, extrusion billet and sheet ingot.

Being the largest industrial project in the UAE outside the oil and gas industry, EMAL encouraging economic diversification, by creating downstream opportunities. 

EMAL adheres to strict environmental standards set by the Abu Dhabi Environmental Agency, with state-of the-art emission control equipment including sulphur-dioxide scrubbers, the latest potroom gas treatment technology, the best-available gas turbine systems, and cooling towers to eliminate thermal stress on local marine life.