The Jebel Ali site has the capacity to produce more than one
million metric tonnes of high quality finished aluminum products a
year, in three main forms: foundry alloy for automotive
applications; extrusion billet for construction, industrial,
forging and transportation purposes; and high purity aluminium for
the electronics and aerospace industries. More than 300 customers
are served in at least 50 countries predominantly in the Far
East, Europe, the ASEAN region, the Middle East and Mediterranean
region, and the Americas.
The company holds ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC
20000, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification at its Jebel Ali
site; and has twice won the Dubai Quality Award in the Production
and Manufacturing sector (1996 and 2000). Approximately 3,800
skilled operators, tradesmen, administrative staff, technicians,
professionals and managers are employed by DUBAL. Some 16 per
cent of the total workforce is drawn from the local population,
with UAE Nationals holding over 65 per cent of Senior
Management positions.
DUBAL also holds a 50 per cent share in Emirates
Aluminium ("EMAL"), a green-field smelter development at Al
Taweelah, Abu Dhabi. Commissioning of EMAL Phase 1 (comprising a
756-cell smelter plus associated power generation, reduction
material and casting infrastructure) began in December 2009 and was
completed by December 2010, enabling operation at fully
production capacity of 750,000 metric tonnes from 2011.
EMAL Phase II was announced in July 2011. A new 444-cell potline
will be built which, together with a technology upgrade of the
existing cells, will increase EMAL's annual production capacity to
1.3 million metric tonnes by 2014.
Active investments are also being made to secure DUBAL's
requirements of alumina and other critical raw materials. With
regards to alumina feedstock in particular, the company has to date
engaged in several strategic upstream bauxite/alumina projects
the most active being in Brazil, Cameroon, and Republic of
Guinea.
Driven by a quest for continuous improvement and ongoing
innovation, DUBAL has over the past 25 years developed advanced
reduction cell technologies that not only increase productivity but
also reduce the operations' impact on the environment through
improved energy efficiency and reduced emission levels. This has
culminated most recently in our proprietary DUBAL DX Technology - a
state-of-the-art UAE flagship technology that operates at 380kA
plus and performs among the most efficient reduction cell
technologies available. Developed in 2006, DX Technology has been
implemented in a dedicated 40-cell potline at DUBAL's Jebel Ali
smelter complex; and in the 756 cells at EMAL Phase I. The
next generation DX+ Technology, piloted at Jebel Ali, has operated
stably at 440 KA since February 2012. DX+ Technology has been
specified for the 444-cells in EMAL Phase II.
Entirely state-owned, DUBAL is one of the largest non-oil
contributors to the economy of Dubai and is widely regarded as the
industrial flagship of the UAE. Having begun to tap metal at the
Jebel Ali site in November 1979, DUBAL celebrated our company's
30th anniversary in 2009.
