Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance & Industry, and Chairman of Dubai Aluminium Company Limited (DUBAL) - the world’s seventh largest producer of premium quality aluminium – the company will host and sponsor the 22nd International Aluminium Conference 2007, which will be held at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Dubai from 9 to 12 September 2007. Organised by Metal Bulletin International (MBI), this is the first time that the annual event will take place in the Middle East.
The 22nd International Aluminium Conference in Dubai will be attended by major industry players representing the leading international aluminium companies.
Khalid Essa Abdullah Buhumaid, General Manager: Corporate Relations & International Affairs and the official spokesman of DUBAL said, “The annual MBI conference is attended by major industry players. The decision to hold the 2007 event in Dubai is in line with the guidelines set by H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE Minister of Finance & Industry, and Chairman of DUBAL, to attract leading international conferences related to the aluminium industry and to reflect Dubai’s leading position as a major international centre for the aluminium industry.
“It is expected that more than 350 high profile personalities in the aluminium industry will attend the event. This will be a good time for participants to be updated on the latest developments of aluminium production, smelting technology and environmental protection and safety,” said Mr Buhumaid. “The event will witness a number of papers related to emerging markets as well as discussions on the future of the aluminium industry, as it is known that the Arabian Gulf is considered one of the most promising areas for this industry and is expected that it will, in the near future, lead the industry globally.”
Abdulla Jassim Kalban, CEO: DUBAL, will be the keynote speaker at the four-day event. The conference agenda will include a tour of DUBAL’s industrial plants and will provide the participants a unique opportunity to witness what DUBAL has achieved in the field of aluminium production.
“By hosting such international conferences in the UAE, Dubai further enhances its role as a major attraction centre for foreign investment in the industrial sectors,” said Mr Buhumaid.
About Dubai Aluminium Company – DUBAL
DUBAL is ranked as the seventh largest producer of primary aluminium in the world, and currently ranks as the largest single-site aluminium smelter complex in the Western world and is also the single largest non-oil contributor to the economy of Dubai. Built on a 480-hectare site, DUBAL’s major facilities comprise an 883,000 tonnes-per-annum primary aluminium smelter, a 1,983 megawatt power station, a large carbon plant, three casthouses, a 30-million-gallon-per-day water desalination plant, laboratories, port and storage facilities.
The company has the capacity to produce more than 900,000 metric tonnes of high quality finished aluminium products a year, in three main forms: foundry alloy for automotive applications, extrusion billet for construction purposes and high purity aluminium for the electronics industry. A dynamic growth strategy will increase annual production volumes of metal to almost one million metric tonnes by 2008.
DUBAL serves 280 customers in 44 countries predominantly in the Far East, Europe, the ASEAN region, the Middle East and Mediterranean region, and North America. The company holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification; and has twice won the Dubai Quality Award in the Production and Manufacturing sector (1996 and 2000).
