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About us
- About us
- Corporate profile
- Vision, mission and values
- Operations
- Governance
- Our leadership
- Our history
- Our value chain
- Our policies and certifications
Products
- Products
- The metal of the future
- How aluminium is made
- Primary aluminium
- Bauxite
- Water
- Customer portal
- Marketing contacts and regional offices
Impact
- Impact
- Our commercial success
- Our economic impact in the UAE
- Made in the UAE
Sustainability
- Sustainability
- Our approach
- Safety
- Energy
- Water
- Biodiversity
- Emissions
- Waste
- Integrity
Innovation
- Innovation
- Our approach
- EGA's technology
- Our technology development process
- Continuous improvement
- Technology licencing
Opportunity
- Opportunity
- Our approach
- Emiratisation
- Developing our people
- Supporting education
- Careers

About us
About us

We are the world’s largest ‘premium aluminium’ producer and the biggest industrial company in the UAE outside oil and gas.
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Products
Products

Aluminium makes modern life possible, from the smartphone in your hand, to the plane you fly in, to the buildings where you live and work.
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Impact
Impact

For 40 years, EGA has played a major role in the industrialisation and economic diversification of the UAE. Our product is the second largest made-in-the UAE export and we are the heart and foundation of the broader UAE aluminium sector.
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Sustainability
Sustainability

EGA aspires to be measured amongst the world’s most responsible metals and mining companies in everything we do. In 2017, EGA became the first Middle East headquartered company to join the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative.
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- Our approach
- Safety
- Energy
- Water
- Biodiversity
- Emissions
- Waste
- Integrity
Innovation
Innovation

EGA has focused on innovation for over 25 years. We have used our own technology in every smelter expansion since the 1990s and retrofitted our older production lines. In 2016 we became the first UAE industrial company to licence our process internationally.
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Opportunity
Opportunity

EGA directly and indirectly creates tens of thousands of jobs in the UAE and internationally.
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Our history

Emirates Global Aluminium is built on the proud heritage of two aluminium pioneers. We have been developing our business for the past four decades, and today our aluminium is used to create products that touch lives around the world. From skyscrapers to smart phones, aluminium makes modern life possible– and through us, the UAE is a leading supplier of this ‘metal of the future.’

1975
1. May
  
  Our founder, the late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, signs a decree establishing Dubai Aluminium.
1979
1. November
  
  First pot start-up at DUBAL (Potlines 1 to 3)
1990
1. October
  
  Start-up of Potline 4 at DUBAL
1996
1. September
  
  Start-up of Potline 5 at DUBAL
1999
1. May
  
  Start-up of Potline 6 at DUBAL
2003
1. September
  
  Start-up of Potline 9 at DUBAL
2005
1. May
  
  Start-up of Potline 7A at DUBAL
2006
1. June
  
  Start-up of Potline 7b & 9b at DUBAL
2007
1. February
  
  EMAL Phase I announced
2. May
  
  Acquisition of shares in Guinea Alumina Corporation JV
3. July
  
  Start-up of Potline 5B at DUBAL
2008
1. February
  
  Start-up of Potline 8 at DUBAL
2009
1. December
  
  Start of first pot at EMAL (Potlines 1 & 2)
2010
1. December
  
  EMAL Phase I fully commissioned
2011
1. June
  
  EMAL Phase II announced
2013
1. May
  
  EGA acquired 100% share of Guinea Alumina Corporation
2. June
  
  Formation of EGA announced
3. September
  
  Start-up of Potline 3 at EMAL
2014
1. June
  
  Republic of Guinea Parliament ratifies revised Guinea Alumina Corporation Project Scope
2. July
  
  EMAL Phase II fully commissioned
3. September
  
  EGA Board of Directors gives Limited Notice to Proceed with Shaheen Project Phase I
2015
1. March
  
  Al Taweelah Alumina incorporated
2. May
  
  EGA Board of Directors gives Notice to Proceed with Phase I of the Al Taweelah Alumina Refinery Project
2016
1. June
  
  EGA Board of Directors gives Full Notice to Proceed with Guinea Alumina Corporation Project Phase I
2017
1. Feb
  
  EGA becomes first Middle East headquartered company to join the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative
2. October
  
  EGA completes $300 million project to retrofit older production lines with UAE technology
2019
1. April
  
  EGA starts up Al Taweelah alumina refinery, the first in the UAE and only the second in the Middle East
2. August
  
  First bauxite exports from Guinea Alumina Corporation
3. November
  
  EGA celebrates 40 years since the first aluminium was produced in the UAE, by pot 2 in Line 1A at Jebel Ali.