EGA signs agreements to upgrade Inalum smelter

摘要

Emirates Global Aluminium in the UAE has signed a series of agreements with PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) to provide technological know-how for the upgrade of the company’s aluminium smelter in North Sumatra. EGA will provide expertise to upgrade the performance of the Inalum smelter by retrofitting improvements to its existing technology, which was first installed in 1982. The project, which is expected to take some 18 months to complete, aims to increase production at the aluminium smelter by 20,000 tpy. EGA has extensive experience in upgrading smelting technology: the company has completed a series of similar upgrades across its sites in Jebel Ali and Al Taweelah over the past decade. EGA and Inalum also signed an extension to an MoU on broader cooperation, which envisages potential cooperation on the con-struction of a new aluminium smelter in Indonesia using EGA’s proprietary technology.