Manama: Bahrain-based Alba, operator of one of the world’s largest aluminium smelters, yesterday announced its plans to award the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for Power Station 5 and finalise syndicated loan tranche by September.
Both are key steps in its $3 billion Line 6 expansion which will make it the world’s largest single aluminium smelter complex, boosting annual output by 540,000 tonnes to 1 .