MANAMA: Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the Bahrain-based aluminium smelter, closed 2019 by achieving an all-time record in its metal sales as volume reached 1,350,326 tonnes, up 33 per cent year-over-year (YoY), while production topped 1,365,005 tonnes, up 35pc YoY.
For the fourth quarter of 2019, metal sales reached 405,259 tonnes, up 54pc YoY, versus 262,346 tonnes in Q4 2018, production figures reached 401,175 tonnes, up 62pc YoY versus 248,149 tonnes in the same period of 2018 .