ALBA, the world’s largest smelter on one site, held its third quarterly board of directors’ meeting yesterday.
The company’s chairman Khalid Al Rumaihi started the meeting with: “Uncertainty tests resilience and we’re rising to the challenge.”
He added: “In a volatile market environment, our focus is clear: maintain consistency, drive operational excellence, and uphold cost discipline as we close out 2025 on a high note.”
During the meeting, the board reviewed and approved the minutes of the previous meeting held on August 5, 2025, and received comprehensive updates from the Executive and ESG Committee, Board Audit Committee, and Nomination, Remuneration, and Corporate Governance Committee on strategic matters, the company’s operational, financial and sales performance to-date, the ongoing feasibility study for the New Replacement Line (Class 3), amongst others.
Individual Directors’ Complete Declaration and an update on the Independence of each Alba board director were also given during the meeting.
Including the chairman, the Alba board of directors comprises five directors appointed by Mumtalakat – Shaikh Isa bin Khalid Al Khalifa, Tim Murray, Roselyne Renel, Omar Syed and Bruce Cox; two directors appointed by Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) – Ahmed Al Shaikh and Khaled Al Rowais, one expert director Rasha Sabkar and one elected director, Hala Mufeez.
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