Emirates Global Aluminium

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) is one of the United Arab Emirates' principal industrial companies and the country's largest aluminium producer. Created in 2013 through the combination of Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL) and Emirates Aluminium (EMAL), EGA brought together two major UAE smelting operations under a single industrial platform. Its business is strategically important to the UAE because it supports economic diversification beyond hydrocarbons, develops heavy-industry capabilities, and supplies aluminium to customers in international markets. EGA's activities extend across much of the aluminium value chain. In the UAE, the company operates primary aluminium smelters at Jebel Ali in Dubai and Al Taweelah in Abu Dhabi. The Jebel Ali operation originated with DUBAL, while the Al Taweelah operation was developed by EMAL. Together, these assets give EGA annual primary aluminium production capacity of approximately 2.34 million tonnes, according to the referenced company and industry material. The Jebel Ali complex includes a large smelter and an associated power station, while Al Taweelah includes a larger smelter and dedicated power-generation infrastructure. The company has also pursued vertical integration upstream and downstream. EGA operates an alumina refinery at Al Taweelah in Abu Dhabi and has interests in bauxite mining and export infrastructure in the Republic of Guinea. These assets are intended to provide greater control over raw-material supply and reduce dependence on external alumina and bauxite sources. Outside the UAE, EGA has been associated with a specialty foundry in Germany and an aluminium recycling plant in the United States, extending its presence beyond conventional primary smelting. The company's origins reach back to 1975, when Dubai Aluminium was established as the UAE's first aluminium production company. Its Jebel Ali facilities began production after a four-year development period. Emirates Aluminium was established in 2007, and its Al Taweelah project became a second major pillar of UAE aluminium production. The 2013 merger created EGA and allowed the two shareholders' industrial assets and capabilities to be coordinated within one company. EGA positions itself as an integrated, technology-oriented aluminium producer. Its commercial proposition includes standard primary aluminium products as well as value-added metal for customers in sectors such as transport, construction, packaging, engineering, and industrial manufacturing. The company also emphasizes operational efficiency, international supply-chain reach, industrial research, and lower-impact production. Its stated development direction has included further international expansion, raw-material integration, recycling, and exploration of new production capacity. In 2020, the company announced plans for a production facility in Colombia, although the available reference material does not establish the project's final operating status. EGA is privately held rather than publicly traded. Its ownership by Mubadala Investment Company and Investment Corporation of Dubai links it to two major UAE sovereign investment institutions. The company therefore combines the operating profile of a global commodities producer with a strategic role in the UAE's industrial policy. Its principal risks include energy intensity, commodity-price cycles, environmental regulation, logistics, geopolitical disruption, and the capital requirements associated with mining, refining, smelting, and recycling projects.

EGA's corporate history is rooted in the development of aluminium production in the United Arab Emirates. Dubai Aluminium, commonly known as DUBAL, was founded in 1975 as the country's first aluminium production company. Its initial industrial site was established at Jebel Ali in Dubai. Construction and commissioning took several years, with production beginning approximately four years after the company was founded. The Jebel Ali complex subsequently developed into a large integrated smelting site with its own power-generation facilities and supporting infrastructure. A second major phase began with the creation of Emirates Aluminium, or EMAL, in 2007. EMAL developed the Al Taweelah aluminium complex in Abu Dhabi. The project expanded the UAE's domestic primary-metal capacity and established a second major smelting centre alongside DUBAL. Al Taweelah was designed as a large-scale industrial operation, including a smelter, dedicated power-generation capacity, and related facilities. In 2013, DUBAL and EMAL were merged to create Emirates Global Aluminium. The combination consolidated the UAE's two principal aluminium-production platforms under one company. EGA subsequently operated smelters in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi and became an important national industrial enterprise. The merged structure also provided a basis for coordinated investment in technology, raw materials, international projects, and downstream capabilities. EGA's later development focused increasingly on vertical integration. In addition to primary aluminium production, the company expanded into alumina refining and bauxite mining. Its Al Taweelah alumina refinery in Abu Dhabi added domestic refining capacity, while bauxite-mining and associated export operations in Guinea gave the company access to an upstream source of aluminium ore. This strategy connected mining, refining, and smelting activities across multiple countries and reduced the company's profile as a purely UAE-based smelter operator. The company also developed or held interests in activities outside the core UAE smelting system, including a specialty foundry in Germany and an aluminium recycling plant in the United States. These operations broadened EGA's geographic reach and connected its primary-metal activities with specialty production and secondary aluminium. In 2020, EGA announced plans for a production facility in Colombia, indicating an interest in additional international growth, although the supplied references do not establish the project's completion or current status. EGA is jointly controlled by Mubadala Investment Company and Investment Corporation of Dubai, two UAE sovereign investment institutions. It remains privately held and is not identified in the supplied material as having publicly traded shares. Its history reflects the UAE's wider industrial-diversification strategy: the country used energy, infrastructure, state-backed capital, and large-scale project development to build a globally connected aluminium sector. EGA's current operating model combines UAE-based smelting with overseas mining, refining, specialty manufacturing, and recycling interests.

1. 2020Colombia expansion plan announced

   EGA announced plans for an aluminium production facility in Colombia; the supplied material does not confirm its eventual completion.

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2. 2013DUBAL and EMAL merge

   Dubai Aluminium and Emirates Aluminium were combined to form Emirates Global Aluminium.

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3. 2007Emirates Aluminium is established

   Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) was founded to develop a major new aluminium-production operation in Abu Dhabi.

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4. 1979Jebel Ali production begins

   The DUBAL project at Jebel Ali began production after several years of development.

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5. 1975Dubai Aluminium is founded

   Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL) was established as the United Arab Emirates' first aluminium production company.

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An integrated, internationally oriented aluminium producer focused on scale, vertical integration, industrial technology, and the UAE's non-oil economic development.

• Primary aluminiumPrimary metals

  EGA produces primary aluminium at its Jebel Ali smelter in Dubai and Al Taweelah smelter in Abu Dhabi. The combined facilities have reported annual production capacity of approximately 2.34 million tonnes. The metal is supplied internationally for conversion into products used in transport, construction, packaging, engineering, and other industrial applications.

• AluminaRefined materials

  EGA operates an alumina refinery at Al Taweelah in Abu Dhabi. Alumina is the refined intermediate produced from bauxite and is subsequently used as feedstock in the electrolytic production of primary aluminium. The refinery supports EGA's strategy of integrating upstream raw-material processing with its UAE smelters.

• BauxiteMining and raw materials

  Through its Guinean operations, EGA has interests in bauxite mining and related export facilities. Bauxite is the principal ore used to produce alumina. The Guinean assets provide an upstream source of raw material for the company's broader aluminium value chain.

• Recycled aluminiumSecondary metals

  EGA has an aluminium recycling plant in the United States. The recycling activity extends the company's portfolio beyond primary production and supports the recovery and remelting of aluminium-bearing material, although the supplied references do not provide detailed product grades or capacity figures.

• Specialty foundry productsSpecialty aluminium manufacturing

  EGA has a specialty foundry in Germany. The available material identifies the facility but does not specify its full product range, customer sectors, or individual product brands.

• 2020Proposed Colombian production facilityStrategy

  EGA announced an international expansion initiative involving a proposed aluminium production facility in Colombia.

  What changed. The company announced plans to establish the facility.

  Aftermath. The supplied references do not provide enough information to determine whether the project was completed, cancelled, or remains under development.

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• 2013Combination of DUBAL and EMALM&A

  The UAE's two major aluminium platforms, Dubai Aluminium and Emirates Aluminium, were brought together to create a larger integrated producer.

  What changed. The companies were merged and operated under the Emirates Global Aluminium name.

  Aftermath. The transaction created a company with major smelting operations in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi and a platform for international expansion across mining, refining, manufacturing, and recycling.

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• 2026Al Taweelah production base reported damaged in missile and drone attacks

  The referenced material reports that EGA's Al Taweelah production base sustained significant damage during Iranian missile and drone attacks on 28 March 2026.

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• 2020EGA announces plans for a production facility in Colombia

  EGA announced plans to establish an aluminium production facility in Colombia. The available reference does not confirm whether the proposed project subsequently entered operation.

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1. Emirates Global Aluminium
2. Emirates Global Aluminium official website