Dubal supports life-giving initiative

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About Dubai Aluminium Company - Dubal:

Dubal is ranked as the seventh largest producer of primary aluminium in the world, and currently ranks as the largest single-site aluminium smelter complex in the Western world and is also one of the largest non-oil contributors to the economy of Dubai. Built on a 480-hectare site in Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE, Dubal's major facilities comprise an 970,000 tpa primary aluminium smelter, a 2,400 megawatt power station, a large carbon plant, three casthouses, a 30-million-gallon-per-day water desalination plant, laboratories, port and storage facilities. Employment is provided to more than 3,900 people.

The company has the capacity to produce approximately one million metric tonnes of high quality finished aluminium products a year, in three main forms: foundry alloy for automotive applications, extrusion billet for construction purposes and high purity aluminium for the electronics industry. A dynamic growth strategy will increase annual production volumes of hot metal to almost one million tonnes by the end of 2010.

Dubal serves more than 280 customers in over 45 countries predominantly in the Far East, Europe, the Asean region, the Middle East and Mediterranean region, and North America. The company holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO/TS 16949, ISO/IEC 27001 and OHSAS 18001 certification; and has twice won the Dubai Quality Award in the Production and Manufacturing sector (1996 and 2000). Furthermore, the company has won several international and local awards for its Safety and Environment performance.

For further information, please contact:

Yasser Fathy
Managing Director
Arabia PR FZ LLC
Tel: +9714 3911200
Fax: +9714 3904511
P.O. Box: 500491, Dubai, UAE