Emirates Aluminium Co. , an Abu Dhabi-based smelter, is seeking customers in Europe for metal from a second production line and has found buyers in the U.S. and Asia , Gulf News reported, citing Chief Executive Officer Saeed Al Mazrooei.
Aluminum demand will rise by 2015, by which time the plant’s Phase 2 expansion will have started and as smelters in Europe close, removing supply from the market. the newspaper reported. Emal, as the company is known, is a joint venture of Dubai Aluminium Co., the Middle East’s largest smelter, and Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Development Co.