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 Dubai
Aluminium
Company
Limited
(DUBAL)
is the largest
single site
aluminium
smelter
in the western
world, incorporating
a 1450 MW
power station
and water
desalination
plant.
DUBAL
produces
536,000
metric tons
per annum
of primary
metal, mainly
in the form
of foundry
alloy, billet
for extrusion
products
and high
purity aluminium
for distribution
to worldwide
markets.
The company
is also
accredited
to the ISO
9002 quality
standard
and was
recently
awarded
the ISO
14001 environmental
standard
for its
entire operation.
Through
its adjacent
dock facility
in the Jebel
Ali container
port, DUBAL
supplies
its products
to over
200 customers
across the
globe on
a 'just
in time'
basis.
After
the oil
industry,
the Dubai
Aluminium
Company
(DUBAL)
is the emirate's
industrial
flagship
and its
largest
foreign
exchange
earner.
The company's
operations,
based on
a 480-hectare
site 35
kilometers
from Dubai,
include
an aluminium
smelter
with a production
capacity
of 536,000
tonnes per
annum (tpa),
a power
station
with an
installed
capacity
of 1450
megawatts
and a desalination
plant capable
of producing
30 million
gallons
of fresh
water daily.
It employs
3000 skilled
professionals,
craftsmen,
support
staff and
operators,
including
a good percentage
of UAE Nationals
in positions
of increasing
responsibility.
 Being
located
in Dubai
facilitates
the company's
ability
to source
raw materials
and gives
it a competitive
advantage
in key markets
around the
world. Excellent
port facilities
enable it
to receive
alumina,
petroleum
coke and
pitch from
suppliers
in Australia,
the United
States and
Korea respectively,
as well
as to expedite
shipments
to markets
in the Far
East (Japan,
Korea, Taiwan
and China),
the ASEAN
region (Thailand,
Indonesia,
Malaysia
and Singapore),
USA and
Europe.
A
relatively
young smelter
by industry
standards,
DUBAL has
nevertheless
achieved
great success
during its
20 year
history.
The
company
recently
completed
its third
major expansion.
The new
sixth potline,
code named
Condor,
has increased
DUBAL's
capacity
by around
40%, making
DUBAL one
of the largest
single site
smelter
in the western
world.
DUBAL's
success
can be attributed
to its unswerving
commitment
to quality
and continuous
improvement
in every
aspect of
its business,
from safety
and operations
to financial
performance
and environmental
protection.
This commitment
was recognised
in 1996
when DUBAL
received
the Dubai
Quality
Award as
Company
of the Year,
Production
and Manufacturing.
DUBAL
will continue
to be a
business
leader in
the emirate
by capitalising
on its strengths
in the future.
It has developed
its own
smelting
technology
and large
project
management
capabilities,
which will
help the
company
move successfully
into the
next millenium.
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Precision
and perfection
are not
unique to
aluminium
profiles.
They are
attributes
that also
apply to
extrusion
billets
from DUBAL.
Targeting
the construction
industry
for such
products,
DUBAL's
billets
are cast
mainly in
alloy 6063
and derive
their superior
quality
from the
intrinsic
purity of
the metal,
'Airslip'
hot top
casting
and a state-of-the-art
continuous
homogenisation
process.
For absolute
precision,
billets
are available
in diameters
from 152mm
to 355mm
and in lengths
up to seven
meters. 
In
the automotive
wheel industry,
consistency
of the product
quality
and high
smelter
purity are
of paramount
importance.
This explains
why many
of the world's
single finest
alloy wheels
on the road
today are
made with
aluminium
from DUBAL,
the world's
single largest
producer
of foundry
alloys,
unmodified
and strontium
modified
metal for
the wheel
industry. 
