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“Our project is not dependent on imported alumina and market fluctuation. Our inputs for the site – bauxite, caustic soda, energy – are local” |
The build bigger approach is characteristic of the Gulf. Are too many aluminium smelters being built in the region? Abdallah Dabbagh, president and chief executive of Ma’aden, Saudi Arabia’s national mining company, thinks the proximity of huge hydrocarbon resources means they will all remain competitive on the global market. In any case, he tells Euromoney: “Ma’aden is not building an aluminium smelter.
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