Officials from Aluminium Bahrain (Alba); Supreme Council for Environment (SCE); and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism (MOICT) paid an inspection visit to the construction site of Alba’s Spent Pot Lining (SPL) Treatment Plant, the first of its kind in the GCC and Middle East.

Built over 26,000 sq m with annual capacity of 35,000 tonnes of SPL, the Alba’s SPL Treatment Plant commenced construction in 2019 and is expected to start up by Q2 2021. The project’s overall progress has advanced by 42 per cent and achieved more than 178,000 safe working-hours without LTI to-date.

The visit was led by Alba’s Chief Executive Officer, Ali Al Baqali, Chief Executive Officer of Supreme Council for Environment, Dr Mohammed bin Dainah, and Undersecretary for Commerce Affairs at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Eman Ahmed Al Doseri, who were also accompanied by officials from Alba, MOICT, and SCE. This project is in line with Bahrain’s National Waste Management Strategy led by Shaikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Personal Representative of His Majesty King of Bahrain and President of the Supreme Council for Environment.

The project will provide a value-creating and sustainable solution to treat SPL with ensuring zero-waste.

On this occasion Al Baqali said: “The Spent Pot Lining Plant construction is in full swing and we are pleased with the progress we have achieved so far as that will bring us closer to realise our vision in setting the benchmark in terms of sustainability and waste management.

“I take the opportunity to thank MOICT for their continuous support in this journey and SCE for helping us to address one of the key environmental issues for our industry.”