Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the Bahrain-based international aluminium smelter, experienced a temporary power outage yesterday (April 5).

Alba has restored full power to the plant safely and normal operations have resumed, said a statement from the company.  

Alba revealed on Wednesday that its sales volume and throughput were up by 4.9 per cent and 5.6 per cent, respectively, year-over-year (YoY) in the first quarter of this year.

Sales volume in the first quarter of this year topped 242,932 metric tonnes (mt) versus 231,538 mt in the first quarter of last year, while its production reached 248,776 mt, an increase of 13,298 mt compared to 235,478 mt in Q1 2016, it said. - TradeArabia News Service