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Modern Dubai (City
Plaza) and historic
quarter (Al Bastakiya)
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Aluminium Middle East 2013 –
Expand your reach within the region
‘Aluminium Middle East’ is the leading exhibition
for aluminium products, technologies
and investments in the Middle East. Formerly
known as ‘Aluminium Dubai’, the exhibition
is on its third edition and brings together international
industry front-runners including
producers, manufacturers and processors of
raw materials and end products made from
aluminium components, as well as suppliers
of technologies and accessories for aluminium
production, processing and refinement.
The past success and growth of Aluminium
Dubai has helped the show broaden its horizons
and will now return in its third edition
as Aluminium Middle East with a larger base
of exhibitors and visiting industry professionals,
enabling participants to expand their reach
within the region and also on a global scale.
The 2013 event will feature the Middle
East and North African region’s fast growing
role in the global aluminium industry, highlighting
investment plans in new smelters and
expansion of existing capacities by the regional
market players from the Gulf Co-operation
Council (GCC) countries. The event is expected
to welcome more than 3,500 renowned in-
dustrial and manufacturing sector representatives
– an increase of 25% on 2011 – from over
70 countries, and 200 exhibitors from more
than 20 countries representing companies producing
and processing aluminium as well as
equipment and technology suppliers who are
interested in taking up a profitable business in
the Mena region.
The Aluminium Middle East exhibition will
be taking place from 23 to 25 April at the
Dubai International Convention & Exhibiting
Centre. Further details at www.aluminiummiddleeast.com
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Development of the aluminium
scrap and recycling
market in the GCC
Rising production of primary aluminium coupled
with parallel development of downstream industries
has led to an increase in the scope of using
more of aluminium scrap in remelting activities
for downstream players by procuring the right
alloy grade, recycling and thereby saving cost.
According to the consulting firm Frost & Sullivan,
the aluminium scrap and recycling market in the
GCC was an estimated 292,281 tonnes in 2010,
and is expected to reach 593,434 tonnes in 2017
at a compound annual growth rate of 10.6% between
2010 and 2017.
The aluminium recycling market is at a nascent
stage in the GCC, as it is predominantly an
export driven market. Moreover, the aluminium
downstream industry is yet to establish itself as
a major scrap procurer in this region. The current
market volume for aluminium scrap in the GCC
is growing. It gets 35-40% from used beverage
cans, 30-35% from used doors and windows
while other scrap types are engines (11%), wheels
(5%), sheet (4%), cables and other type of mixed
alloy scraps constituting about 5-7%. The aluminium
remelting facilities that consume the scrap
and form alloy grades based on customer requirements
are majorly present in the UAE, Bahrain
and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with few players in
the rest of the region.
“The GCC is one of the fastest growing aluminium
markets in the world. With the development
of new smelters and expansions, more
secondary remelting opportunities will arise.
Downstream players are moving towards the
scrap recycling market in order to reduce significant
energy costs and be efficient operationally to
cut input costs and reduce the carbon footprint.
These are some of the factors driving growth in
the aluminium recycling industry in the region.
Additionally, the emergence of the packaging
industry, growth in automotive, construction and
consumer sectors in the GCC are expected to
further drive the aluminium scrap generation,”
says Frost & Sullivan. F&S therefore anticipates
the secondary aluminium market in the GCC to
be a key contributor to the recycling industry and
create huge employment opportunities in the
next ten years.
Frost & Sullivan’s study on the aluminium
scrap and recycling market in the GCC indicates
that the individual aluminium remelting facilities
play a huge role in converting scrap and making
secondary alloy ingots based on customer
requirements. In addition, as major scrap recyclers
look at more export opportunities, downstream
players are left with limited sources of scrap in
the region. F&S recommends implementation of
new export policies so that the scrap generated
in the GCC is used within the region for better
energy utilisation and to obtain economies of
scale.
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