Emirates Global Aluminum announced its collaboration with Australia’s HILT CRC to advance research in the alumina refining process decarbonisation.

Australia’s HILT CRC is a collaborative research centre that brings together industry, researchers, and government to deliver technological innovations for the decarbonisation of steel, iron, alumina, and cement industries. Australia is the world’s second-largest alumina producer and the largest alumina exporter. Emirates Global Aluminium is the first partner of the Australian Centre in the aluminium sector, whose industrial operations are concentrated outside Australia.

Emirates Global Aluminium’s Al Taweelah alumina refinery began production in 2019 and is the only alumina refinery in the UAE. The company also operates aluminium smelters in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, a bauxite mine and export facilities in the Republic of Guinea.