Abu Dhabi: Second quarter net profit at Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) — owner of the world’s No 4 aluminium smelter — dropped more than 25 per cent to $41 million (Dh150.4 million) in the second quarter of 2013 as metal prices fell.
Total sales fell $5 million to $515 million compared with the same period a year ago.
Alba’s board recommended a dividend of 12 fils per share, a total of $45 million, the company statement said.
Bahrain’s government has approved gas allocation for its planned sixth production line, set to come onstream in 2015, which will add 400,000 tonnes to its 890,000-tonne capacity.
