Alba smelter: an aluminum operation in Bahrain

Alba smelter is an aluminum smelter producing aluminum in Bahrain, operated by Alba. The sources report 1,623,139 MT, 'Net Finished Production' for CY2025; the basis is Whole smelter, as reported by Alba. The sources do not give a whole-operation figure in primary aluminum that can be compared with world output, so no share is computed.

Who owns and operates it?

Owners of Alba smelter
Owner	Interest	As of
Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company B.S.C. (c) Majority shareholder of Alba; the financial statements say Mumtalakat is wholly owned by the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain.	69.38%	31 December 2025
Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) The financial statements say Ma'aden acquired a 20.6% stake in Alba in February 2025.	20.62%	31 December 2025
General public Alba is listed on the Bahrain Bourse and the London Stock Exchange; the release gives the general public at 10%.	10%	17 February 2026

Interests are as stated in the sources below on the date shown. Ownership changes with deals, so a stake may have changed since the date shown.

How much does it produce?

Reported output of Alba smelter
Period	Output	Basis	Where in the source
CY2025	1,623,139 MT, 'Net Finished Production' The release says the figure was up 0.05% year on year and defines the measure no further.	Whole smelter, as reported by Alba	'2025 Operational Highlights', bullet on Net Finished Production · Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)

Status: operating, as of 30 June 2026.

The measure is called Net Finished Production by Alba and is not defined in the release; hot metal production is not printed. Sales volume was 1,613,360 MT in 2025.
Alba's release of 4 August 2026 reports a controlled shutdown of potlines L1, L2 and L3 in response to regional tensions and Net Finished Production of 155,469 MT in Q2 2026.
Alba's release does not define 'Net Finished Production' or say whether it includes any remelted metal, so no share of world output is computed.

How does it compare?

Other aluminum operations on this site: Alma smelter, Alouette smelter, Bécancour smelter, Boyne Island smelter, Tomago smelter, Kitimat smelter, Tiwai Point smelter, Sohar smelter, Laterrière smelter, Grande-Baie smelter, ISAL smelter, Bell Bay smelter. See where aluminum comes from for the country totals, the country page for Bahrain, and Alba for its other operations here.

Sources

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba): Audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 (attachment to the RNS of 2026-02-17) (annual financial statements, CY2025). Opened 4 November 2026; used: PDF pp.3, 19, 44.
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba): Alba Discloses its Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and 12 Months of 2025 (Annual Financial Report announcement) (stock-exchange announcement (London Stock Exchange RNS, 2026-02-17; text read in the Investegate copy of the RNS), CY2025). Opened 4 November 2026; used: full media release text (Operational Highlights; About Alba).
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba): Alba Discloses its Financial Results for the Second Quarter and H1 of 2026 (stock-exchange announcement (London Stock Exchange RNS, 2026-08-04; text read in the Investegate copy of the RNS), Q2 2026 and H1 2026). Opened 4 November 2026; used: full media release text.
U.S. Geological Survey: Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026: Aluminum (government statistical summary, 2025 (world and country smelter production)). Opened 3 November 2026; used: world smelter production and capacity table.

Method and limits

Reported, not estimated. Output is the figure the operator or owner published, in the unit it used. This site does not estimate output where none is published.
Shares. A share divides output in primary aluminum by the USGS world or country total for 2025. Where the operator's year is a fiscal year or the unit is a concentrate or a carbonate equivalent, the share is approximate or not given.
What is compared. The figure is tonnes of primary aluminum metal produced by the whole smelter, compared with USGS smelter production of primary aluminum. Remelted and recycled metal is not primary production.
Whole operation or owner's share. The basis column says which. A joint venture's output is never counted twice.
Partial list. Only operations with a published figure are listed, so the rank is among those on this site, not among every aluminum mine. Shares of a country's output mix periods and bases, so treat them as indicative.
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