The Dubai Aluminium Company Limited (DUBAL), located in Jebel Ali

Jebel Ali

Jebel Ali is a port town, located 35 kilometres southwest of the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates . The village has a thriving expatriate community with over 300 residents. The area is also home to "5,500 companies from 120 countries"....

, is one of the largest industrial companies in the UAE. Some 14% of its total workforce are UAE nationals.

DUBAL was incorporated pursuant to a Decree of the Ruler of Dubai, dated 5 May 1975. It is a limited liability company, wholly owned by the Investment Corporation of Dubai. HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the Deputy Ruler of Dubai and the Minister of Finance and Industry of the United Arab Emirates . He is the second son of the late ruler, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum ....

 is DUBAL's Chairman.

Dubal is currently ranked as the 7th largest global producer in the industry with a current production capacity of 890,000 tonnes per annum by the end of 2007, increasing to 980,000 tonnes per annum by the end of 2010.

Raw materials, port and storage facilities

• Annual consumption of process materials: 2,170,000 tonnes of alumina, coke
  Coke (fuel)
  Coke is the solid carbonaceous material derived from destructive distillation of low-ash, low-sulfur bituminous coal. Cokes from coal are grey, hard, and porous. While coke can be formed naturally, the commonly used form is man-made.- History :...
  
   and coal
  Coal
  Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
  
  ;
• Maximum vessel size for port facility: 75,000 tonnes;
• Storage capacity: 295,000 tonnes.

Electric power generation

The power station is fired by indigenous natural gas.

• Power station installed capacity: 2,700 MW .

Smelter complex

• Reduction plant with capacity of 890,000 tonnes;
• Casthouses: 3, with a total of 27 furnaces;
• Carbon plant with capacity of 380,000 anodes/year.

Desalinisation plant

• Fresh water production capacity: 30 million USgals (113,562.4 m³)/day
• Reservoir storage capacity: 10 million USgals (37,854.1 m³)