Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) has appointed Alstom Power as their EPC Contractor for the power-station portion of the Line 5 Project. The USD 330 million power station project is part of the USD 1.7 billion expansion, which is expected to be completed by February 2005. A letter of acceptance was recently signed and work on finalising the agreement will start immediately. Alstom Power will manage the various contracts and procurements of the power station to meet the program and budget targets agreed between the two parties. Completion of the Line 5 Project will position Alba as the largest smelter in the world outside Eastern Europe. The expansion will include a new power station, carbon, casthouse and other facilities. The initiative will increase Alba’s coke calcining plant capacity, upgrade casting facilities, introduce a new pot removal crane system for Lines 1-3 and automate the monitoring of environmental emissions from the Reduction Lines.
