HAI sources solar aluminium from the Emirates

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has signed an agreement with Hammerer Aluminium Industries for the supply of solar aluminium.

EGA supplies thousands of tonnes of aluminium to HAI each year. A proportion of this supply now switch to Celestial metal. The material will be used for the production of aluminium profiles in Mercedes-Benz models.

Rob van Gils, chief executive of HAI, said: “This partnership with EGA enables us to contribute to a better future and shows that aluminium has a key role to play in achieving the European Union’s Green Deal ambitions to decarbonise manufacturing. I am personally excited that many parts of the premium SUVs which are so popular in the UAE will be produced by HAI using EGA’s UAE-made Celestial solar aluminium. I look forward to driving these vehicles on the UAE’s sand dunes.”

Abdulnasser Bin Kalban, chief executive of EGA, said: “The launch of EGA’s Celestial solar aluminium was a landmark in our industry’s drive to net zero. We expect to soon be able to increase production of Celestial, and meet more of the significant global demand for this innovative, low-carbon metal. We are proud that HAI, and their customers like Mercedes-Benz AG, will use aluminium made with the power of the UAE sun.”

In 2021, EGA became the first company in the world to produce aluminium commercially using the solar power through a partnership with Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, which operates the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in the desert outside Dubai. EGA expects to vastly increase its production of Celestial. The aluminium producer plans to divest its electricity generation assets and source power from the grid, including an increasing proportion of renewable, low-carbon energy.