MANAMA: Alba is gearing-up to become the world’s largest aluminium smelter as Line 6 nears completion, according to a statement issued by the company’s chairman Shaikh Daij bin Salman Al Khalifa.

“I congratulate all Alba employees and contractors, as we have made history by achieving the safety milestone of more than 11 million working-hours without Lost Time Injury (LTI). This endorses our overarching objective of Think Safety First and Always,” he said during the third quarterly board of directors meeting yesterday.

During the meeting, the board approved minutes of the previous meeting held on April 30 as well as 2020 Marketing Plan.

In addition, the board reviewed reports of the executive committee, board audit committee and the nomination, remuneration and corporate governance committee.

Updates were also given on safety, financial performance to-date, Line 6 Expansion Project overall progress, Project Titan – Phase IV achieved savings as well as insights on the overall market conditions.

The board also approved the appointment of Bryan Harris as the chief financial officer and Khalid Turani as the chief internal audit and risk officer with immediate effect.

Besides the chairman, the Alba board of directors includes six directors appointed by Mumtalakat – Yousif Taqi, Osama Al Arrayedh, Yaser E. Humaidan, Dr Mohamed Kameshki and Suha Karzoon.

The two directors appointed by Sabic Industrial Investments Company (SIIC) are Ahmed Al Jabr and Ali Al Shamrani and two elected directors, Omar Al Amoudi and Mutlaq Al Morished.

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