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Article: Dubai Aluminium Celebrates 30 Years Of Excellence
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- Al Bawaba
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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30 years ago today, on 12 November 1979, Dubai Aluminium Company
Limited ("DUBAL") tapped its first metal a moment that marked the
birth of its core smelter operations and the company's official
inception. Established to aid in the diversification of the UAE
economy by adding value to the country's oil-rich mineral resources,
the entirely state-owned enterprise is widely regarded as the
industrial flagship of the UAE and is one of the largest non-oil
contributors to Dubai's economy.
Abdulla J M Kalban (President & CEO) reports that the company's
roots stem back to 22 May 1975, when the late Sheikh Rashid bin
Saeed Al Maktoum (then Ruler of Dubai) signed a decree establishing
DUBAL on a ...