Dubai Aluminium Company Limited (“DUBAL”) – the world’s largest modern smelter with a captive power station, and DP World, UAE region have extended their strategic partnership, signing a new four-year contract to handle DUBAL’s inbound and outbound cargo management services. The contract entails DP World handling more than 14.5 million tonnes of imported raw materials and close to 5 million tonnes of aluminium products for export to destinations across the globe.
“The signing of this new contract between DUBAL and DP World brings great pleasure to me, as it reinforces the long-term, mutually beneficial relationship between two world-class UAE entities, both of which are strong brands in their respective fields of expertise,” says Abdulla J M Kalban (President & CEO: DUBAL). “The partnership between our two organisations will undoubtedly be enhanced.”
Mohammed Sharaf (CEO: DP World), said, “We are delighted to extend our contract with DUBAL. We have had a close relationship over 30 years, during which time we have grown with DUBAL, expanding and developing to continue to meet their needs.  We value the new contract with them as recognition that our advanced technology and focus on excellent service helps DUBAL achieve high levels of operational efficiency.”

DUBAL is the world’s largest modern aluminium smelter with a captive power station. It is also one of the largest non-oil contributors to the economy of Dubai. Built on a 480-hectare site in Jebel Ali, Dubai, UAE, DUBAL’s major facilities comprise an 960,000 tonne-per-annum primary aluminium smelter, a 2,350 megawatt power station (at 30°C), a large carbon plant, three casthouses, a 30-million-gallon-per-day water desalination plant, laboratories, port and storage facilities. Employment is provided to more than 4,100 people, of whom approximately 24 per cent are UAE Nationals.
The company has the capacity to produce more than one million tonnes of high quality finished aluminium products a year, in three main forms: foundry alloy for automotive applications; extrusion billet for construction, industrial and transportation purposes; and high purity aluminium for the electronics and aerospace industries.
DUBAL serves more than 290 customers in 48 countries predominantly in the Far East, Europe, the ASEAN region, the Middle East and Mediterranean region, and North America.  The company holds ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification; and has twice won the Dubai Quality Award in the Production and Manufacturing sector (1996 and 2000).