Services partnership between the two entities first commenced in 2004
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has awarded a three-year Master Services Agreement to SNC-Lavalin to provide engineering and project management support services to complement its existing resources in delivering operations capital projects at its Al Taweelah and Jebel Ali smelter Complexes and Al Taweelah alumina refinery.
Under this agreement, Montreal, Canada-headquartered EPC services provider SNC-Lavalin will provide integrated engineering services covering all multi-disciplinary aspects related to power plant, energy distribution, water desalination, aluminum smelting, casting and carbon plants of EGA’s Al Taweelah and Jebel Ali smelter complexes.
This mandate will also include delivering multi-disciplinary engineering services pertaining to Al Taweelah alumina refinery. In addition, the services will include project management services such as construction management, cost control and planning, contract engineering and project portfolio management.
Long track record of cooperation
“As a premier engineering end-to-end services provider, we have established a long track record of delivering some of the world’s leading mining and metallurgy projects,” remarked Craig Muir, President, Resources.
“Over the past 15 years, we have been successfully delivering EGA’s large-scale projects to the highest quality and safety standards. We continue to extend our long-term partnership and to continue providing our global-calibre expertise and local knowledge to support industry growth in the UAE.”
SNC-Lavalin’s partnership with EGA started in 2004 with providing FEED (Front End Engineering Design), EPCM (Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management) and Technology Packaging services for Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL) and all its extension projects. DUBAL and Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) merged to form EGA in 2014.
Delivering repeated business on schedule and within budget has resulted in increasing the Jebel Ali smelter’s production capacity from 680,000 TPY (tones per annum) to current capacity (circa 1.1 MTPY-Metric Tonnes Per Year).
The award-winning Al Taweelah smelter complex in Abu Dhabi, the world’s largest single-site aluminum smelter when it was constructed, is another successful collaboration with EGA, where SNC-Lavalin provided EPCM services for the project’s first and second phases.
