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    May 22, 2025

    Wittbecker: EGA makes move on US primary aluminum supply gap

    Written by Greg Wittbecker

    The Oklahoma smelter – Now the hard work starts

    The aluminum market greeted the news of EGA’s planned 600,000 metric ton (mt) per year smelter with great enthusiasm. Deservedly so. UAE-based EGA has a sterling reputation for execution of big capital projects in smelting and refining. They are also an existing major player in the US value-added products market, so this is not virgin territory for them commercially.

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