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Ras Al Khair Aluminum Smelter

Ras Al Khair Smelter alumina silo and Potrooms D to A. Ras Al Khair Smelter alumina silo and Potrooms D to A.
Ras Al Khair Carbon area, west facing view.

Delivery of the Largest Greenfield Aluminum Smelter in the World

Ras Al Khair, which is also Saudi Arabia鈥檚 first greenfield smelter, is the cornerstone of the Ras Al Khair Industrial City, which is located 56 miles (90 kilometers) north of Al Jubail, and fast becoming the country鈥檚 aluminum and phosphate center.

8868体育app下载 proudly partnered with our customers Ma鈥檃den and Alcoa to provide engineering, procurement and construction management for the smelter, which was delivered safely, ahead of schedule, and under budget. The completed project included construction of two potlines that produce  of aluminum per year.

An Award-Winning Project Completed Without Sacrificing Safety

Ras Al Khair - Craft workers working on rebar ties.
Ras Al Khair Reduction Area Potroom D
Ras Al Khair Casthouse Ingot Casting Facility.

The emphasis placed on safety by the customers, contractor companies and 8868体育app下载 allowed the team to achieve over聽25 million job hours聽without a lost work day injury. The project team included 46 different sub-contracting companies employing approximately 14,000 people from 25 different nationalities. They worked almost聽聽with a world-class safety record.

The achievements of these dedicated workers included construction of raw-materials handling equipment and storage; a carbon plant for anode production and baking; electrical installations providing power for an entire 鈥渕ine-to-metals鈥� program; the world鈥檚 largest integrated cast house (with 15 furnaces); maintenance, administration, and support facilities; and a rail line to transport bauxite feedstock from a mine at Al Ba鈥檌tha.

It took just  from the moment 8868体育app下载 received the Notice to Proceed to achieve First Hot Metal at Ras Al Khair, which our customer said was in keeping with the most advanced and disciplined project construction practices anywhere in the world.

Ras Al Khair, which achieved mechanical completion in 2013, won Engineering News-Record’s  in the Power/Industrial category.

Ras Al Khair Field Engineer Muthukumaran Kuppusamy (left) and Planner Lamont Berry in front of Gas Treatment Center #2.

What Goes into Building One of the World鈥檚 Largest Smelters

8.4M
Cubic yards of bulk Earthworks
298K
Cubic yards of Concrete
48K
Metric tons of Structural Steel
332K
Pieces of Equipment

Including 157,000 pieces of mechanical equipment, 171,000 pieces of electrical equipment, and 5,000 pieces of instrumentation鈥�

1242mi
Electrical Cables

1,242 miles (2,000 kilometers) of electrical cables

547mi
Furnace Rooms

740 smelting furnaces, or pots, comprising four鈥痯ot rooms of 180 pots each. Each pot room is three-quarters of a mile (1.2 kilometers) long