Algerian industrial holding

An integrated industrial chain, from bauxite to green aluminium and from steel to finished plant.

The group

Four companies, one plan.

01
Aluminium
A green aluminium smelter planned in Aïn Témouchent, supplied with bauxite and alumina from Guinea.
In development
02
Industrial Manufacturing
An industrial complex for manufacturing refineries and large industrial plants, the first of its kind in Algeria.
In development
03
HBI
Hot briquetted iron: a compacted, high-purity feedstock for electric arc and blast furnaces.
In development
04
Agriculture
Agricultural production, one of the group's four companies.
In development

The flagship programme

Planned capacity, by the numbers.

In development

Planned aluminium capacity: 1,000,000t/yr; Green aluminium smelter, Aïn Témouchent
Smelter site: 250ha; Wilaya of Aïn Témouchent, Algeria
Programme investment: US$2.4bn; Smelter US$1.4 bn and industrial complex US$1 bn
Planned alumina refinery: 2Mt/yr; Republic of Guinea
Electric arc furnace capacity: 1.2Mt; Industrial complex, steel section

Planned capacities and investment for projects in development.

The integrated chain

From ore to finished plant.

Two connected chains are planned. One will take bauxite from Guinea to green aluminium in Algeria. The other will turn steel into the forgings, castings and structures used to build industrial plants.

Aluminium

6 Mt/yr
Bauxite
Guinea
Processing under investment agreements
2 Mt/yr
Alumina refinery
Guinea
Covers all of the smelter's raw-material needs
1 Mt/yr
Green aluminium smelter
Aïn Témouchent
Planned capacity
Aluminium products

Industrial manufacturing

1.2 Mt
Electric arc furnace
Wilaya of Aïn Témouchent
Iron, steel and cast iron for industrial use
Forging, casting and machining
Large industrial workshops for parts and structures
Plant construction
The complex's construction and industrial contracting company

The aluminium programme

Guinea: bauxite and alumina

Aïn Témouchent: green aluminium smelter and industrial complex

Green aluminium

Oxygen instead of CO₂.

The smelter is designed around inert anode technology for aluminium electrolysis. Where conventional carbon anodes give off carbon dioxide, inert-anode cells release oxygen.

70ha

One electrolysis cell: the oxygen of 70 hectares of forest.

Offshore wind turbines under a clear blue sky

Green hydrogen from seawater

The plant is designed to run on clean energy from wind turbines and hydrogen-fuelled power generation. An electrolyser will produce hydrogen directly from seawater, without desalination, and green hydrogen is used in aluminium production.