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Rising in the East!

Maaden and Alcoa Serving
the Regional and Global Aluminium Industry



Arabal Aluminium Conference
14
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Nov 2011 - Muscat
Presented by:
Eng. Abdullah Busfar
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Content:
Global Look
Project History
Integrated Chain
Site Progress
Products
Infrastructure
SAMAPCO
Aluminium Project, Ras Al-Khair
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Key global megatrends are shaping the future
Population Growth Urbanization Environment
Energy consumption rising
Increase of 54% by 2025
Driven by developing countries
Personal transport rising
Increase of 40% by 2030
Greenhouse gas regulation


Global population rising
2006: 6.6 billion
2025: 7.9 billion
2050: 9.1 billion
Population in cities
2006: > 50%
2030: > 60%
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Aluminium will need rapid growth to meet
demand
3 MMT/Y
4x Maaden
smelters per year
7 MMT/Y
4x Maaden
refineries per year
19 MMT/Y
4x Maaden
bauxite mines per year
Bauxite (MMT/Y) Aluminium (MMT/Y) Alumina (MMT/Y)
Industry
Growth:
6.5% CAGR
~$30 billion in
Investments
per year
2X 2X
2X
214
400
2010 2020
82
156
2010 2020
39
73
2010 2020
Source: Maaden-Alcoa
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Content:
Global Look
Project History
Integrated Chain
Site Progress
Products
Infrastructure
SAMAPCO
Aluminium Project, Ras Al-Khair
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Project history
EPCM contracts
signed


Rolling mill contract
signing with Samsung
Engineering

PIF loan signing
Joint venture with
ALCOA



First concrete for
smelter & rolling
mill
Energy agreements
signed


Site continues to
increase momentum
by the week


Oct 2009 Dec 2009 May 2010 Oct 2010
Today June 2011 May 2011
Complete Aluminum
project financing
agreements
Oct 2011
Complete aluminium
project financing
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Content:
Global Look
Project History
Integrated Chain
Site Progress
Products
Infrastructure
SAMAPCO
Aluminium Project, Ras Al-Khair
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Integrated aluminium chain
Bauxite
Mine:
4 MMT/Y from
Al-Baitha mine
Refinery:
1.8 MMT/Y

Smelter:
740 KMT/Y

Rolling Mill:
Start with 380
KMT/Y
The largest and most efficient vertically integrated aluminium complex in the world
Phase II Phase I
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Maaden Alcoa $10.8bn aluminium joint venture
Brings new, globally important industry to Saudi Arabia
Inflow of new technologies
New skills and career opportunities
New entrepreneurial opportunities
Thousands of direct and indirect jobs
Reduction of imports; increase in exports

Improve Alcoas refining and smelting position on the global
cost curve

Offers flexibility for expansion

Establishes strategic footprint in fast-growing region
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Content:
Global Look
Project History
Integrated Chain
Site Progress
Products
Infrastructure
SAMAPCO
Aluminium Project, Ras Al-Khair
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Site progress
Pot Room (outside) Pot Room (outside)
Paste Plant
Site Continues to
Increase

40,000 work-force
to keep
Momentum
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Site progress
Pot Room (outside)
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Site progress
Complex progress
40% for the smelter &
15% for the RM
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Content:
Global Look
Project History
Integrated Chain
Site Progress
Products
Infrastructure
SAMAPCO
Aluminium Project, Ras Al-Khair
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Aluminium products flow to regional & international
markets

The product mix to be produced from the current integrated casthouse are:




From smelter




Slabs for the rolled applications



Or molten aluminium for other applications

The RAK casthouse will also remelt aluminium scrap.
Standard Ingots: Remelted & alloyed by end-user
T- Bar Ingots Remelted & alloyed by end-user
Billets Extruded for construction application
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Content:
Global Look
Project History
Integrated Chain
Site Progress
Products
Infrastructure
SAMAPCO
Aluminium Project, Ras Al-Khair
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Ras Al-Khair Minerals Industrial City
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Government commitment to establish competitive
business environment
2400 MW
Power Plant
Fuel
Ownership in
Maaden
Direct Project
Finance
Port Facilities
1,500 km
Railroad
World class
Infrastructure
Aluminium Project
Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
RAK:
Huge Space
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Saudi Railway Company
1,500 km
commissioned

Port Development
Six Berths
Commissioned

Ras Al-Khair Minerals Industrial City
RC management
Strategic metals & minerals
industry clusters
Center of excellence


Government commitment to world class infrastructure
Available infrastructure
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Railway map
Ras Al Khair:
Aluminium complex
Railway (600 km)
From Bauxite mine to
Refinery in RAK
Al-Baithah
(Bauxite mine)
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Content:
Global Look
Project History
Integrated Chain
Site Progress
Products
Infrastructure
SAMAPCO
Aluminium Project, Ras Al-Khair
Maaden/ Sahara Project (SAMAPCO)
JV developing production facility to manufacture Caustic Soda & EDC.

The new company was named SAMAPCO and located at Jubail.

The company will produce 250 KT of Caustic Soda & 300 KT of EDC.

All Caustic Soda will be used in Ras Al-Khair refinery.

Expected Startup at Q4 2012.
SAMAPCO site photo
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Thank You

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