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Emirates Global Aluminium Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi on

reaches 40mln tonnes milestone Saadiyat Island is 25% complete

Due for completion in 2025, the new museum will be the

largest of its kind in the region.

The Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi on Saadiyat planet and the natural world.
Island is 25 percent complete, Abu Dhabi’s culture The museum’s centrepiece will be a $32 million
and tourism department (DCT Abu Dhabi) and Miral Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton. The 67-million-year-old
have announced. fossil is nicknamed ‘Stan’.
Located in the Saadiyat Cultural District and due “Through our partnership with DCT Abu Dhabi, we
for completion in 2025, the new museum will be have been able to make strong progress on the
the largest of its kind in the region. UAE-based development of this iconic cultural landmark,” said
construction group ALEC was appointed as the main Mohamed Abdalla Al Zaabi, Miral CEO.
contractor earlier this year. The facility “will provide visitors with an enriching
Saood Abdulaziz Al Hosani, undersecretary at DCT Abu cultural experience to help position Saadiyat as the
Dhabi, said the institution “will bring a new dimension destination of choice and Abu Dhabi as a centre for
of educational discovery to the Abu Dhabi community”. culture, arts, and creativity”, he added
“With work now underway on this pioneering “It also supports achieving Saadiyat Vision 2025,
institution, the realisation of our vision for the Saadiyat which aims to grow domestic, regional, and global
Cultural District moves one step closer,” he added. visitor numbers, supporting the development of Abu
New museum’s construction progress Dhabi’s tourism ecosystem.”
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced it has Last year, EGA sold 2.54 million tonnes of cast metal. “When completed, Saadiyat will offer the highest The Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi will join the Louvre
reached the milestone of 40 million tonnes of hot Abdulnasser bin Kalban, Chief Executive Officer of concentration of cultural experiences in the world, Abu Dhabi on Saadiyat Island, as well as the upcoming
metal produced since its start-up in 1979. EGA, said, “Reaching 40 million tonnes of hot metal cementing Abu Dhabi’s position as an innovative Zayed National Museum and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.
This means almost three percent of all the aluminium production is a proud moment for everyone who global destination of choice.” Japanese art collective teamLab has also revealed
ever made has been produced by EGA in the UAE. works at EGA. Together, we have innovated aluminium Visitors will take a 14-billion-year journey through the design for teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi, a
Aluminium is an essential material for human to make modern life possible. Since EGA was founded time and space, learning about the evolution of our permanent venue for immersive art on Saadiyat Island.
progress, and EGA’s metal is used by billions of people by His Highness Sheikh Rashid as Dubai Aluminium,
worldwide as part of everything from skyscrapers to we have been a pioneer of economic diversification
smartphones. in the UAE while growing into a champion of the
EGA’s development since the 1970s has made the aluminium industry globally.”
UAE the fifth-largest aluminium-producing nation in EGA is the world’s biggest producer of ‘premium
the world. EGA’s aluminium is the biggest made-in- aluminium’, metal made to customer specifications,
the-UAE export after oil and gas and is shipped to including through alloying. EGA has produced more
over 50 countries. The aluminium sector, with EGA at than 41.6 million tonnes of cast metal since 1979.
its heart, accounts for 1.5 percent of the entire UAE Last year, EGA became the first company in the world
economy. to make aluminium commercially using the power of
It took almost 30 years for EGA to reach its first 10 the sun. EGA markets this metal under the product
million tonnes of production. In the past decade, name CelestiAL. The use of solar power significantly
EGA’s growth has accelerated, transforming the reduces the emissions associated with aluminium
company into a global integrated aluminium giant. smelting.

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