Ma'aden-Alcoa JV chooses Wagstaff to supply casting tech

The Ma'aden-Alcoa joint venture selected Wagstaff Inc. to supply the joint venture's vertical direct chill casting complex with t-ingot, rolling ingot, and extrusion billet casting equipment. The contract includes capital equipment and technology to produce aluminium rolling ingot and extrusion billet at the casting complex. The facility, which is currently under construction, will start production in 2013 located at Ras Az Zawr, Saudi Arabia. The greenfield smelter and rolling mill comprise the first of two phases in this super-project. The rolling mill will have an initial hot-mill capacity of between 250,000 and 460,000 metric tonnes per year. The new contract for the casting complex supply includes Wagstaff ingot and billet casting systems, as well as integrated automated controls. The casting facility will also feature Alcoa's advanced proprietary ingot casting technology.Air Jordans