Aluminum Production from Middle East's Gulf Cooperation Council Grows 31% in 2014

JOHANNESBURG--January 22, 2015--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC's) five aluminum companies produced a combined total of 4.92 million tonnes of primary aluminum in 2014, more than a 31% increase from the 3.7 million tonnes produced in 2013, according to the Gulf Aluminum Council (GAC). Aluminum production by the GCC countries makes up 10% of total world production, according to the GAC. Within this article: Details on aluminum production in the Gulf Cooperation Council region. Additional companies: Alcoa (NYSE:AA)