ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Ports Company, ADPC, has announced that Ducab Aluminium Company has broken ground for its new aluminium rod and conductor facility at Kizad.

After signing a lease agreement with ADPC in May this year, Ducab Aluminium has now laid the foundations for the start of construction of its manufacturing facility, which is set to open in Q4 2015. With a total investment of Dh220 million, the facility will be built on a 50,732-sq.m. plot of land nearby the Kizad anchor tenant Emirate’s Aluminium (EMAL), one of the core operating assets of Emirates Global Aluminium, EGA, the fifth largest aluminium producer in the world.