ABU DHABI, 14th August, 2025 (WAM) – Emirates Global Aluminium, the most important industrial firm within the United Arab Emirates and the world’s greatest ‘premium aluminium’ producer, at the moment introduced an settlement to provide of CelestiAL-R billets to Sankyo Tateyama, the main Japanese manufacture of aluminium elements for architectural and industrial purposes via our strategic associate ITOCHU Corporation.
CelestiAL-R is the world’s first mixture of aluminium produced with solar energy and scrap metallic, considerably decreasing greenhouse fuel emissions.
The introduction of CelestiAL-R billets permits EGA to satisfy additional demand for low-carbon aluminium in extrusion and forging purposes. Previously, EGA solely produced CelestiAL-R foundry alloys which are perfect for re-melting purposes.
Demand for low-carbon aluminium is rising in Japan as industries search to scale back their carbon footprint consistent with nationwide net-zero targets.
EGA and ITOCHU provides aluminium ingot and billet to Sankyo Tateyama, and in 2024 began to provide CelestiAL, which is solar energy generated aluminium.
EGA is ready to produce CelestiAL-R to buyer specs as a result of prime quality of EGA’s main aluminium, the rigorous number of scrap metallic, and the pliability of EGA’s Casthouses.
Abdulnasser Bin Kalban, Chief Executive Officer of Emirates Global Aluminium, stated: “Our first production of CelestiAL-R billets is a step forward in expanding the portfolio of our most sustainable aluminium products. At EGA, we focus on innovation and flexibility in delivering the highest quality, low-carbon aluminium to meet specific customer needs. We value our long-standing partnership with Sankyo Tateyama and thank them for their continued trust in EGA.”
Shozo Hirano, President of Sankyo Tateyama, stated: “Reducing Scope 3 CO2 emissions from aluminium raw material is a major challenge in achieving carbon neutral. By using CelestiAL-R in addition to CelestiAL, which is supplied by our long time partners EGA and ITOCHU Corporation, we aim to contribute to sustainable and affluent life.”
Scrap for CelestiAL-R is a mixture of post-consumer and pre-consumer industrial scrap. All scrap arriving at EGA is examined in opposition to 40 completely different chemical and different property necessities.