As they informed the Abu Dhabi authorities on Sunday, the fragments that damaged the plants were the result of intercepting attacks on the territory of the United Arab Emirates. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
According to the authorities of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, which is the capital of the country, Since February, it has been regularly the target of attacks from Iran. This escalation began with the outbreak of war between the United States and Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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The Borouge plant and its activities
According to Bloomberg, Borouge operates a petrochemical complex in Al Ruwais Industrial City located in Abu Dhabi. The company specializes in the production of polyethylene and polypropylene, which are widely used in industry. Borouge is a joint venture between Abu Dhabi's state oil company, Adnoc, and the Austrian company Borealis. This information can be found on the company's official website.
The Emirati authorities did not provide detailed information on the scale of damage at the Borouge plant or the time it may take to resume operations.
The aluminum giant needs up to a year
It is known how long it may take to restore production at Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA). The global aluminum exporter announced that the resumption of aluminum production at the Al Taweelah smelter in Abu Dhabi will take up to a year.
“Our Al Taweelah plant is the backbone of the global economy and makes a significant contribution to global supply, which makes this incident negatively impact industry and prosperity around the world,” said EGA's CEO.
As we reported in Business Insider Polska, in order to resume operations of the steelworks, EGA must repair the damage to the infrastructure and gradually restore each of the reduction chambers to operation.
Let us recall that at the end of March, the world's largest aluminum smelter, owned by Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), was also attacked.
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