Alba’s total dividend for 2025 reaches $203m

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) shareholders have approved a final dividend payment of 44 percent of the capital, or BD62 million ($164 million), for 2025.

The approval brings the total payout to BH76.5 million ($203 million), or 54.06 fils per share for last year, the company said in a statement after its annual general meeting on Thursday.

The final dividend will be paid to shareholders on April 8. 

In addition, shareholders approved and authorised the board to declare and pay interim dividends during future financial years. Moreover, they approved the proposed acquisition of 100 percent of Aluminium Dunkerque, the European Union’s largest primary aluminium smelter, subject to regulatory approvals.  

Last month, the company said net profit rose to BD218.7 million ($582 million) from BD184.5 million in 2024, as total income jumped 16 percent year on year to BD213.2 million.

Shares of Alba closed at BD0.905 on the Bahrain Bourse on Thursday. Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company owns 69.38 percent of Alba, while Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) owns 20.62 percent.

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