Bahrain's aluminium smelter Alba shuts 19% of capacity

March 15 (Reuters) - Aluminium Bahrain ALBH.BH, known as Alba, said on Sunday it had initiated a shutdown of three aluminium smelting lines accounting for 19% of its capacity to preserve business continuity amid ongoing disruption in the Strait of Hormuz.

The company, which has smelting capacity of 1.62 million tons of aluminium per year, had issued force majeure on March 4 due to being unable to ship metal to customers.