EGA project director: Oklahoma smelter construction targeted for early 2027, power deal still in negotiation

Emirates Global Aluminium/Oklahoma primary aluminium smelter

Ziad Fares, project director for Oklahoma Primary Aluminum, said construction is now targeted for early 2027, later than the end-2026 goal set in January. The start depends on finishing feasibility and permitting, the long-term power agreement with Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and a final investment decision. First hot metal is still expected by the end of the decade.

• Capacity: more than 750,000 t/yr of primary aluminium.
• Estimated investment about US$4 billion, to be fixed at final investment decision.
• Bechtel leads preparatory engineering; ERM coordinates environmental permitting.
• EX is EGA's 10th-generation cell technology.