24.3 billion dirhams UAE investments in metal industries 2025

The UAE investments in the mineral industries exceed 24.3 billion dirhams (6.6 billion dollars) during 2025, including governmental and private investments, to continue to enhance its position as a global industrial center in the sector within long -term strategies for economic diversification and create new development resources, according to an analysis conducted by “Interioral for strategic analyzes” and based in Abu Dhabi.

The UAE is working to enhance its position as a global industrial center in the mineral sector in aluminum and iron industries, in parallel with a noticeable jump in its exports to international markets and by linking local manufacturing with global supply chains, which enhances the added value of Emirati products in global markets.

“According to the Ministry of Economy and Tourism, the manufacturing sector, which includes mineral industries, has contributed 13.5% of the state’s non -oil GDP during 2024, and this performance comes within the framework of the strategic trend to enhance the contribution of the industrial sector to the national economy.”

Among the most prominent mineral industries in the Emirates are high -quality aluminum, iron and steel, which includes: bars, wires, iron coils, armament, steel tubes, metal tubes, construction mineral industries for buildings, factories and bridges, secondary metal products and advanced mineral industries such as: aircraft and vehicle parts.

The Emirates International Aluminum Company runs two main facilities in Jabal Ali and the long, with an annual production of about 2.7 million tons. The company also produces the first aluminum using solar energy, as part of its efforts to achieve sustainability and reduce emissions.

The Emirates International Aluminum Company, one of the largest aluminum producers in the world, announced the investment of 14.7 billion dirhams (4 billion dollars) to build the first new aluminum fuse in the United States in 45 years in Oklahoma, with an expected production capacity of 600 thousand tons annually, and it is scheduled to enter the operating phase before the end of the current decade, after signing an incentive agreement with the state government worth 275 million dollars. UAE exports from aluminum to the United States increased unprecedented, as it recorded 68.5 thousand tons in March 2025, compared to 16.124 thousand tons in March 2024, according to the data of the US Department of Commerce, indicating growth by more than 325% in one year, and this increase reflects the boom in production and expansion of global markets.

Esstil has registered revenue of 7.6 billion dirhams (2.07 billion dollars) in 2024, by paying the increasing demand for iron in infrastructure projects, and the company announced the launch of an industrial expansion plan of 6 billion dirhams (1.63 billion dollars), aimed at doubling production capacity and enhancing export to the Middle East and North Africa and South Asian markets.

According to official customs data, in 2024 the UAE formed about 8% of the United States’ imports of iron and aluminum, which reflects the size of the Emirati attendance in the global supply chains of minerals, especially in light of the growing demand for low -emissions products.

UAE exports of minerals cover main markets that include: the United States, the European Union, India, China, South Korea, as well as its expansion in the markets of Africa and Central Asia, with the support of advanced logistical capabilities and bilateral trade agreements.

Besides, the state doubled its international mining investments through the company «IHC), which acquired 51% of the MPani copper mines in Zambia, and participated in projects to extract iron in Angola, Nickel in Burundi, rare minerals in Tanzania and Kenya, as launched, as launched IRH is a global center for low -emission copper trading in Abu Dhabi with a capacity of 500 thousand tons annually.