United Arab Emirates and India launch aluminium supply chain
The USD 11.5 billion agreement between Adani Enterprises and International Holding Company to develop one of the world’s largest integrated aluminium ecosystems in India represents far more than an industrial investment. It is a clear sign that global value chains for strategic raw materials are being reshaped.
The initiative strengthens the industrial partnership between India and the UAE by combining mineral resources, production capacity, infrastructure, energy and logistics within a single integrated platform. This model aims to enhance security of supply, competitiveness and industrial autonomy in an international environment increasingly shaped by geopolitical tensions and market fragmentation.
As FACE has consistently highlighted, the IMEC corridor has the potential to become a strategic infrastructure for strengthening supply chain resilience between Europe, the Middle East and India. Projects like this point in the same direction, contributing to the development of an increasingly integrated industrial ecosystem along a corridor that is set to play a central role in the future of global trade and manufacturing.
For Europe, this is a development that deserves close attention. If it is to preserve the competitiveness of its aluminium industry, it must complement its sustainability agenda with an industrial and geopolitical strategy capable of ensuring access to raw materials, secure logistics and stable international partnerships. IMEC could become one of the key opportunities to achieve this objective.
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