Case Study
Prefeasibility study for a greenfield hot and cold rolling mill
Prefeasibility study for a greenfield hot and cold rolling mill Gary Mahon Background Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala) is a business development and investment company wholly owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi. Mubadala is a catalyst for the economic diversification of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. In 2008 we contributed technical know-how to a prefeasibility study commissioned by Mubadala. How we were involved As part of this study, which was for a Greenfield hot and cold rolling plant, our Process Improvement team specified the equipment required to make a pre- determined range of aluminium flat rolled products. They also designed a factory floor layout. To determine the project’s feasibility, we used our extensive experience of working in rolling plants to create a preliminary fina