Emirates Aluminium (Emal) said on Sunday it has secured natural gas supplies from Abu Dhabi Gas Industries (Gasco) for its power plant.

A pipeline connecting Emal's power plant to Gasco will provide reliable and uninterrupted natural gas supply, the official emirates news agency WAM reported without giving details.

Emal is a joint venture between Abu Dhabi government-owned Mubadala and Dubai Alumnium (Dubal).

The gas will be used to supply power for the plant at Taweelah near Abu Dhabi.

Emal is building a 700,000 tonnes a year aluminium smelter and a 2000 MW power plant.

Gasco, majority state-owned, processes natural and associated gas from onshore oil operations in Abu Dhabi.-Reuters