E gyptalum\'s Aluminium plant situated at Nag Hammady, some 100 kilometers north from Luxor . Serveral factors were taken into consideration in the selection of Nag Hammady as the site of the Egypt Aluminium complex. One was its proximty to the High Dam and to the Nag Hammady electrical substation 326 km. from Aswan . Another was its easy access to the port of Safaga, 210 km . And third important factor was the availability of skilled and semi-skilled labor in the area. In addition to the foregoing, there was a social consideration : an attempt to raise the standard of living of this part of upper Egypt Hence the choice of the location of Nag Hammady in 1972, and the construction of the first two potlines which took place in October 1975 and reached 5 potlines in July 1983. And new prebacked potline no. 6 started at October 1997.