Mubasher: Aluminum Bahrain (Alba) reported an increase of 65% y-o-y to BHD 14.3 million ($38.1 million) in net profits for the third quarter of 2016.

The company reported net profits of BHD 8.7 million ($23 million) for the same period of the previous year.

As for the first nine - month period ended September 2016, the company posted net profits of BHD 34.8 million ($92.6 million) down from BHD 75.7 million ($201 million) a year earlier.