(Adds Mubadala's comments on IPOs, background)
By Stanley Carvalho
ABU DHABI, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) aims to list in 2018, subject to market conditions, a senior executive said on Tuesday.
"We hope EGA will become a public company in 2018, subject to market conditions," EGA Chief Executive Abdulla Kalban told Reuters.
His comment echoed those made by Abu Dhabi state investor Mubadala, which owns half of EGA, last October. was created in 2013 when state-owned companies Dubai Aluminium and Abu Dhabi's Emirates Aluminium merged. Its enterprise value was put at $15 billion at the time.
Kalban said preparations for the initial public offer of shares were continuing with advisers which he did not identify.
Reuters reported last year, quoting sources, that EGA had picked Bank of America Merrill Lynch (NYSE:BAC), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) to advise on its IPO.
A source familiar with the matter said 10 to 15 percent of the company was likely to be floated.
Mubadala has started the process to list another two companies, a spokesman for the state investor told Reuters without providing further details.
Mubadala had assets of 465.5 billion UAE dirham ($126.8 billion) at the end of June and is Abu Dhabi's second biggest state investor after the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
Like neighbouring Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi is restructuring its industrial sector, hoping to lure foreign investors via privatisations after lower energy prices depleted its coffers.
After the listing of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co's distribution unit ADNO.AD , banking sources have told Reuters Abu Dhabi could list Abu Dhabi Ports and industrial conglomerate Senaat. = 3.6724 UAE dirham)