The Jebel Ali free-trade zone was developed in the 1980s to draw industrial investment; it is home to aluminum smelting, automobile manufacturing, and cement manufacturing.
Indawo ye-Jebel Ali yokususa umthethosisekelo yasungulwa ngeminyaka yama-1980s ukuze kudonswe ibhizinisi lokukhanda; ukuvivinya umzimba kususelwa ekuhlanzeni i-aluminium, ukuhlangana kwezimoto, nokwakhiwa kokhonkolo.