Finland-based renewable heat technology developer Coolbrook has joined Australia’s Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre (HILT CRC) as an affiliate partner, bringing its electrified heating technology into research aimed at decarbonising alumina refining and the wider aluminium industry. The collaboration would explore how high-temperature electric heating can support next-generation alumina refineries, reducing reliance on fossil fuels. Coolbrook would work alongside major alumina and aluminium producers, including Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), Alcoa, Rio Tinto, South32 and Hydro, as well as research organisations of CSIRO and Adelaide University. Initially, it would focus on HILT CRC’s Alumina Refineries’ Next-Generation Transition (AlumiNEXT) project,...
Qingdao Allheart Marine, established in 2012, is a high-tech aluminium boat manufacturer in Qingdao, China. Spanning 42,000 m, the facility produces over 60 vessel models from 4 to 30 meters, including fishing, work, patrol, pilot boats, tugs, water taxis, catamaran ferries, and landing crafts. Certified under ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and CE, Allheart offers professional OEMper ODM solutions, exporting 50 per cent of its production to over 30 countries across Oceania, Europe, and the Americas. Qingdao, Shandongper China - November 11, 2026 Qingdao Allheart Marine Co., Ltd, a recognised leader in the maritime manufacturing sector, is reinforcing its commitment to international buyers seeking robust commercial watercraft and specialised marine solutions. Operating from an advanced...
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Followed by the two deals pledging social and environmental action, Norsk Hydro is striving to convince Brazilian authorities to allow it to resume full production at Alunorte refinery, reported the company’s top executive. The deals, signed on September 5 in Brazil, were an important step but did not guarantee to allow full resumption of production at Alunorte, John Thuestad, Norsk Hydro’s executive vice-president for bauxite and alumina, told Reuters in a telephone interview on Thursday, September 6. The deals signed with federal and state prosecutors as well as the state government and environmental authorities included payments for food cards for nearby families, investments for the social development of local communities, and technical improvements but did not include a timeline for...
Reflecting the high levels of interest in flexible packaging – both for its performance and role in the circular economy – the Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE) summer conference attracted a record number of attendees to the event, which was held recently in Naples, Italy. During the conference Gérard Blatrix of Amcor Flexibles was re-elected to serve a second term as Chairman of FPE. Michele Guala (Gualapack) and Stefan Gutheil (Wipak) were elected as Vice-Chairmen. During the conference FPE could officially welcome six new member companies in addition to the 80+ members of the trade association who represent around 85% of the turnover in the European flexible packaging market. FPE is well established as the authoritative voice for the sector while having conducted several studies on the...
On September 5, Constellium, a global producer of aluminium semi-products with headquarters in Amsterdam, announced about its recently-signed multi-year advanced aerospace aluminium solutions contract with The Boeing Company. The Boeing Company is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide. Under the contract, Constellium will supply a broad range of advanced aluminium rolled products to Boeing to further strengthen its longstanding partnership with Boeing and confirm its leadership position for aerospace aluminium products and solutions. This advanced aluminium rolled product will mostly come from Constellium’s plant in Ravenswood, West Virginia. “This new contract reflects the strong...
Portland craft brewers are facing a tight supply of cans along with the problem related to aluminium tariffs. Paul Lorrain of Funky Bow Brewery & Beer Co. in Lyman said his company has had difficulty procuring 16-ounce cans and had to shut down beer production twice in 2018. According to Lorrain it’s easy to blame the shortage on a 10 per cent tariff on imported aluminium, but the problem has been brewing for two years as large beverage companies have consumed more cans than the volume produced. “When you can’t move beer out of kegs into cans, it messes up the brewery schedule,” he said. “A combination of factors is impacting many of our brewers’ ability to get cans,” spokesman Sean Sullivan said. Over the last decade, more and more brewers are now using cans instead of bottles. Aluminum...
The rapid growth in the building and construction sector across the world is found to continually increase the electrical applications over the years driving demand for aluminium products like rod, wire, cable, and conductor. Among some of the major aluminium wire producing and exporting countries, Bahrain is a notable one that has been witnessing a growth in aluminium wires market over a period of time. The country houses Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the oldest and the most profitable aluminium producer in the Middle East and a number of aluminium wire and cable manufacturers that export their products around the world. {newsStudioGallery} Here we are analysing the export data of aluminium wires by Bahrain over the past three years. According to the international export-import data, the...
Norsk Hydro confirms on a press release that on September 5, Alunorte signed two agreements which are considered as milestones towards resuming normal operations at the alumina refinery in Pará, Brazil which was operating at 50% capacity since March. The agreements include a technical Term of Adjusted Conduct (TAC) signed between Alunorte - Alumina do Norte do Brasil S.A, Norsk Hydro do Brasil Ltda, the Ministério Público Federal (MPF), the Pará State Ministério Público (MPPA), the State Government of Pará, represented by the Secretariat of State of Environment and Sustainability (SEMAS). A social Term of Commitment (TC) has also been signed between Alunorte - Alumina do Norte do Brasil S.A and the State Government of Pará. The TAC regulates certain technical improvements, audits, studies...
According to the data from Shanghai Metals Market, China in the month of August produced 3.11 million tonnes of primary aluminium, up 1.5 per cent from 3.063 million tonnes in the corresponding period last year. But the overall output during January-August still remained down by 1.8 per cent to 24.05 million tonnes from 24.48 million tonnes year-on-year. Until the end of August, the primary aluminium capacity in operation across China was about 37.36 million tonnes while about 4.54 million tonnes remained idle. Operating rates in August came in at 89.2 per cent, down 0.3 percentage point from July as costs and losses grew. Some capacities with high costs in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Henan provinces were shut permanently during the period which further bolstered the shrink of operating volumes....
The US dollar index edged down 0.31% to close at 95.1 as the pound jumped after it was reported that Germany was prepared to make a major compromise on Brexit. Base metals closed mixed. LME aluminium contract gained after three consecutive falls and closed the day’s trading at US$ 2045 per tonne yesterday. With support from high costs of alumina, LME aluminium jumped to a high of US$2,087 per tonne and closed at US$2,060 per tonne overnight. It is likely to consolidate at US$2,050-2,080 per tonne with limited downward room. As on September 5, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stands at US$ 2045.50per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 2045 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 2076 per tonne, 3-months offer price is US$ 2077 per tonne; Dec 19 bid price stands at US$...
According to the latest update by Shanghai Metals Market, primary aluminium inventories across major consumption areas in China shrank over the week as downstream consumers increased purchases to restock on lowered spot prices. As of Thursday, September 6, stocks across eight consumption areas, including SHFE warrants, fell by some 33,000 tonnes from last Thursday to stand at 1.714 million tonnes. In Wuxi, Jiangsu, the inventory dropped by 9000 tonnes from Monday, September 3, to stand at 718,000 tonnes; in Shanghai, it dipped 5000 tonnes to clock at 381,000 tonnes. However, in Linyi, Shandong and Chongqing, the inventories showed no change and still hovering at 27,000 tonnes. For more details, refer to the chart below: In this background, today, on September 6, the A00 aluminium ingot...
Paper and packaging company Mpact is doing trial run at its plant in Benoni, Gauteng, to manufacture construction boards and pallets from recycled aluminium and plastic. The aluminium and plastic materials are recovered from liquid packaging that is recycled at the company’s paper mill in Springs, Gauteng. Liquid packaging cartons for milk or juice are comprised of 25% aluminium and plastic, and 75% fibre (paper). The construction boards are lightweight and durable and have great potential for commercial use. Mpact MD John Hunt says the company intends to explore commercial viability of the products and accordingly upscale the manufacturing of aluminium and plastic boards and pallets in the next few months. Mpact started recycling liquid packaging to compensate for the major investment...
After managing to run 2 million tonnes per annum refinery for past 10 years with bauxite sourced from several parts of the state and abroad, the aluminium major The Vedanta Limited for the very first time received the raw material from OMC’s Kodingamali mines recently, reported Vedanta’s external affairs head Sanjeev Kumar to PTI. According to the report, The Vedanta is now optimistic about the completion of its Lanjigarh refinery expansion project on receiving bauxite from the state-owned Odisha Mining Corporation. The refinery was importing bauxite from countries like Brazil and Guinea and states like Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, said Mr. Kumar added to it that due to the shortage of raw material supply, the refinery could utilise 1.2 million tonnes of capacity every year out of 2...
According to the aluminium trading data, Japan ranked as the fourth largest aluminium importing country in 2017 after the United State, Germany, and Netherlands, accounting for 8.3 percent of the world’s total share of aluminium imports. The world total aluminium imports in the same year had totalled at US$176.2 billion. {newsStudioGallery} The global export-import data found that in 2016 and 2017, Japan had imported a total amount of 2.5 million tonnes and 2.8 million tonnes of aluminium including alloy and non-alloy, respectively. This shows the import volume grew by almost 12 per cent in 2017. Well, it does not stop there because according to the prediction by the international export-import data, Japan would likely import more this year, totalling at 3 million tonnes, 20 per cent up...
The Gulf Aluminium Council or GAC is a coordinating body that represents, promotes and protects the interests of the aluminium industry within the Gulf region. GAC, for a while has been organizing a series of special industry focused seminars for the members in the Gulf. Recently, the organization has decided to open the seminars to a global audience considering the relevance of the global topics that concern the aluminium industry as a whole. The GAC seminars will provide an excellent opportunity to share global knowledge from professionals and practical applications of the subject matter, among the GCC smelters. The objective of the seminar is to facilitate the participants a platform to gain a boarder perspective from these informative seminars, which they can apply in their own work...
According to the preliminary estimates from Aluminum Association, aluminium demand in the United States and Canada (shipments by domestic producers plus imports) stood at an estimated 6.4 million tonnes through June 2018, up 2.0 per cent over the same period of 2017. Demand for semi-finished products totalled 4.6 million tonnes, up 2.6 per cent from YTD 2017. Apparent consumption (demand less exports) in domestic markets totalled an estimated 5.6 million tonnes, slightly up year-over-year. Aluminum net shipments (including exports) by domestic U.S. and Canadian facilities totalled an estimated 858,196 tonnes during July, an increase of 5.8 per cent over the July 2017 total of 811,023 tonnes. Shipments of aluminium mill products rose 4.2 per cent over the previous year to 622,328 tonnes....
According to a report, Tánaiste Simon Coveney is hopeful about the job security of more than 650 personnel at Aughinish Alumina refinery in Limerick, following crippling sanctions on its Russian owner by the United States. As per the source, The Minister for Foreign Affairs has accredited the US administration for being extremely helpful in regard to the preservation of so many livelihoods that are dependent on the plant near Askeaton. The plant has 450 staff and 220 contractors in total. The major share of Aughinish Alumina belongs to En+, a company controlled by the Russian aluminium giant Oleg Deripaska. In early August, the US Treasury had reportedly extended the deadline to investors to divest interests in the Rusal to October 23 and also ordered Mr. Deripaska to abdicate control...
Altech Chemicals Limited announces that a geotechnical ground drilling and survey program that commenced in mid-August 2018 at the site of its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) plant in Johor, Malaysia is well advanced and nearing completion. Highlights of the survey: Geotechnical ground survey program well advanced Site topography, soil stability and soil analysis required for final design confirmation Part of Stage 1 construction works The detailed geotechnical survey is part of HPA plant Stage 1 construction activities. The works include an assessment of soil types, soil stability and a detailed assessment of site topography; each being required to confirm the HPA final plant's civil engineering design. A full analysis of the site soil profile will be used to confirm the final...
The US dollar index rallied to the highest since August 21 last night at 95.73, and closed at 95.41. Concerns over an escalating trade conflict between the US and China battered emerging market currencies and prompted investors to seek safe harbour of the dollar. Base metals, except for SHFE tin, fell across the board. LME aluminium inched up to a high of US$2,105 per tonne during the Asian trading session, but a robust US dollar lowered it to a low of US$2,056 per tonne. It closed the day’s trading at US$ 2040 per tonne and regained little to close at US$2,063 per tonne overnight. The contract may consolidate at US$2,055-2,080 per tonne today. As on September 4, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stands at US$ 2039.50 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 2040 per tonne;...
The price spread of primary aluminium between Henan province and Shanghai narrowed to RMB 90 per tonne on Wednesday, September 5, from RMB 140 per tonne at the end of August. The followed after aluminium processing plants in Gongyi, Henan resumed production from environmental curbs during July-August. Higher demand also served as a primary reason for the decreased prices in the province. However, as of today, September, the A00 aluminium ingot price grew over RMB 100 per tonne from late August to RMB 14590 per tonne to stand at RMB 14610 per tonne, SMM learned. Orders for September dropped year-on-year across most aluminium processors even as environmental restrictions eased. Downstream demand may underperform relative to expectations in the traditional high season of September-October,...
