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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Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has received the first shipment of caustic soda for its under-construction Al Taweelah alumina refinery. Caustic soda and bauxite are the two most important raw materials in alumina refining. The refinery will require some 130,000 tonnes of caustic soda each year, which will initially be imported. Abdulla Kalban, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of EGA, said: “Whilst construction continues in many areas of Al Taweelah alumina refinery, we are steadily moving into commissioning completed equipment and sections. Importing the first of these raw materials is an important milestone in this immense effort to develop alumina refining as a new industrial activity in the UAE.” Once full ramp-up is achieved, Al Taweelah alumina refinery is expected to...
The city of Binzhou in Shandong province, east China, has stepped further to provide support to the high-end aluminium industry by developing five new projects, Reuters report. According to a local government document, Shandong province, home to top aluminum producer China Hongqiao Group, has already initiated the plan. One of the projects includes building an aluminium alloy plant with production capacity of 10,000 tonne-per-year (tpy) by Huachuang Metal, according to the document dated Aug. 30 on the Binzhou city government website. A second aluminium alloy project, to be built by Hangqiao Technology, will target the automotive and aerospace industries and a third project, to be built by Yangxin Taihe New Material, will make aluminium formwork used in construction. The production...
Orora Limited has acquired Bronco Packaging Corporation (Bronco) for USD$24 million as part of the continued growth of the Orora Packaging Solutions (OPS) business in North America. Orora’s products portfolio include glass bottles, aluminium cans, closures and caps, boxes and cartons, point-of-purchase displays, packaging equipment, recycled paper, bags and sacks, rigid packaging, flexible packaging and general packaging materials and supplies. Source:www.ororagroup.com Based Dallas, Bronco serves corporate accounts in the fresh food manufacturing industry. The company provides an ‘on-demand’ packaging delivery service to customers predominantly located in Texas. The Company, which generates revenues in excess of USD$50 million, will continue to lead the business for a period of at least...
China’s bauxite imports found decreased in July by China Customs from a month ago as rainy season lowered the supply from Guinea. {newsStudioGallery} Data showed China imported a total volume of 7,280,000 tonnes of bauxite in July, compared to 7,440,160 tonnes in June. This means the volume dropped 2.2 per cent month-on-month but grew 18.2 per cent year-on-year as the bauxite import volume in China had stood at 5,955,040 tonnes during the same period last year. In the first seven months of this year, China imported 49,580,000 tonnes of bauxite in total, up 29.8 per cent from 34,805,160 tonnes in the corresponding period last year. Guinea remained the top exporter of bauxite to China in July 2018. Out of 7,280,000 tonnes, it shipped 2,960,000 tonnes to China, accounting for 40.6 per cent...
Automobile industry has been a key pillar of Japan’s manufacturing sector and auto exports contribute a large chunk of Japanese export revenue. Exports to the United States accounting for a significant share of the total auto export by Japan. Like all other auto exporters to the US, Japan is also facing a threat when US is contemplating a 25 per cent tariff on auto and auto parts import. Source: Trade Data The White House is considering auto tariffs in its efforts to reduce the overall trade deficit and encourage the U.S. domestic auto sector. The U.S. trade deficit with Japan totalled US$72 billion in 2017, the third largest U.S. trading partner after China and Mexico. The $54 billion trade deficit in car and car parts accounts for 75% of that overall deficit. Unlike the earlier steel...
Mining operators have urged the state government to allow bauxite mining activities after the moratorium end on December 31, 2018. LLT Group (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, director Datuk Seri Abdul Rahim Abdul, said a set of standard operating procedure (SOP) for bauxite mining activities have been handed to the federal government, New Straits Times reported. LLT Group, which is among the 20 mining companies, is registered under the Pahang Mineral Operators Association. “The state government and mining association had compiled a set of SOP and we are waiting for the feedback from the government. The main concern is to mitigate environmental issues arising from bauxite mining and the new SOP will ensure that all the mineral are gathered at one main stockpile centre near the port. “There will be no...
The US dollar inched up 0.01% to close at 95.1, following news of improved manufacturing activity in the UK in August. Base metals, except for lead, dropped across the board. LME aluminium slumped 1.4%. Poor downstream demand in the expected high season weighed on aluminium prices, but higher costs of raw materials continued to prevent further downward room. LME aluminium slumped sharply below the 60- and 10-day moving averages to a low of US$2,080 per tonne overnight after settling at US$ 2083.50 during the day’s trading. Shanghai Metals Market expects LME contract to trade at US$2,075-2,105 per tonne. As on September 3, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stands at US$ 2082.50 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 2083.50 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 2109.50...
The A00 aluminium ingot price continues to decline across China. The A00 aluminium ingot price dropped RMB 30 per tonne to RMB 14690 per tonne on Tuesday, September 4, 2018, from RMB 14720 per tonne on September, 3, 2018. The prices are expected to range between RMB 14670 per tonne and RMB 14710 per tonne, with spot discounts to settle at RMB 50 to RMB 10 per tonne. A00 aluminium ingot price in China’s major markets have also registered a drop today. In the east, the price decreased RMB 25 per tonne to stand at RMB 14700 per tonne on September 4, compared to RMB 14725 per tonne on September 3. In the south and north, the price dropped RMB 50 per tonne and RMB 30 per tonne to stand at RMB 14790 per tonne and RMB 14700 per tonne, respectively. As far as the raw material prices are...
Canyon Resources Limited has reportedly upgraded the JORC 2004 resource for its Minim Martap Bauxite Project in the Adamawa region of Cameroon, alongside Canyon’s existing Birsok Bauxite Project, to a JORC 2012 compliant resource. The resource has 550 million tonnes of an average grade of 45.5 per cent aluminium oxide and 2.06 per cent of silicon dioxide. Canyon managing director Phillip Gallagher said “We are very pleased to announce such a substantial JORC 2012 compliant resource just four weeks after securing the Minim Martap Bauxite Project. The resource, more than half a billion tonnes of high-grade, low contaminant bauxite, is significant compared to other bauxite deposits globally.” He further added, “We have a pathway to increase the size of the deposit by drilling untested...
Minimalist designer Michael Anastassiades has recently designed Bang & Olufsen's circular Beosound Edge, which is both speaker and volume knob in one. Designed for the first time by the best known designer for minimal lightings design and unveiled last week at Berlin electronics fair IFA, the speaker can be rolled to adjust the volume. The rest of its subtle touch controls are built into the aluminium frame and only light up when a person approaches them. The speaker is designed in such a way that it can either be kept on the floor as a centrepiece or mounted perpendicular to the wall, serving as an object to divide spaces. Next to the aluminium body, the speaker on both sides has a matt black fabric cover that looks as dark as a void. "It looks quite surreal as an object, because of the...
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced the signing of $2 billion Master Project Support Agreement (MPSM) between the Government of Ghana and Sinohydro Corporation Limited. The agreement was signed during a state visit to China by President Nana Akufo-Addo. Under the deal Sinohydro will fund the infrastructure projects in Ghana, including roads, bridges, interchanges, hospitals, housing, rural electrification in exchange for refined bauxite. In a Facebook post, President Akufo-Addo said "On Saturday, 1st September 2018, at the invitation of the President of the People's Republic of China, His Excellency Mr Xi Jinping, I paid a State Visit to China.” “Amongst others, I held separate bilateral talks with President Xi Jinping, and Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang, with the talks centred...
Ireland’s Limerick-based Aughinish Alumina has begun lobbying against a State-imposed energy levy from which it received millions of euro up until 2016, labelling it unfair and a threat to investment. The Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) now plans to cut the Public Service Obligation (PSO) levied on all electricity bills by 56 per cent from October. This will bring down the levy to €209.19 million from previous €471.9 million. The charge was levied on all homes and businesses in the State on their electricity bills and used to support renewable energy producers, such as wind farms and other plants. Russian-owned Aughinish Alumina received significant fund support from the same levy between 2006 and 2016. According to CRU data, the refinery was paid €13.7 million from the...
According to the recent report, South Africa is not included in the list of countries who have received a reprieve from the United States . This news came after Trump reportedly signed proclamations permitting targeted relief from steel and aluminium quotas from countries including South Africa, Brazil, and Argentina. South Africa was among the developing countries affected by 25 per cent tariff on steel imports and 10 per cent on aluminium imports introduced by Washington in March 2018. Recently, Trump tweeted that he had asked his secretary of state “closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large-scale killing of farmers” – apparently drawing on an inaccurate Fox News report. The South African government, however, did not take kindly to the tweet...
The U.S. and China trade war is having an impact on aluminium scrap traders and scrap recyclers. On Aug. 23, each country began imposing new rounds of penalties on each other. The latest round included China’s 25 per cent tariff on OCC, recovered paper, scrap plastics and various recovered metals. According to the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), U.S. aluminium sent to China now has a 50 per cent tariff on it. China increased the tariffs to 50 per cent from 25% imposed in April on August 23. U.S. export statistics show penalties on aluminium scrap by China has reduced scrap shipment to China. The country exported 315,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap to China from January to June. In the year 2017, US exported 820,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap to China. The export volume is...
According to the new Vedanta CEO Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan’s statement shared with PTI in an interview, the firm (oil-to-aluminium group) holds a huge potential to become one of the world’s largest resource companies by expanding outside India without compromising on growth within the country. Venkatakrishnan, a highly regarded mining executive who worked at AngloGold, one of the world’s biggest gold producers, for 18 years, has taken over as the chief executive officer of Vedanta Resources on August 31, replacing Tom Albanese, the former head of Rio Tinto. The 53-year-old wants to give it back to India by building the company into a giant producer of commodities, create jobs, and reduce poverty. "If you look at diversified companies, they come with a bright and strong heritage. Vedanta...
Aluminium scrap import by Turkey has increased over the last three years. The country’s aluminium scrap imports increased 25.8 per cent year-on-year to 60353 tonnes in 2017. Turkey delivered about 16366 tonnes of aluminium scrap to the global market in 2017, a decrease of 23.67 per cent year-on-year. {newsStudioGallery} According to the recent estimates, Turkey imported about 47970 tonnes of aluminium scrap in 2016 with total cost of USD 64 million. The country’s import of this product increased to 60353 tonnes in 2017. The total cost of import was USD 20 million. Turkey is expected to import 74044 tonnes of aluminium scrap. The value of import is estimated to stand at USD 103 million by the end of the current year. The top exporters of aluminium scrap to Turkey in 2017 were Belgium (9668...
After gaining over the last week ended on Thursday, August 30, the primary aluminium inventories across eight major consumption areas in China shrank over the weakened as limited deliveries arrived, Shanghai Metals Market learned. As of today September 3, the primary aluminium stocks, including SHFE warrants, dipped by some 12,000 tonnes from Thursday to stand at 1.735 million tonnes, according to SMM data. The inventory in Wuxi and Jiangsu stood at 727,000 tonnes; while in Shanghai, Nanhai and Guangdong, and Gongyi and Henan, the inventories were heard at 386,000 tonnes, 238,000 tonnes, and 162,000 tonnes, respectively. For more detail, refer to the chart below: But despite the drop in inventories on limited arrivals, the A00 aluminium ingot spot price has registered a further decrease...
Metro Mining Ltd has signed a new binding contract with China’s state-owned State Power Investment Corporation Aluminium and Electric Power Investment Co. Ltd (SPIC) for the delivery of 300,000 WMT (+/- 10%) of bauxite in calendar year 2018.The company said that the demand for Bauxite Hills ore exceeds Metro’s available bauxite. Metro’s Managing Director Simon Finnis said; “We are delighted to have finalised a new off-take agreement with SPIC, who have the capacity to be another long term off-take partner and to have successfully sold all of Metro’s planned 2018 production.” This year shipments will be made to five different Chinese customers confirming strong demand for Metro bauxite in China.” “We are experiencing particular interest from refineries located in the inland provinces where...
