India’s renewable energy transition is gathering pace, with installed renewable power capacity surpassing 300 gigawatts (GW) in 2026, almost quadrupling over the past decade. The country has also achieved its target of sourcing 50 per cent of installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources five years ahead of schedule, strengthening its position as one of the world’s fastest-growing clean energy markets. The expansion is beginning to deliver measurable energy security benefits by reducing dependence on imported fossil fuels, while competitive renewable power costs and expanding domestic manufacturing are opening new investment opportunities. However, sustaining this momentum will require substantial improvements in electricity transmission, storage infrastructure and...
Glencore has defended its progress on the Aurukun bauxite project in Queensland, saying it has met all commitments under its licence conditions, as calls for greater scrutiny mount over its proposed sale to Rio Tinto. Queensland MP Robbie Katter, a member of the Parliamentary Primary Industries and Resources Committee, is seeking an inquiry into the deal. The reported sale value has been put at USD 250 million, though this figure has not been confirmed. Katter questioned why a multinational company should hold a public resource without developing it and then sell its interests. He said, “That resource is owned by the people of Queensland, it’s not the government’s to play around with, or for any of these global mining companies to just trade.” Explore the production, demand and...
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Altech Batteries (ATC) has unveiled the new look of its one-megawatt-hour (MWh) “GridPack” product specially crafted for the renewable energy and grid storage sector. Altech has forged a partnership with Fraunhofer to develop the CERENERGY Sodium Alumina Solid State (SAS) 1.0 MWh GridPack in a sea container module. This technological development occurred almost six months after the organisations joined in circulating Fraunhofer’s CERENERGY SAS battery in retail. Altech assures that the GridPacks can endure any probable weather discrepancies and are suitable for outdoor applications. The GridPack also has an estimated life expectancy of more than 15 years with uninterrupted use. The product has been designed to endure extreme weather conditions so that it can operate smoothly without...
Wilwood Engineering, the US based designer and manufacturer of high-end disc brake systems is excited to launch the first high-performance large brake kits for Utility Terrain Vehicles (UTV). All the UTV improvement kits have high-friction rotors positioned dynamically and forged aluminium four- or six-piston callipers. Using their years of expertise, Wilwood created bolt-on, ready-to-install performance brake kits for the most widely used vehicles. Forged aluminium callipers have been specially created to give enhanced clamping force with decreased deflection for the side-by-side market. Over the past 20 years, UTVs have developed quickly, gaining more power, larger wheels and tires, more suspension travel, and the capacity to transport the entire family along with their belongings. Many...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced the joining of Impol TLM as its new Production and Transformation member. As a part of the Impol Group, lmpol is an adaptable, creative, and development-focused business that reprocesses aluminium into various cutting-edge semi-finished items that effectively satisfy the demands of numerous sectors. Impol is big enough to successfully complete significant orders and small enough to maintain flexibility and adjust to its clients' rigorous standards. The expansion of their product line and effective fulfilment of the demands of several industries, including the automotive, defence, transport, construction, food, and pharmaceutical industries, are made possible through development, innovations, and adaptation. "By joining the ASI, we want to...
Three Blind Mice, an English craft brewer, has been tagging its flagship beverage cans with ‘not for sale in Scotland’ to deal with the deposit return scheme (DRS) in Scotland.The company blatantly devised this particular solution to avoid being fined under the Scotland DRS. The DRS , which was scheduled to be launched in August, requires the beverage brands to increase the price of their assorted drinks by 20p so that the same amount can be refunded on returning the used container. The Scotland DRS has been designed to accept one-time use plastic bottles and aluminium cans. The brewer was flustered by the fact that each drink type needs to be registered under the Scotland DRS with an initial fee of £350. Three Blind Mice brews small batches of specialist beers, and the company can't...
The American University in Dubai is announced as a winner of EGA’s this year’s AI Robot competition. Al Robot is an annual competition hosted by EGA, challenging students from UAE universities and higher education institutions to design and make prototype industrial robots for use at EGA’s aluminium smelters. The winning team members from American University in Dubai were Mostafa Aboelnaga, Mohammad Rashwan, Mohammad AlHadi, Yassin Abdelmeguid and Bilal Serieh. This year, EGA hosted the fifth edition of competition, throwing a challenge to design and build a robot that can measure the thickness of materials within EGA’s reduction cells. This gave a chance to students to apply their academic knowledge in the field of robotics and automation and develop a practical solution for the...
One of the most reputable institutional investors in the US, Yousif Capital Management LLC, has made a significant move towards reorganising its portfolio. According to the organisation's most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), during the fourth quarter (Q4), it reduced its holdings in shares of Kaiser Aluminum Co. by 13.6 per cent. After selling 1,745 shares of the industrial goods company's stock over time, the institutional investor now owns 11,079 of those shares. According to its most recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Yousif Capital Management LLC held 0.07% of Kaiser Aluminum for $842,000. Kaiser Aluminum is currently trading at $73.09 after seeing a rise in recent weeks in response to adverse comments from stock experts who have...
On March 30, 2023, the Australian parliament passed the progressive climate laws eyeing the countries' worst polluters, impelling aluminium smelters and alumina refineries, coal mines, and oil refineries, among others, to restrain emissions by about five per cent annually. The legislation, according to experts, marks the end of Australia's harsh "climate wars," a decade-long political scuffle that has repeatedly thwarted efforts to combat climate change. Tommy Wiedmann, the sustainability expert at the University of New South Wales, said, "It's the first time greenhouse gas emissions reduction has been written into Australian law. "That's obviously a good thing. We have a climate policy now." The legislation, which applies to 215 significant industrial units producing more than 100,000...
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Alumina production in Africa & Asia (ex-China) in the first two months of 2023 amounted to 2.159 million tonnes, reflecting a year-on-year drop of 2.92 per cent from 2.224 million tonnes, found the International Aluminium Institute (IAI). In February 2023, Africa & Asia’s (ex-China) alumina output was 1.04 million tonnes, down by 7.06 per cent from 1.119 million tonnes a month ago. According to IAI, the monthly decline extended during February as January also recorded a dip, albeit at a lower rate, by 0.89 per cent month-on-month from 1.129 million tonnes. On a year-on-year calculation, the alumina output in Africa & Asia (ex-China) during February 2023 also registered a downfall of 3.26 per cent from 1.075 million tonnes. Meanwhile, despite the monthly decline, the average daily...
Samuel Abu Jinapor, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has emphasised the need to develop the downstream aluminium industry in Ghana. He claimed that the nation has lost out on enormous cash and job prospects for young people by not doing so throughout the years. The Minister emphasised the need to add value to Ghana's natural resources to secure maximum profit when speaking at a two-day workshop organised by GIADEC in collaboration with the Strategic Anchor Industries Unit of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). The workshop, which took place in Akosombo, sought stakeholders' feedback to create a policy framework and implementation strategy for a nationally integrated aluminium sector. "This is a huge opportunity for companies to develop...
On March 29, 2023, a train accident occurred in the district of Tinguilinta in the sub-prefecture of Tanéné in Boké. According to our information, a CBG train loaded with Bauxite in the province from Sangaredi struck a machine in which a young employee of a security company was present. It has been revealed that the latter eventually succumbed. Our informant claims that the switchman, Sadjouma N'Diaye, who is years 30 old, is the victim. The victim in question was lying in a tamping machine, the needle pointing to the siding. The accident occurred while descending a hill. The train carrying bauxite to Kamsar collided with the tamping machine, severely damaging it. Tamping machines do the same job as stone blowers, restoring the line and level of the track, but work slightly differently....
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has formulated a new way of battery recycling which can recover up to 70 per cent of the lithium without engaging corrosive chemicals, high temperatures or prior sorting processes. The fact is, the aluminium usage in the new recycling method as a reducing agent for the mechanochemical reaction saves the application of chemicals and high temperatures. Scientiests explain that no other chemicals are needed due to the presence of aluminium in the cathode. Mechanochemical reaction is a process that uses mechanical processes at room temperature and at normal air pressure to bring about chemical reactions. In the new recycling process, the battery waste is ground up to recover the lithium, during which reaction with the aluminium, results in the...
A Cambodian recycling company, Seng Casin Electronics, has begun locally producing secondary aluminium from aluminium scrap to be readily exported to China. The first of its kind in Cambodia, the company also wishes to venture out with its aluminium products into the domestic industrial sector. Seng Casin Electronics has planned to supply local beverage companies with aluminium cans made with recycled aluminium from its facility in Takeo province. The CEO of the company, Sun Bunheng, claimed that the factory presently exports the total volume of its extracted pure aluminium. “We are gearing up to produce drink cans for local breweries and beverage companies and also plan to manufacture aluminium power lines,” Bunheng explained. The CEO also added: “There are Chinese and South Korean...
According to a report on March 29, Goyal Aluminiums has planned to invest INR 200 crore into building an electric vehicle (EV) plant in Uttar Pradesh for manufacturing electric, mild-speed range scooters for the Indian two-wheeler industry. In early March, the company announced debuting into the electric vehicle sector through its newly incorporated venture Wroley E India . As per the report, the company has already acquired a 4,000 square metre land from the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) for the project on a lease for a period of 90 years. Goyal Aluminiums’ spokesperson told PTI on Wednesday, "Goyal Aluminiums...is gearing up to set up a new electric vehicle manufacturing plant with an investment of Rs 200 crore.” "Low-speed and electric scooters will only be...
LME aluminium opened at US$2,383 per tonne on Wednesday, with its high and low at US$2,423 per tonne and US$2,366.5 per tonne, respectively, before closing at US$2,380 per tonne, an increase of US$2.5 per tonne or 0.1 per cent. On Wednesday, March 29, both LME aluminium cash bid price and LME aluminium official settlement price surged by US$51.5 per tonne or 2.22 per cent and US$51 per tonne or 2.20 per cent to halt at US$2,365.50 per tonne and US$2,366 per tonne. 3-month bid price and 3-month offer price escalated by US$49.5 per tonne or 2.09 per cent and US$49 per tonne or 2.07 per cent to halt at US$2,409.50 per tonne and US$2,410 per tonne. December 24 bid price and December 24 offer price came in at US$2,593 per tonne and US$2,598 per tonne after recording an expansion of US$40 per...
The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF) plans to take control of the assets of Russian businesses, as stated by Rustem Umerov, the head of SPF. Umerov said, "Legally, the Mykolaiv alumina refinery has yet to reach the management of the State Property Fund. We plan to put it up for auction quickly as soon as we get it under control." The State Property Fund of Ukraine is a central body of executive power with special status administrated by the Cabinet of Ukraine. "It is feasible to begin the privatization of the alumina refinery in the second or third quarter of this year. Site preparation for privatization typically takes 60–90 days", Umerov added. "If the state gives us other Russian assets confiscated by the court ruling, we will put them up for privatization. We are moving as quickly...
Original Unique Individuel (O.U.i), the luxury Brazilian fragrance brand, offers refills for their eaux de parfum in recyclable aluminium bottles. The decision to shift to aluminium was taken to reduce the weight of the packaging being transported. One of the seven brands held by Grupo Boticário, a Brazilian cosmetics company that sells its goods in 16 different nations, is O.U.i. According to the firm, the development of the French perfume brand put sustainability and health first. Products from O.U.i. are 100 per cent vegan and cruelty-free, which means they don't have any components from animals and haven't undergone any kind of animal testing. "Different packages were prospected, but through a survey of consumers, we understood that the aluminum package would be the most appropriate,...
The surge in global aluminium output coincided with growing concerns that an economic slowdown would reduce demand for the metal. Europe's industrial economy suffered greatly due to the geopolitical-induced energy crisis. Fears of a recession were raised in the US due to inflation and rising interest rates. Furthermore, currency fluctuations have dented aluminium prices. The aggressive escalation of interest rates by the Federal Reserve to fight inflation has increased the US dollar’s worth relative to other currencies. An increase in the dollar's value impacted the price of aluminium for holders of other currencies because metals are labelled in US dollars on international markets. The challenging economic circumstances from 2022 have persisted into 2023, giving aluminium a gloomy...
French composite aluminium façade supplier C2F has reportedly unveiled a new PV façade at the recent BePositive trade show in Lyon, France. The product is called Ultracade, of which metallic aluminium cladding can fit into any new or existing buildings and reduce the impact of hold and cold in weather, improving the energy coefficient by approximately 30 per cent. The new solution can be integrated with the solar panels of any manufacturer, up to 1.98 metres in length. “In the end, as our solution is entirely modular, the only limit is the imagination,” C2F CEO Jean-Charles Battut told pv magazine France. “We are in the process of completing the installation of our first project, on the facade of a company active in the rental of construction equipment in Clermont-Ferrand,” said Battut....
