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A professional with a technical background, specialising in producing insightful content centred around metals, particularly aluminium, passionately engaged in the intricacies of the recycling sector.
Exeter City Council and Exeter City Football Club secures national recycling award
Exeter City Council and Exeter City Football Club (ECFC) in England have won a national recycling award for their innovative scheme, Cans 4 City. This has encouraged the Exeter football fans to recycle used drink aluminium cans while also raising money for charity. The team behind Cans 4 City were...
Chinese solar power product maker Mibet develops unique Agri-PV mounting system
The Chinese high-tech enterprise, specializing in research and development, manufacturing, selling solar energy products, Mibet Energy has developed a mounting structure for agrivoltaic projects that can be applied to different crops. The structure is asserted to certify different light...
World’s top ten bauxite producing mines of 2020
Bauxite is known as a rock made up of laterite soil and it is the primary raw material used in the production of alumina and aluminium metal. Generally, it is found in tropical regions, where intense decomposition aids in its generation. Bauxite is found in a thin layer, commonly 2–5 meters close...
Swisstek Aluminium earned the credential as a ‘Great Place to Work’ in Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan exporter of quality aluminium extrusion products to the global market, Swisstek Aluminium Ltd has received the certification as a “Great Place to Work” by the independent analysts at Great Place to Work in Sri Lanka. The USA headquartered Great Place to Work® is the global authority...
Downstream products weekly recap: Jindal Aluminium plans to invest INR 150 crore; European Energy signs PPA with lightweight aluminium components maker 595 Solutions
The downstream sector of the global aluminium industry has been witnessing some amount of investment for expansion this week. Jindal aluminium stated that it will boost up capacities by around 50% primarily across the extrusions vertical. The German wind portfolio of European Energy will supply the...
Yeast for bakery, AlF3 in aluminium smelter stands equal: Ian Levy, ABx Group
The aluminium smelters entail a raw material that enables the perfect chemical balance through the complicated procedure of converting alumina to aluminium metal. The booming aluminium sector of Australia primarily relies on China to keep the smelters running. The nation is the largest...
Nigeria: Chinese business investors to set up world-class aluminium profile facility in Lagos
A team of Chinese business investors are in Nigeria to build a world-class aluminium profiles facility in Lagos to support the restriction towards the high rate of fake aluminium products. As per our report, the promoters of the new firm following the establishment of the aluminium factory will...
G.A. Röders secures research funding for commitment towards climate protection
The foundry in the German town of Soltau, G.A. Röders has announced that it is pleased to be working with other climate-conscious companies to develop the first hydrogen-powered crucible melting furnace for aluminium. Now, this aspiring project, costing a total of more than €3 million, is being...
Golkonda Aluminium Extrusion reports 84% plunge in net profit for December 2021 quarter
Golkonda Aluminium Extrusions, which was formerly known as Alumeco India Extrusion Ltd has reported its standalone financial results for December 2021 quarter with an 83.87% downfall in net profit to INR 0.10 crore as against INR 0.62 crore during the existing quarter ended December 2020. The...
Canyon Resources appoints Nfon Ekoko Mukete as Non-Executive Director to Camalco Cameroon
The developer of the world-class Minim Martap bauxite project in Cameroon, Canyon Resources Limited has appointed Nfon (Traditional Chief) Ekoko Mukete as a Non-Executive Director of Canyon’s wholly-owned subsidiary company Camalco Cameroon S.A. Nfon Ekoko Mukete is the ‘Paramount Ruler’ of the...
Delivering additional efforts is the mechanism for 100% recycling rate of aluminium beverage cans: European industry associations
The recycling rate of aluminium beverage cans needs to be amplified across Europe to attain the set targets for the year 2030. European Aluminium and Metal Packaging Europe (MPE), the two of the European industry associations are emphasizing this in light of the figures revealed for 2019. The...
India: SRF to invest INR 425 crores for setting up aluminium foil plant
On 25 th January 2022, the ‘Board of Directors’ of SRF Limited during the meeting has approved setting up an aluminium foil manufacturing plant for an investment of INR 425 crores. SRF Limited is a multi-business chemicals conglomerate engaged in the manufacturing of industrial and speciality...
Robot made from aluminium sheets can be an alternative to human firefighters, Mumbai fire brigade conducts R&D
The fire brigade serving the city of Mumbai, India, Mumbai fire brigade is piloting research and development on the efficiency of its firefighting robot that is considered as an alternative to human firefighters. The body of the robot is made from aluminium sheets which can combat the temperature...
Demand for aluminium anticipated to escalate in the solar industry, disquiet on emissions to rise: UNSW
Aluminium is one of the vital commodities utilized in the solar power industry due to its valuable features of low weight, high conductivity and excellent corrosion resistance. In the solar industry, it is extensively used for making cells module frames, mountings and inverters. Aluminium ore is...
India’s largest aluminium extruder Jindal plans to invest INR 150 crore
The largest aluminium extrusion company of India, Jindal Aluminium is considering investing INR 150 crore-odd over two years, as it counts to initiate on-stream new capacities across its two verticals i.e. extrusions and rolled products. The aluminium downstream company stated that it will boost up...
European Energy signs PPA with lightweight aluminium components maker 595 Solutions
The developer, financer, constructor and operator of wind and solar farms as well as large-scale PtX plants European Energy has inked a power purchase agreement (PPA) with light metals components producer 595 Solutions for power from its German wind portfolio. 595 Solutions is a European supplier...
Bauxite production capacity increased in 2020 but the revenues evaporated: Prime Minister of Guinea
The Prime Minister of Guinea, Mohamed Béavogui revealed the shocking information on the mining sector of the nation by saying, “If we trust the figures of the International Monetary Fund on Guinea, the last moments of Alpha Condé's management were catastrophic in the mining sector.” “During the...
Cameroon sorting out to recapitalize Alucam with the aid of three European financial institutions
The aluminium company in Cameroon is presently sorting out with a group of three European financial institutions to recapitalize Cameroon Aluminium Company (Alucam), the only primary aluminium producer in the CEMAC zone. As per our report from the Technical Commission for the Rehabilitation of...
