AlCircle News Edited By "Rupankar Majumder"
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.
Dr Mark Cooksey appointed as the new CEO of ABx Group
The developer of high-technology businesses in the world of mining and minerals exploration, ABx Group has appointed Dr Mark Cooksey, the CEO of Alcore, its subsidiary, as the Chief Executive of the parent company. Following ABx prolonged leader Ian Levy decided to stand down from his present...
Indonesia: President Joko Widodo visits PT Bintan Alumina refinery in Riau Islands
On 24 th January 2022, the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo visited the Riau Islands to conduct a review of the bauxite to the alumina processing facility at PT Bintan Alumina Indonesia in Galang Batang-Bintan, Riau Islands province. The Presidential attendant from Jakarta arrives at Raja Haji...
Downstream products weekly review: Novelis achieves GreenCircle Certification for 99% recycled aluminium content in three of its alloys; Eastern Shipbuilding Group inaugurates new aluminium fabrication facility
The downstream segment of the global aluminium industry remained highlighted in the week due to some of the eventful happenings. The American industrial aluminium company, Novelis, a subsidiary of Indian aluminium and copper manufacturing company Hindalco Industries achieves GreenCircle...
Jamaica collected $2 billion from the bauxite levy in late 2021: Finance Minister
The Jamaican Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke has manifested that the govt. has collected $2 billion from the bauxite levy in late 2021. On 18 th January 2022, while countering the questions put forward by Phillip Paulwell, the mining spokesperson of the opposition in the...
Inalum aluminium production attains 243,000 tonnes in 2021
The Indonesian aluminium giant PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminum in vernacular known as Inalum attained aluminium production of 243,000 tonnes while sales were recorded at 218,000 tonnes in 2021. The Mining Industry Indonesia (MIND ID) holding company depended on aluminium commodities by diversifying...
Russia’s RM Rail initiates assembling of a new model aluminium hopper car
The integrated manufacturer of freight rolling stock in Russia, RM Rail, also a member of the Russian Aluminium Association has initiated assembling an aluminium alloy mineral hopper model 19-1299. The aluminium hopper car is designed for the transportation of various cargoes, comprising mineral...
Rusal’s Aughinish alumina refinery seeks storage expansion capacity of bauxite residue and salt cake to sustain until 2039
The major alumina asset of Rusal and one of the world’s leading energy-efficient refineries, Aughinish alumina stated that numerous developments are essential at their facility near Askeaton, Limerick County to pursue production until at least 2039. However, lacking these developments, the company...
Exxelia acquires high value stake in aluminium electrolytic capacitor maker Alcon Electronics
The leading designer and producer of high-reliability passive components, Exxelia, which is also the maker of precision subsystems focusing on highly demanding markets, applications and functions, has stated that it has acquired a majority stake in Alcon Electronics for around $100 million. The...
Denmark’s import of aluminium stranded wire during 2019-21 exhibits volatile movement; 25% dip estimated for 2022
Aluminium stranded wire has the deficient resistance empowering long fences to be powered up, diminishing the number of energizers required. The flexibility feature offered by the stranded aluminium wire makes working with this wire easier during installation and upshots in a neat clean look on the...
Aluminium collection and recycling specialist ‘NOVA MET’ initiates for a secondary aluminium production facility
The emerging company in the metals recycling industry, NOVA MET is mounting its secondary aluminium production facility in the Le Havre port area of France. The specialist in the collection and recycling of aluminium scrap, NOVA MET has now inked a land-use agreement with HAROPA PORT, while from...
Vedanta Aluminium, Runaya Refining bags ‘Gold’ at BW Recycling for a Greener Tomorrow Awards 2022
India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added products, Vedanta Aluminium and start-up manufacturing firm Runaya Refining have secured the ‘Gold’ award at the (Business World) BW Recycling for a Greener Tomorrow Awards 2022 in the category of ‘Best in Recycling or Material Recovery Facility...
Alcoa Australia extends lime supply contract to Cockburn Cement
Alcoa of Australia Ltd, which operates one of the world's largest integrated bauxite mining, alumina refining has extended its supply contract of lime to AdBri subsidiary Cockburn Cement until January 2023. The calcium-containing inorganic mineral lime is extensively used as an additive in alumina...
Rio Tinto slammed with hefty fine by WorkSafeBC for violation of air contaminants at Kitimat aluminium smelter
The Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia, operating as WorkSafeBC, is a statutory agency that came into existence in 1917 has delivered the global mining and metal giant Rio Tinto a $678,889 fine, following the metal company was persistently alerted of a hazardous violation caused by air...
Alba warmly receives the high-level delegation from Spanish group ALEASTUR
On 16th January 2022, Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the first aluminium smelter in the Middle East which initiated its commercial operations way back in 1971, welcomed a high-level delegation from the Spanish group ALEASTUR. The delegation from ALEASTUR comprised of Leopoldo Galán, the MD of...
UAE’s export of aluminium scrap during 2019-21 illustrates uneven movement; 9% downfall predicted for 2020
The nation in the Gulf region, United Arab Emirates is one of the largest producers of aluminium in the world, with Emirates Global Aluminium is ranked as one of the largest industrial companies of UAE outside the oil and gas sector. EGA takes part in the national can collection programme, marking...
BALCO’s significant contribution supporting India in the journey of becoming self-reliant
India’s iconic Aluminium producer, Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) apart from setting new benchmarks in the field of production, productivity, research and development, quality and others have also served the society with optimism through its various flagship projects. The momentous...
Akufo-Addo govt. resolute to sustain Ghana Bauxite Company
The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources of Akufo-Addo govt. in Ghana, George Mireku Duker, who is in charge of the mining industry in the country, has delivered relief to the workers of Ghana Company (GBC) from the dismay of feasible collapse. He emphasized that the enterprise...
Aluminium Dunkerque to detain current production anticipating govt. relief on power prices
On 14 th January 2022, a spokesperson from Europe’s largest aluminium smelter, Aluminium Dunkerque in France stated that the company is not scheduling to regulate further production following the contemporary curbs, as it anticipates for government subsidy on energy prices to enforce. The smelter...
