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India’s largest aluminium producer Vedanta recycles 16.5 billion litres of water in FY21
India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added products, Vedanta has recycled 16.5 billion litres of water in FY 20-21, capitalizing technology for focused control and monitoring of water consumption. The water-saving projects covering its Aluminium smelters, Alumina refinery and Power...
Alucast’s £200,000 investment supports to bounce back from pandemic
The specialist in Aluminium casting, Alucast’s delivery of single-source manufacturing solution is supporting itself to bounce back from the pandemic. The Wednesbury factory of Alucast that employs around 100 people has secured new wins with major carmakers and accredits its ability to provide...
EGA commences early expansion of Al Taweelah aluminium smelter’s second phase
On 13 th July 2021, Emirates Global Aluminium announced the commencement of the second phase of its expansion to Al Taweelah smelter in Abu Dhabi. The aluminium smelter expansion casts up 26 new reduction cells to Potline 2, boosting production capacity by over 30,000 tonnes of hot metal per year....
Thailand’s export of aluminium cans during 2018-20 illustrates express growth, earnings remain inconsistent
On 23rd June 2021, the central bank of Thailand, which is known as the Bank of Thailand predicted, the Thai economy would expand by 1.8% in 2021 and 3.9% in 2022. This would be lesser than the previous projection owing to lower foreign tourist figures and domestic demand held down by the third wave...
ALUCAM raises aluminium price by 8% with effect from July 12
On 12th July 2021, the aluminium producer of Cameroon, ALUCAM, which not only feed the domestic demand but also export to other African nations, has decided to raise its aluminium prices by 8% on average, as confirmed by credible sources. The aluminium producer explicates that its decision to raise...
Alba secures SafeGuard Hygiene Excellence and Safety Label from Bureau Veritas
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) secures the SafeGuard Hygiene Excellence and Safety Label from Bureau Veritas for its diligent efforts towards assuring the Health and Safety of its employees and contractors’ workers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This recognition was delivered to Alba following a...
Norway: Park bench made from Hydro CIRCAL branded aluminium, carrying digital product passport using Blockchain technology
The Scandinavian country, Norway has installed a park bench which is now carrying the technology that permits for those sitting on it, can trace Wrexham firm played in its creation. The park bench has digital product passports, containing verified information using Blockchain technology. This...
Mauritius import of aluminium foil during 2019-20 exhibits gradual rise; 4.50% growth forecasted for 2021
As per the report published by Care Ratings Africa, the economy of Mauritius pursued to plunge for the fifth successive quarter recording a GDP de-growth of 8.7% compared with - 2.9% in Q1 2020. Notwithstanding, there has been a sequential development from the double-digit de-growth of 11.3% in the...
EGA flags century shipload of bauxite exported from Guinea
On 11th July 2021, Emirates Global Aluminium earmarked the 100th shipload of bauxite exported from Guinea, since the company’s initiation in August 2019 from its wholly-owned bauxite-mining subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corporation. The UAE based aluminium company, EGA uses Capesize vessels to...
Arch-rivals Glencore, Trafigura alliances to support GFG’s aluminium arm with $450 million lifeline deal
The Indian-born, British metal tycoon Sanjeev Gupta owned GFG Alliance has reportedly signed a loan deal with commodities giants Glencore and Trafigura to safeguard its aluminium division from emerging to collapse. As the report, the Anglo-Swiss multinational commodity trading and mining company,...
Recycled Aluminium Weekly Recap: Every Can Counts survey indicates Ireland ranks high for environmental concerns; Shawinigan Aluminum Inc. rolls-out its aluminium recycling center
The aluminium recycling segment is playing a vital role, as the recycling process creates high-quality aluminium that loses none of the physical properties of primary aluminium and also uses just 5% of the energy it takes to create primary aluminium. The most happening news which came up this week...
Weekly End-user Recap: En+ Group’s metal segment teams with Ball Corporation to produce ultra-low carbon aerosols; Ogeu teams up with Ardagh for beverage can production
The global aluminium sector’s end-user segment remained with few happenings this week. Anglo-Russian company En+ Group’s Metals Segment teams with Ball Corporation to produce ultra-low carbon aerosols, while on the other hand French beverage group Ogeu teams up with Ardagh for beverage can...
Romanian aluminium producer ‘Alro’ needs to count 30% of consumption on the spot market
One of Europe’s largest vertically integrated aluminium producers by production capacity and trading on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, Alro needs to cover some 30% of its consumption through the spot market purchases, following multiple suppliers discontinued their contracts. Alro is considered one...
Scottish govt. signs £405,600 contract with Deloitte for contingency planning advice around Lochaber aluminium smelter deal
Sanjeev Gupta owned GFG Alliance’s deal with the Scottish Govt. stated that the government undertakes the cost of a 25- year electricity supply contract between Lochaber aluminium smelter and the adjoining hydro-plant. The key factor to acquire both the facilities by Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance in...
Zambia’s import of aluminium stranded wires during 2018-20 manifests robust growth; 11% drop predicted for 2021
The Zambian economy drove towards a deep recession due to the unfavourable impact of the COVID–19 pandemic. In 2020, the real GDP plunged by an estimated 4.9%, following the 4.0% growth in 2018 and 1.9% in 2019. The landlocked southern African nation, Zambia, during 2018-20 recorded 6139 tonnes of...
Propulsion towards light-weight is obliged to grow driving the high usage of aluminium in all vehicles, says Sundaram-Clayton
The largest auto-components manufacturing and distribution group in India, TVS Group, which owns Sundaram-Clayton stated that the company is well-positioned to grasp emerging market opportunities in the rise of developments that will steer to higher aluminium usage in all types of vehicles. The...
Shawinigan Aluminum Inc. rolls-out its aluminium recycling center
Shawinigan Aluminum Inc. (SAI) rolls out its new aluminium recycling center. On 15 th September 2020, as announced SAI is investing $ 10 million to build a new aluminium recycling center that will recycle 30,000 metric tonnes of aluminium per year. The additional recycling capacity is complementary...
Granges, Hydro collaborates to supply low-carbon aluminium offerings to the automotive market
The aluminium technology company, Gränges that drives the development of lighter, smarter and more sustainable aluminium products and solutions collaborates with Hydro, the Norwegian aluminium giant to supply low-carbon and circular aluminium offerings to the automotive market. In this new...
