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.
Century Aluminum welcomes President Joe Biden’s Executive Order to support domestic manufacturing
Century Aluminum Company, a global producer of primary aluminium and operates aluminium reduction facilities in the United States and Iceland supports and praises Executive Order signed into law on 25 th January 2021 by President Biden to support domestic manufacturers, businesses, and American...
Egyptalum all set for modernization, post a huge record loss for FY 2019-20
On 25 th January 2021, Hisham Tawfik, Minister of Public Business Sector announced that “Egypt’s government is warming up to implement the modernisation project of Egyptalum, a national company for aluminium industries listed in EGX as Egypt Aluminium (EGAL).” Tawfik also stated: “US-based Bechtel,...
Reynaers Aluminium accomplishes its latest project in Sharjah
Reynaers Aluminium, the developer of aluminium products for the building sector has unveiled the accomplishment of the luxurious Terhab Hotel & Residences Project in Al Taawun, Sharjah, UAE, adding to a long list of several signature towers in the Emirates. The project incorporates the Five-star...
Brunei’s import of Aluminium Structures during 2019-20 records growth; 2021 forecasts downfall
It has been said that quiet is sometimes the best way to control a pandemic. As per Australian Institute of International Affairs, Brunei is Southeast Asia’s most overlooked nation and it has proven its bureaucratic brass and state system functionality, and its success gives credence to its...
K2fly inks five-year SaaS resource inventory contract with Alcoa
K2fly, a software company headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, servicing the mining and other allied industries have signed a five-year contract for its RCubed Resource Inventory solution with Alcoa USA, one of the world’s largest bauxite miners with mines in Australia, Brazil, Guinea and...
EGA, LafargeHolcim’s Geocycle UAE renew 10-year partnership to create value from waste in the UAE
On 24 th January 2021, Emirates Global Aluminium, and Geocycle UAE, part of the world's largest building solutions group LafargeHolcim announced that they have signed an agreement to extend their ground-breaking 10-year partnership in creating value from industrial waste in the UAE. Since 2010, EGA...
Novelis names Chris Courts as Senior Vice President, General Counsel
On 22 nd January 2021, the global leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, Novelis Inc., has publicized the name of Chris Courts as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Compliance Officer. In this role, Courts will have responsibility for all legal matters across the...
2021 Rogue: Nissan’s first global model built using ‘closed-loop’ recycled Aluminium
The all-new 2021 Rogue, the first global SUV model of Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer, is built using ‘closed-loop’ recycling systems for aluminium parts. The system helps reduction of CO2 emissions when compared with using parts made with primary alloys from raw materials. It also...
Skoda Vagonka applauds for the opening of Europe's largest Aluminium machine tool in Ostrava
Skoda Vagonka applauds the opening of Europe's largest aluminium machine tool in Ostrava. The device is part of a large investment aimed at significantly increasing and accelerating the production of aluminium-box vehicles. The Skoda Transportation Group announced that the value of investments in...
Senegal’s import of Aluminium Bar Rods and Profiles during 2018-20 reflects speedy growth
Senegal has remained as an attractive after the COVID-19 pandemic and it is a known fact that Senegal, of all Francophone African countries, indisputably offers a very welcoming environment for foreign investors, and delivers numerous advantages. Senegal is very politically stable and has...
Lotus’ Hurricane Way facility begins production of iconic lightweight chassis
Lotus’ new manufacturing facility at Hurricane Way, Norwich, has accomplished the first extruded and bonded aluminium chassis. The unit, a chassis for the legendary Lotus Elise, was built for the validation and quality checking of the new manufacturing process. Even though not destined for a...
Hulamin appoints Meganathan Gounder as new CFO
The South African Aluminium Company that specializes in rolled products, Hulamin appoints Meganathan (Mark) Gounder as CFO and Executive Director, with effect from 1 st April 2021. Gounder is an experienced finance professional with over 25 years’ experience. He has held various senior finance...
BCAST to design light-weight battery casing for EV using recycled Aluminium
The Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST), an academic research centre focusing on both fundamental and applied research on advanced solidification processes for metallic materials has joined a significant new multi-million-pound project to help design new light-weight...
South Africa’s export of Aluminium Stranded Wire during 2018-20 exhibits seesaw movement
The economy of South Africa recovered robustly in the Q3 from a plunge inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic. Africa’s second-largest economy expanded 13.5% Q-on-Q in July-September, "largely as a result of the easing of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions," as per statistics agency StatSA....
Hindalco, Novelis Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla remains more optimistic than RBI
Indian business tycoon Kumar Mangalam Birla, the owner of $48 billion Aditya Birla Group has an interesting thought on how the recovery of the Indian economy is being distinguished, as per his view “markets are euphoric and economists are pessimistic.” The thinking which has come from one of the...
GMR rolls-out Bauxite residue treatment demonstration unit at Rio Tinto’s Vaudreuil Alumina refinery site
On 20 th January 2021, the Global Mineral Recovery Company (GMR) publicised this morning the commissioning of its commercial demonstration unit for the recovery of bauxite residues on the site of Rio Tinto’s Vaudreuil Alumina plant. The $ 9 million project was initiated in 2017. The US-based...
Crown plans to build sixth beverage can plant in Brazil
Beverage packaging manufacturer Crown has made public that its Brazilian subsidiary Crown Embalagens plans to build its sixth beverage can facility in the Latin American nation. The new plant will produce two-piece aluminium cans in various sizes and will have two lines, both of which are...
AlCircle launches "Global Aluminium Industry Outlook 2021": A conclusive report
As we have crossed one of the difficult years in the history of industrialisation and entered 2021 with a lot of hopes and inspiration, AlCircle think tank came up with a conclusive preview report “Global Aluminium Industry Outlook 2021” . The preview report elaborates the future of the global...
