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COVID-19 lockdown: Australia’s loss-making aluminium smelters appeal for exemption
Australia's loss-making aluminium smelters have warned their possibility of returning might get reduced post joining the society for COVID-19 lockdowns and appealed government to exempt them. A scruple of industries, including police, resources and healthcare workers have been told to keep working...
MB&F introduces aluminium time display watch dedicated towards man’s best friend: The HM10 Bulldog
The luxury watch comes in a rounded shape, compact body of titanium or red gold measuring 54mm x 45mm x 24mm. The two esteemed aluminium time-display eyes rotate to show hours and minutes. Its heart is an all-new manual-winding in-house movement beating at 2.5Hz. The watch is designed in a unique...
Ukraine’s bauxite import remains strong during 2017-19: Growth of 4.69% projected in 2020
Ukraine has been raising the import of aluminium ore Y-o-Y, thus sending a positive message to the global bauxite/aluminium industry. The total bauxite import during 2017-19 stood at 15.48 million tonnes, whereas the import estimation for 2020 stood at 5.80 million tonnes when added the volume...
The “Corona” crisis: Hindalco Industries temporarily curtails operations
The world's largest aluminium rolling company and one of biggest producers of primary aluminium in Asia, Hindalco, has temporarily closed down or curtailed operations of some of the Aluminium production facilities, following the directives of the state governments due to COVID-19. The minimized...
Low carbon Aluminium plant is on planning as upcoming project for DUBAL Holding
The Dubal Holding Company has been in concern for setting up multiple projects in the UAE; a low carbon aluminium plant is at high priority as communicated by the CEO of Dubal Holding today. The Dubai government’s investment arm for power and energy, commodities, mining and industrial projects is...
RB16: Red Bull built a lighter design with aluminium alloy
The post analysis report concludes that the Red Bull Racing has developed an adventurous design for RB16’s front wheel suspensions of the top three Formula1team. The designs of both Red Bull and Mercedes were more valiant in designing the front suspension, whereas Ferrari remained a bit more...
Tiwai Point Aluminium smelter in New Zealand exempted from “Corona-virus” outbreak lockdown
The Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter, employing about 1000 Southlanders, has been exempted from the countrywide four-week lockdown in New Zealand. The aluminium smelter was launched in 1971 and has been running continuously. As decided the smelter has been kept out of the lockdown process, as it will...
Nordex secures mega-corporate wind order for aluminium giant Alcoa
Nordex, the European company that designs, sells and manufactures wind turbines has secured an order for the 400 MW Øyfjellet wind farm in northern Norway from a un-famed German investment house linked to a corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) with metals group Alcoa. Electricity generation...
European Aluminium shows dis-satisfaction against the US anti-dumping investigation targeting certain European countries
European Aluminium sincerely regrets the US anti-dumping investigation into common alloy aluminium sheet from Croatia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey. European Aluminium oppose the injurious dumping and subsidisation allegations and strongly urges the US...
The Ducab Group of UAE declares profit up by 5% in 2019
The manufacturer of high-performance aluminium cables in UAE, The Ducab Group, recorded a 5% gain in profits for 2019. The company, owned by Dubai and Abu Dhabi governments is yet to release the breakdown of the financials. Ducab, which operates six manufacturing facilities across four sites in the...
Aluminum Industry of Canada "cheers" Francois Legault for recognizing the Industry as “indispensable”
On 23 rd March’20, Francois Legault ordered the closure of all non-essential businesses and businesses as early as 11:59 p.m. 24 th March’20, in the hope to cut off the widespread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The government has admitted the “strategic” nature of the aluminium industry, allowing it to...
The “Corona” epidemic hits out at aluminium casting maker RYOBI in Carrickfergus, 560 workers send to temporary lay-off
Ryobi, the aluminium casting maker has temporarily pulled down its Carrickfergus operation and send all of its 560 staffs on temporary lay-off until 3 rd April’20. This news was communicated to the employees by a senior person of the company at its Northern Ireland headquarters on 23 rd March’20....
Indonesia’s Aluminium household articles export market shows inconsistency during 2017-20
The Indonesian government has been in a continuous process to encourage increasing the production of domestic aluminium. But still, the export market of Indonesia’s household articles has been inconsistent throughout 2017-19; as well the 2020 prediction has shown a steep slow down. In 2017 the...
“Corona-virus”: UC Rusal’s Windalco Alumina in Jamaica declares safety measures
UC Rusal, the Global Aluminium Producer, has been operating Windalco Alumina in St Catherine has declared safety measures in relation to the spread of COVID-19. The company came out with clear communication that in order to ensure the health and safety of all employees effective 17 th March’20,...
Damco Aluminum Delfzijl Coöperatie seeks refuge in green electricity but Covid-19 creates uncertainty
Karel Oldenburger, General Manager, commented “If those piles have just been produced and lifted out, they have another dangling point. That is aluminium at its best.” Oldenburger has been working at Damco Aluminum Delfzijl Coöperatie, or Aldel for more than a decade. He has the experience of...
Metro Mining to resume mining at Bauxite Hills in mid-April due to COVID-19 challenges apart from the wet season
Metro Mining has made public that it will resume mining at the Bauxite Hills Mine in early April’20, as formulated, with the first vessel to commence loading two weeks later. In general mining operations activities are kept in halt at the Bauxite Hills during the December-March wet season period....
Jordan’s import of Aluminium Bar Rods and Profiles tends positive during 2017-20
The termination of the safeguards imposed on the import of aluminium bar rods and profiles by Jordan in later part of 2019, has shown much more positive growth over the import demand. The projected import for 2020 for aluminium bar rods and profiles for has been in five figures as the volume is...
Canyon Resources on course for Minim Martap Bauxite project PFS in the second quarter amid COVID-19 epidemic
Canyon Resources Ltd is relentless of development at its 100% owned Minim Martap Bauxite Project in central Cameroon, Africa, with the conveyance of the Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) on course. The study of the maiden ore reserve for the project is anticipated to be delivered in the second quarter of...
