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Power failure at Albras aluminium plant in Brazil causes close-down of 25% of capacity: Norsk Hydro
Hydro, the fully integrated aluminium company, headquartered in Norway, partly owns aluminium plant Albras in Brazil. One of the four production lines of the plant has been close down due to a fire break in an electrical transformer on Friday morning, 6 th February’20. The fire has been...
Aluminium alloyed weapon wings tooled Wildcat Helicopters exhibited during Royal Navy’s CSG21 roll-out
Leonardo Helicopter has exhibited in public its weapon wing system that is tooled UK AW159 Wildcat HMA2 maritime helicopters during the Royal navy’s Carrier Strike Group 2021 roll-out. Leonardo Helicopter UK’s Maritime Marketing Manager, Louis Wilson-Chalon, said: “the system's aerodynamic design...
Rio Tinto’s CEO to meet the Federal and State ministers of Australia to decide on Tomago Aluminium’s future
Jean-Sebastien Jacques, CEO, Rio Tinto, will be meeting the federal and State Government ministers of Australia about to discuss on the future of Tomago Aluminium smelter. Mr Jean-Sebastien will meet the New South Wales government representatives coming week as the smelter is confronting a threat...
Aluminium fabrication specialized Hydro Rotherham UK car Components Plant to shut down
Hydro, a subsidiary of Norsk Hydro ASA, one of the largest aluminium groups worldwide, headquartered in Norway, is closing sown its car components facility Hydro Components UK Ltd in Rotherham. The plant is specialized for aluminium fabrication. The decision is a part of the wider restructuring of...
The US import of Al crude, metals and alloys from Bahrain remains progressive in June-Nov’19
The American import of aluminium crude, metals and alloys from Bahrain remains quite progressive in Jan-Nov’19, though there is a global turmoil. The total import from June-Nov’19 was recorded at 56,100 tonnes, whereas the total import from Jan-Nov’19 stood at 121,000 tonnes. In June’19 the US...
Ghana seeks African Development Banks' investment in the integrated Aluminium industry
The Vice-President of Ghana, Mahamadu Bawumia stated: “The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) support for Ghana has boosted its government’s efforts to consolidate the economy”. Bawumia, during the welcome session of a team executive directors and senior officials of the African Development Bank on...
Higher sourcing of Bauxite from local benefits Vedanta to crop alumina cost by 8%
The higher procurement of locally supplied bauxite has succumbed Vedanta to crop the cost of making alumina at its Lanjigarh refinery by 8% Y-o-Y to $269 per tonne in Q3 of this fiscal year. The production capacity of alumina at the Lanjigarh plant has risen by 16% Y-o-Y to 476,000 tonnes. The...
Rusal’s shares sink, sends warning of Coronavirus
The Russian aluminium giant Rusal anticipates the coronavirus epidemic to negatively affect the aluminium market in China during the first half of 2020. On 28 th February’20 the company stated that its Hong Kong-listed shares down by11% to a 2-month low. Multiple countries from various continents...
Coronavirus affected China’s aluminium sector gets breathing space from Mask frenzy
China’s intensely drive production of mask in the spread of the coronavirus epidemic is on course to ingest more than the weight of the Eiffel Tower in aluminium for this year. China by the end of February’20 produced face masks at the rate of 116 million per day. The capacity of aluminium required...
The US export of aluminium scrap to Hong Kong remained to fluctuate M-o-M in 2019, a 167% growth reflects on Y-o-Y
The aluminium scrap export of the US to Hong Kong during January18-October’18 remained at 32,200 tonnes. In 2019 the scrap export rose to 86,100 tonnes, as of Y-o-Y basis growth of 167.39% was noticed, the excess volume of 53,900 tonnes. In May’19 the US aluminium scrap export to Hong Kong stood at...
The China-Guinea $20 billion bauxite deal might be a risky loan for Guinea: NRGI
The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), an independent non-profit organization dedicated towards improving countries' governance over their natural resources to promote sustainable and inclusive development, publicizes that “Natural resource-backed loans are loans surrounded by secrecy”....
Coronavirus attack might delay apartment completions by up to six months in Australia: Property dealers
The completion of residential development projects in Australia might get delayed by up to six months as cargo for building materials majorly aluminium frames held up in China due to the Coronavirus epidemic. Mark Bainey, the CEO, Capio Property Group, said: “My company's projects were unaffected...
Alcohol to be sold in Aluminium cans: Indian state Uttar Pradesh gets ready
Uttar Pradesh, a state in northern India, counted as the most densely populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world, roughly with 200 million inhabitants is all set to sell Indian made foreign liquor in aluminium cans. The new excise policy of the Uttar...
Taiwan’s Aluminium scrap import from the US remains stable during May-Oct’19
The aluminium scrap export by Taiwan from the US has been showing stability during May-Oct’19. Taiwan’s total aluminium scrap import during Jan-Oct’18 from the US stood at 46,100 tonnes, whereas in 2019 during the same phase the scrap import was recorded at 53,100, a rise by 15.18%, and by the...
Jamaica’s economy shrinks as “Coronavirus” threat spreads: Opposition Party
Jamaica’s opposition People’s National Party (PNP) President, Dr Peter Phillips stated that Jamaicans should calliper for a possibility of shrinkage of the nation’s economy due to the global attack of the deadly “Coronavirus”. The recently released growth data of the Jamaican economy showed 0.1%...
Jindal Aluminium wins National Award in the category of Export Excellence 2017-2018 by EEPC for the third time
The National Award for Export Excellence – Star performer for 2017-18 has been awarded to Jindal Aluminium. This prestigious award by the Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) has recognised Jindal Aluminium as the highest exporter in the group of 'aluminium & articles thereof’ under Large...
The US export of Aluminium scrap to Thailand is showing steady during May-Oct’19
In the present day, aluminium is a universally used metal in various industries. The light-weight of the metal, easy way to process and corrosion-resistant is its basic features for abroad acceptance. The consumption of aluminium has been growing on year on year basis and it is very well...
The multi-billion dollar Sinohydro Bauxite deal got affected by “Coronavirus”: Ministry of Roadways, Ghana
Kwasi Amoako-Atta, The Minister of Roads and Highways, Ghana, announced that the epidemic of the deadly Coronavirus in China has pertained a blow to the multibillion-dollar bauxite-for-infrastructure deal. The Chinese Government would allot out US$2 billion to bankroll a lot of infrastructural...
