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Alurion Resources has started infill drilling and bulk-sample trenching at its Amargosa Bauxite-Gallium Project in Bahia, Brazil, as the newly listed company advances the asset toward a targeted mid-2027 pre-feasibility study. The field programme marks a shift from defining the project’s resource...
Hindalco Industries has commissioned India’s first superfine precipitated aluminium trihydrate, or PPT ATH, plant in Belagavi, Karnataka, adding domestic production of a specialist material used in halogen-free fire-protection applications. The new facility has initial annual capacity of 30,000...
Aluminium extrusion is a widely used manufacturing process that turns aluminium billets into precisely shaped profiles for buildings, vehicles, solar systems, electrical equipment and industrial machinery. Its relevance comes from aluminium’s low weight, corrosion resistance, conductivity and...
Motilal Oswal has maintained its “buy” rating on Vedanta Aluminium Metal, saying production growth, lower costs and a bigger share of value-added products could support a multi-year expansion in earnings. The brokerage has set a target price of INR 540 (USD 5.67) per share, implying potential...
Bridgnorth Aluminium has appointed Ilias Avgerinos as General Manager to lead a new expansion push after investment and operational upgrades returned the UK aluminium producer to round-the-clock production. Avgerinos takes charge as the company targets growth in North America and newer markets...
BotBlox has introduced SwitchCore, a compact 40-gram Layer 2 networking module featuring a 7075 aluminium enclosure that serves as both the structural chassis and heatsink. Measuring 27.6 × 27.6 × 10.7 mm, the module provides eight-port Fast Ethernet functionality for space- and power-constrained...
Alcoa’s proposed acquisition of South32’s aluminium assets in Australia, Brazil and South Africa is an important development for the global aluminium industry, particularly for South Africa’s primary aluminium production. Aluminium Federation of South Africa (AFSA) CEO, Muzi Manzi, said, “On July...
The Bureau of Indian Standards has seized about three tonnes of aluminium foil intended for pharmaceutical packaging from a Rohtak-based firm over suspected violations of India’s mandatory quality-certification rules. The Haryana office of BIS said it recovered about 250 rolls of foil, with an...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced new retaliatory tariffs on US goods after trade talks between the two countries collapsed, with US aluminium and steel products facing tariffs of 50 per cent. Canada said the measures would match the latest US tariffs dollar-for-dollar and also...
India’s public-sector banks have proposed putting electric vehicles, charging networks, battery-swapping infrastructure and climate-transition projects into a clearer priority-sector lending framework. The plan could direct more formal credit toward the systems needed to scale electric mobility,...
Globeflex Capital L P has acquired a new position in Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, buying 8,903 shares valued at about USD 1.74 million, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The investment gave Globeflex an approximately 0.05 per cent stake in the US aluminium...
A Solomon Islands bauxite investigation has found that the government cannot independently verify the quality, quantity, value or payment trail for 33 Rennell Island bauxite shipments. The inquiry has uncovered years of missing, incomplete and unaccounted-for records linked to shipments exported by...
Mexico is seeking a trade agreement with the United States as relations between Washington and Ottawa deteriorate, with President Claudia Sheinbaum keeping her chief trade negotiator in the US capital to press for lower tariffs on Mexican exports. Sheinbaum said she was optimistic that Mexico could...
LME aluminium prices declined on August 24, while opening stocks remained unchanged. The LME aluminium cash bid price stood at USD 3,215 per tonne on August 24, down from USD 3,226.5 per tonne on August 21 , marking a decline of USD 11.5 per tonne. The cash offer price followed a similar trend. It...
P.A. Resources posted its strongest quarterly revenue and profit in the fourth quarter of FY26, giving the Malaysian aluminium extruder momentum to execute a MYR 100 million (USD 24.8 million) expansion plan and diversify beyond its core solar-sector business. Fourth-quarter revenue rose 25.2 per...
A team of Australian researchers has found a surprisingly simple way to make terahertz polarizers: using ordinary aluminium kitchen foil and a precisely controlled laser. The result could cut manufacturing costs dramatically while opening the door to faster production of these tiny optical...
Before India can mine more nickel, copper or rare earths, it first has to find them. Vedanta has deployed what it describes as India’s first high-speed hydrostatic portable drilling rig in Chhattisgarh, designed to investigate mineral targets as deep as 1,000 metres below ground. The rig is being...
Alcoa and the governments of Australia, Japan and the United States have begun construction of a gallium production plant at Alcoa’s Wagerup alumina refinery in Western Australia, targeting output equivalent to about 10 per cent of global gallium demand. The facility is expected to produce 100...
