Aluminium production depends on high-temperature processes where furnace efficiency, thermal management and equipment durability are essential for maintaining operational performance. However, refractory materials used in melting, holding and casting operations face continuous exposure to extreme temperatures, thermal fluctuations, chemical corrosion and mechanical wear. These conditions can lead to premature furnace-lining failure, molten-metal penetration, corundum formation and heat loss, increasing maintenance requirements and operating costs. Addressing these challenges requires materials that can withstand demanding operating conditions while keeping equipment efficient and reliable. Alkegen, a supplier of high-temperature refractory and insulation materials, serves this requirement...
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has strengthened its profitability despite a challenging nine-month period marked by operational disruptions, constrained exports and reduced aluminium production. The UAE-based producer reported an improved adjusted EBITDA margin for the first nine months of 2026, supported by higher realised aluminium prices, a stronger value-added product mix and cost-control measures. Meanwhile, the company is progressing with the restoration of its Al Taweelah facilities, expanding its international recycling footprint and advancing its global smelting technology partnerships. EGA recorded adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of USD 1.572 billion (AED 5.773 billion) during January-September 2026, compared with USD 1.738 billion...
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...National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) will commission its second 120 MW power unit in Angul this month...
...Automatic anode stub protection systems from VHE of Iceland are an accepted technology in the primary aluminium industry. Recent installations include Nordic Aluminium (Iceland), Soeral (Norway) and Isal (Iceland)...
...n range-bound thin trade, aluminium traded higher by Rs 0.05, or 0.05 per cent, at Rs 103.20 per kg in futures trade today, on the back of better demand at spot markets...
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...Global Alumina Corporation (TSX: GLA.U) (the "Company" or "Global Alumina"), a corporation participating in a joint venture to develop an alumina refinery, mine and associated infrastructure in the bauxite-rich region of the Republic of Guinea (the "Project")...
...Brazil's sprawling industrial and mining conglomerate Votorantim Group is diverting new investments in Brazil away from primary aluminum projects due to the country's prohibitively high electric power costs, a top executive said Friday. ..
...Russia aluminum exports in the first six months of the year fell to 1.595 million metric tons, down 5% on the year-earlier period, the federal customs service reported Friday. ..
...Hindalco Industries’ operating profit margins continued to improve in the quarter ended June, driven by its aluminum business, even as the copper segment suffered on account of high input costs and lower production...
...Public Power Corporation and Aluminium SA are to sign a new supply contract under a framework agreement...
...MEED reported that Aluminium Bahrain is considering plans to demolish the 2 original two potlines at its smelter as part of its USD 1 billion to USD 2 billion modernization and expansion plans...
...Accra — The Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO), an aluminium smelting plant which was shut down two years ago due to power supply constraints, is to be reactivated...
...SHFE aluminum prices opened higher but moved lower, and SHFE 1011 aluminum contract prices opened at RMB 15,715/mt, and later climbed to RMB 15,810/mt temporarily...
...Rio Tinto plans to sell a controlling stake in its French aluminium unit to U.S. private equity firm Apollo Management and the French state, buoying Paris' control over the strategically important industry...
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...LME base metals prices closed with declines yesterday. LME aluminum prices opened at USD 2,230/mt, with the highest level and the lowest level at USD 2,230/mt and USD 2,195/mt, respectively, and finally ended at USD 2,203/mt, down USD 25/mt compared with the previous trading day, or down 1.1%. Trading volumes were 96,513 lots, and total positions were 715,167 lots, up 1,438 lots. LME aluminum inventories declined by 4,475 mt to 4,400,500 mt...
...Rio Tinto PLC (RTP) said Thursday that it is closing two pot lines representing 67,000 metric tons of capacity at its Kitimat, British Columbia, aluminum smelter as part of a modernization plan that will see output expand by 40% to 400,000 tons a year...
...PTI reported that supported by firm demand in the physical market, aluminium prices edged higher by INR 0.85 or 0.84% to INR 101.50 per kilogram at the futures trade...
