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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...Buoyed by gains in global market and good domestic demand, aluminium futures continued its upward march and rose by Rs 0.15 or 0.16 per cent, to Rs 95.75 per kg today...
...Aluminum manufacturer Alcoa Inc. said on Friday it would pay a dividend of 3 cents on Aug. 25 to shareholders of record on Aug. 6...
...The management of the MOZAL aluminium smelter at Beluluane, in the outskirts of Maputo, on Friday insisted that its plans to rebuild the smelter's two fume treatment centres (FTCs), although increasing emissions, will not present any significant threat to the environment or to human health...
...It’s hard to find a mining and metals company that has experienced a tougher two years than Alcoa (NYSE: AA). With economic factors pushing and tugging at it, including a 60 percent drop in aluminum prices, the company’s shares have tumbled from the $30s to the around $10. That should draw investor attention to the venerable Pittsburgh company...
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...Mumbai: Markets witnessed higher turnover activity as the strength in the industrials and energy spheres drew the attention of traders...
...SHANGHAI, July 26 (SMM) ...
...Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd., the nation's largest maker of the metal, rose the most in four months in Shanghai on speculation China is seeking to curb industry overcapacity, boosting the company's profit outlook...
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...Reuters reported that the annual rate of primary US aluminum production increased by 7.3% to 1,719,625 tonnes in June from 1,603,153 tonnes in June 2009 but declined 1.0% from May's annual rate of 1,736,611 tonnes...
...Alumina - Production was nine per cent higher than the year and quarter ended June 2009 due to record annual performance at Worsley and the ongoing ramp up of the recently expanded Alumar refinery. An unplanned interruption of the ship unloading capabilities at Alumar impacted current quarter performance. In addition, Worsley benefited from the processing of stockpiled hydrate in the March 2010 quarter...
...The state-run National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has zeroed in on Sundergarh in western Orissa to relocate its second aluminium cum power complex, estimated to cost about Rs 16,000 crore, after the originally selected site of the project in Jharsuguda district ran into problem on environment grounds...
...Reuters reported that Aluminum Corporation of China Limited and Europe's Sapa AB has agreed to form JV to serve China's rolling stock market...
... According to the preliminary data from the International Aluminium Institute ( IAI), global primary aluminum daily average output increased ...
... 155002 - 2010-07-13 - Emirates Aluminium, JV between Dubai Aluminium ... and Dubai will produce primary aluminium with a product mix of sow, ...
...Bechtel started construction on Saudi Arabia’s first ever aluminium smelter at the Ma’aden minerals industry complex at the Ras Az Zawr Minerals Industrial City...
