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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Mar 22, 2010 ... Economic Times reported that public sector aluminium major National Aluminium Company Limited sets its eye to emerge as a reputed global company in the metals and energy sector with a turnover of INR 25,000 crore by 2020...
Mar 4, 2010 ... ???The aluminium price has gone up so we have to pay more,??? a consumer told MB. Cash primary aluminium settled at $2107/08 per tonne on March ...
Mar 9, 2010 ... If built, the smelter would be Hanzhou Jinjiang's first primary aluminium plant in China after having dropped a few smelting projects in the ...
Mar 20, 2010 ... Rio Tinto Alcan have expressed their satisfaction with the support it has received from the Paraguayan government to build a USD 2.5 billion aluminum smelter in the country... construction would start in 2011 and be completed by 2014...
Mar 20, 2010 ... Japan Metal Bulletin reported that Japanese primary aluminium premium negotiation is expected to be settled at USD 122 per tonne to USD 125 per tonne for April to June shipment at the negotiation between Japanese buyers and offshore suppliers....
Mar 20, 2010 ... Reuters reported that Qatalum is expected to hit its production target of 585,000 tonnes per year by the Q4...new plant in Qatar will bring total aluminium production in the Arab Gulf to over 3 million tonne per year....
Mar 18, 2010 ... Iran’s aluminum output in the eleven-month period ended February 19, hit 258,275 tons, up 15 percent compared to the corresponding period last year... 131,728 tons of aluminum worth 233,729,000 dollars have also been exported during the mentioned period,..
Mar 19, 2010 ... Reuters reported that State run National Aluminium Company Limited has increased prices of its aluminium products for the domestic market by INR 2,000 per tonne...basic price of standard aluminium ingots and standard aluminium sow ingots would now be INR 123,700 per tonne...
Mar 11, 2010...The Middle East could be producing more than 10 per cent of the world's aluminium in less than a decade, according to industry experts....Over the past 10 years, GCC states have begun implementing long-term strategies that aim to develop the region's aluminium industry, and the region is now well positioned to be one of the world's main aluminium producers.....
Mar 15, 2010...Reuters reported that India's National Aluminium Company Limited sold 3,600 tonnes of aluminium ingots at a premium of USD 78 per tonne over the LME cash price on a cost, insurance and freight basis......
Mar 10, 2010 ... North America primary aluminum smelting creeps along Global demand for aluminum should increase by an annual average of 4% over the next ...
Mar 15, 2010 ... Japan's primary aluminium buyers agreed to rises of roughly 7-13 percent in ... The premium is over the London Metal Exchange cash price , ...
Mar 16, 2010 ... Despite the volatility presented at the LME trading sessions, the primary aluminium price managed to score some gains the previous week. ...
Feb 22, 2010 ... LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - World daily average primary aluminium output rose to 64400 tonnes in January from 64000 tonnes in December 2009, ...
Feb 18, 2010 ... Demand for aluminum-rolled products may climb in Asia this year, ... Novelis Korea, which buys primary aluminum from Australia and Russia, ...
Feb 24, 2010 ... 100000 tonnes of idled aluminum capacity due to increased demand . ... to be around 100000 tonnes of primary aluminum or about one fifth ...
Feb 25, 2010 ... Chinese imports of primary aluminium fell a further 49 in January as arbitrage ended, said analysts.
Feb 23, 2010 ... 100000 tonnes of idled aluminum capacity due to increased demand . ... of primary aluminum or about one fifth of its idled capacity of ...
