
Recycled aluminium producer Aluminum Dynamics LLC will invest more than USD 200 million to build a recycled aluminium slab centre in Lowndes County, Mississippi, creating 100 new jobs. The facility, to be located in the Golden Triangle Industrial Park, will recycle aluminium-bearing materials,...
Forklifts, powered trucks that lift and move heavy items, are essential across the aluminium value chain. They carry raw materials in smelters and move billets, slabs, coils, sheets, extrusions and finished products in downstream plants. Good material handling keeps production flowing smoothly. As...
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Fort Wayne, Indiana-based MetalX LLC has appointed Stan Gish as the new President and Chief Operating Officer of MMX Aluminium, the company’s forthcoming aluminium slab production facility in Defiance, Ohio. MetalX highlights Gish’s extensive experience and leadership as crucial assets in its...

On Monday, August 26, the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced that it successfully certified Cameroon’s primary aluminium producer, Alucam, against the Performance Standard V3 (2022) certification. Alucam has reportedly bagged the certification for primary aluminium smelting, including the...

AL Circle: What role does Almex play in the aluminium industry? Ravi Tilak: We provide equipment and technology and complete solutions for making aerospace aluminium balloons. Our significant focus has been on aerospace aluminium, slabs, and billet casting. But it's not just related to casting. We...

Egyptalum , the leading aluminium producer in Egypt and a significant player in Africa, has built a strong reputation over the years. With an impressive annual production exceeding 320,000 tonnes, the company's energy requirements are seamlessly met by the Aswan High Dam. The company has been...

Hycast, a technology company committed to delivering sustainable and safe casthouse solutions. We claim and endeavour to be the best at what we do. Our technology enables the production of aluminium products of superior quality through fully automated casting lines for Billet and Slab, including...

Rio Tinto and Giampaolo Group have created the Matalco joint venture, aiming to meet the ever-growing demand from manufacturers for low-carbon materials. Combining the strengths of North America's largest primary and secondary aluminium producers, this partnership stands as an inspiration for the...

On Friday, April 28, Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced that it certified Aluminij Industries d.o.o. against Performance Standard V3 (2022) certification for producing and selling foundry aluminium alloys in the form of billets, slabs, and small ingots at its facility in Mostar, Bosnia. The...

One of North America’s fastest-growing and leading producers of aluminium billet and slab, Matalco, announced the completion of its new facility in Franklin, Kentucky. The new facility began operations in December 2022 and is known for producing aluminium ingot slabs from secondary aluminium. With...

ALRO, one of the largest vertically integrated aluminium producers in Europe, has reportedly bagged the new updated ASI Performance Standard V3 (2022) Certification for its ALRO S.A. operations in Slatina, Romania. ASI has issued its new updated ASI Performance Standard certification for the first...

ELLWOOD has declared an upgradation to produce an in-house Aluminium Tooling plate (ATP) with a substantial investment in its ELLWOOD Speciality Steel (ESS) facility. The ELLWOOD Aluminium cast-house in Hubbard, OH, will provide the ATP facility with the cast aluminium slab input stock they require...

In a mutual decision, two senior executives at United Company Rusal International PJSC decided to acquire the U.S. facility of the Russian aluminium giant. Presently known as Rusal America, the unit will be renamed PerenniAL. Previous chief executive officer and president of Rusal America, Brian...

Trimet France's Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Castelsarrasin sites in France have received ASI Performance Standard Certification for the development, manufacture, and sale of aluminium in the form of wire rods, slabs, and ingots, as well as the production of molten aluminium and the manufacture of...

Altek Metal, a manufacturer of finely machined 5083 alloy aluminium cast plates under the Aludur and Aludur Plus trademarks, receives 18 million Euro joint investment from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Garanti BBVA to construct aluminium recycling casthouse with a...

According to a report on February 24, Vedanta Aluminium Business has launched its low carbon, green aluminium brand named ‘Restora’, with two product lines – Restora (low carbon aluminium) and Restora Ultra (ultra-low carbon aluminium). This brand is not only Vedanta’s but India’s first low carbon...

On 22 nd October 2021, the largest aluminium smelter in Europe that specialises in the production of aluminium slabs and ingots, Aluminium Dunkerque Industries France SAS, formerly known as Liberty Industries France SAS accomplished the refinancing of its Senior Facility Agreement, comprising...

The Scepter Group, a recognized leader in aluminum dross and scrap recycling, announced on Wednesday, September 15, that it signed a multi-year agreement with rolled products major Novelis to supply more than 200,000 tonnes of low carbon rolling slab with up to 95 per cent recycled content. The...

According to a recent report, Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) has successfully certified Alcoa’s Aluminerie de Bécancour (ABI) and Aluminerie de Deschambault smelters in Quebec, Canada, against the Performance Standard Certification for responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of...

Recycled aluminium products manufacturer Chongqing Shunbo Aluminum Co has decided to construct a 5.6 billion yuan ($868.45 million) production base in China’s eastern Anhui province, Reuters reported. In a filing to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Shunbo inked a deal with Bowang district in the city...