Storvik and Charl-Pol have launched Alumotion to bring proven robotic solutions, local engineering and lifecycle support closer to Canada's aluminium smelters. Canadian aluminium smelters are set to gain a new source of automation expertise as Storvik and Canadian technology company Charl-Pol...
The US Department of Justice has urged a court to dismiss Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s lawsuit filed on the proposed USD 4 billion Oklahoma aluminium smelter, arguing that the project would strengthen national and economic security. The move comes as the joint venture of Emirates...
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Century Aluminum Co. announced Monday that it had completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of the nearly 500-employee plant from Rio Tinto Alcan. With this acquisition the Sebree, Ky., aluminum smelter now has the fifth owner in its 40-year history. “We are really happy to...
On May 30th, five departments of the State Council held a symposium with fifteen aluminum smelters including Chalco. According to a source with knowledge of the symposium, the meeting involves capacity control, setting up funds to subsidize aluminum producers that pull capacity out of central and...
Utkal Alumina International, an arm of aluminium maker Hindalco, has just started trial production at its 1.5 million tonne a year alumina refinery in Odisha. The alumina would be the feedstock for two of Aditya Birla group’s upcoming aluminium plants, the 359 kilo tonne a year Mahan aluminium...
Bharat Aluminium Company, a Vedanta Group company, announced on 2 June it has appointed Ramesh Nair as its Chief Executive Officer replacing Gunjan Gupta. Ramesh Nair has over 20 years' experience in the metals industry and has worked in the group for 11 years in multiple functions before assuming...
NALCO may operate its sole smelter at 75 percent capacity until global prices of the metal recover or availability of cheap domestic coal increases, a company director said on Friday. The 460,000 tonne per annum capacity plant at Angul in eastern part of Odisha has been operating at reduced...
For the second time in two years, Alcoa is examining its smelting capacity and may reduce output from its nearly two dozen facilities, which include a Berkeley County smelter, Alcoa Mt. Holly. The review comes as Alcoa Mt. Holly and Santee Cooper face a June 30 deadline for negotiations over...
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. ( Alba )'s Chief Executive, Tim Murray announced the appointment of Khalid A. Latif as the new Engineering Manager. Mr. A.Latif has been with Alba since 1989 when he joined as trainee technician in Power Maintenance . He was promoted to supervisory level in the same...
Hindalco Industries, India’s biggest aluminium producer, is planning to raise its high-margin value-added product (VAP) share in overall production to 57% from the current 47% in two years. VAP share was 43% in total production for the last fiscal against the annual average of 40%. “For increasing...
The French industrial engineer Fives Group is in talks with Emal, the UAE-based aluminium smelter, and Kizad, the Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi, about a multimillion euro partnership that could create as many as 100 high-tech jobs for nationals. Frédéric Sanchez, the chief executive of Fives...
The Aluminium Smelting Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) has announced the launch of its annual Scholarship Programme aimed at supporting local communities. Located in Ikot Abasi, in Akwa Ibom state, ALSCON is part of the United Company RUSAL a leading, global aluminium producer, while assistance in the...
A scheduled Wednesday sale of bankrupt US aluminum producer Ormet Corp. to Wayzata Investment Partners was postponed until June 3 by a federal bankruptcy judge because negotiations are continuing on the disputed terms of the proposed transaction. Judge Mary Walrath of the US Bankruptcy Court for...
With its future likely to be decided Wednesday by a federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware, US aluminum producer Ormet told the court this week its losses continued to accelerate in April, increasing to $41.8 million for the first four months of 2013. April marked the third month in a row the...
Indonesia PT Bintan Alumina invest up to U.S. $ 1 billion for the construction of mineral processing and refining plant (smelter) in Bintan, Riau Islands. Director of Bintan Alumina, Zulnahar Usman said that the company is conducting a feasibility study or feasibility study smelter development....
Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter workers have broken records for production per person at the plant. New Zealand Aluminium Smelters acting general manager Stewart Hamilton said the January to March quarter productivity reached 416 tonnes per person - the equivalent of 25 million aluminium cans. He said...
Alcoa announced today it is postponing construction of a new potline at its Baie-Comeau smelter in Québec as part of a revised modernization plan for the smelter, but will begin preparations for the upgrade by investing $100 million in the smelter over the next three years and by permanently...
Century Aluminum and Big Rivers Electric Corp. have reached a tentative agreement on the framework for providing market priced power to the 249Kty Hawesville smelter. Under the arrangement, the electric cooperatives would purchase power on the open market and pass it through to Century at the...
Further production cuts are likely at Europe's aluminum smelters as the industry struggles with high operating costs and low metal prices, Citi's director of metals research and strategy said Thursday. Around 28% of the European Union's aluminum smelters are losing money at current aluminum prices,...
Alcoa will eliminate about 500 jobs by permanently closing two potlines this summer at its smelter in Baie-Comeau, Que., while also delaying construction of more efficient facilities at the smelter for three years. The company said Thursday that the job cuts will be made through retirements and...
