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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Russian aluminum giant RUSAL has quietly abandoned plans for a multibillion-dollar aluminum smelter in Guinea, according to a government source and documents seen by Reuters on Thursday. RUSAL is trimming its output in the face of weak prices and rising power costs. Its decision adds to a string of...
Supporters of an endangered western Kentucky aluminum smelter are pushing for a House vote on a bill that would allow the plant to buy cheaper electricity. The group, from Hancock County where a Century Aluminum plant is located, visited the statehouse Wednesday to pressure lawmakers. Five days...
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), ranked as one of the largest aluminium smelters in the world, has appointed Shawqi Mohd Al Hashimi as the new director of it Line 6 smelter project. In his new role, Al Hashimi will oversee the development of the Line 6 expansion project as well as lead a team responsible...
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), owner of the world's fourth-largest aluminium smelter, wants to take a stake in a mine or refinery as its impending expansion increases its demand for raw materials, its chief executive told Reuters. The firm has begun feasibility work on a $2.5 billion sixth production...
In the final days of the 2013 legislative session, lawmakers are wrestling with the possibility that well over 1,000 good jobs in Western Kentucky will be lost as electric bills soar for about 112,000 homes and businesses in the region. Two aluminum smelters that employ 1,200 have said they will...
The UAE’s two primary aluminium smelters – Dubai Aluminium (Dubal) and Emirates Aluminium (Emal) – will be showcasing its key technology and present technical papers at the TMS annual meeting and exhibition (TMS 2013) in Texas. The expo, which runs till March 7, will focus on providing materials...
Dubai Aluminium (Dubal) has reported 2012 net profits of $430m – 55% down on the company's 2011 figure of $957m. The company's net profits figure includes Dubal's share in the profits of Emirates Aluminium (Emal). Despite the noticeable downfall in net profits from last year, the company's...
Anglesey Aluminium decided to close its remaining operations at the smelter. The company announced it would close its re-melt business at the site, with a loss of 60 jobs. The decision came following a meeting of the plant’s Metal Board on Thursday which came to the conclusion that the re-melt...
Century Aluminum and Appalachian Power Company have restarted talks in connection with a power rate for Century that could lead to the reopening of the company's plant in Ravenswood. Appalachian Power Communications Director Jeri Matheney tells MetroNews regular discussions began a few weeks ago....
For Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL) the entirely state-owned enterprise whose Jebel Ali operation ranks as the world's largest single-site primary aluminium smelter using pre-bake anode technology - 2012 was again an excellent year. ''DUBAL achieved gross sales revenue of AED 9.77 billion (compared to AED...
State-owned Meridian Energy says it is making some "slow progress" in its talks with New Zealand's biggest single electricity user, the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, but the outcome is still unclear. "We are currently still in negotiations with Tiwai, with Rio Tinto, and they are being conducted...
One global aluminum smelting company asked two buyers in Japan, Asia’s biggest importer, for a 6.3 percent increase in the premium they pay over London Metal Exchange prices, three executives directly involved in the negotiations said. The company offered to sell aluminum at $255 a metric ton over...
US aluminium giant Alcoa has invested $20 million overhauling two electricity sub-stations powering its Wenatchee smelter in Washington State, USA. The overhaul was designed to minimise the risk of a power outage at the plant. The modernised McKenzie and Valhalla substations are owned respectively...
A dispute between a regional utility and two aluminum smelters in western Kentucky over electric rates is getting an increasing amount of attention from Kentucky state officials. Gov. Steve Beshear sent a letter on Wednesday urging the presidents of Big Rivers Electric Corp. and its largest...
A new international shipping service will boost the viability of one of Tasmania's largest private employers -- Bell Bay Aluminium. The service, however, offers little relief for other Tasmanian exporters who have been forced to ship goods to market via Melbourne since the withdrawal of the state's...
A Kentucky legislative panel last week postponed a vote on a bill that would allow two western Kentucky aluminum smelters to purchase electricity on the open market. That's because negotiations over rates are continuing between Century Aluminum and the local utility company, Big Rivers Electric...
Alcoa Inc.the largest U.S. aluminum maker, came closer to resolving a labor dispute after a union, representing workers at its ABI smelter in Quebec, said it will recommend that members back a new agreement on contracts. Negotiators for Alcoa and the United Steelworkers union accepted a report by a...
The implementation of the Supreme Court ruling on the sale of the Aluminium Smelter Plant at Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State, is facing some hiccups, as the Bureau for Public Enterprises, BPE, has rejected any meeting with the preferred bidder, Bancorp Financial Investment Group, BFIG, to sort out the...
