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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Credit is due the West Virginia Public Service Commission for seeing through the smokescreens thrown up by Century Aluminum in the company's quest to obtain a special electricity rate. Century closed its Ravenswood smelter in 2009 after aluminum prices slumped, putting 650 people out of work. The...
The European Commission has adopted a decision that renders legally binding the commitments offered by Rio Tinto Alcan to address concerns raised by the Commission about competition on markets for aluminium smelting equipment. The Commission was concerned that the company may have infringed EU...
Russian Aluminum, or Rusal, and OJSC Rosenergoatom have signed a two-year agreement on the supply of electric power at a price of three cents per kWh, a joint statement issued by the companies says. The contract involves the supply of electricity from Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Plant to Boguchany...
Primary aluminum production at Venezuela's CVG-Alcasa totaled 3,568 mt in November, down 32.6% on output of 5,287 mt in November 2011, Alcasa said Thursday. November production was down 8% on output of 3,877 mt in October. Alcasa's production remains depressed as its October operating cell count...
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)'s standing amongst the world's leading aluminium smelters was bolstered with top regional honours the company received for its relations with investor, business operations and interactions with external entities. Alba's corporate website notched 1st place in Bahrain...
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) provided a tangible demonstration of its pride in being a Bahraini company as company officials along with employees joined together in celebrations held to mark Bahrain's 41st National Day on Thursday, December 13, 2012. Alba's Chief Executive, Tim Murray, Chairman...
The joint venture smelter project in Ras Al-Khair will help establish the Kingdom as the regional leader in the global aluminum industry, says Alcoa Chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld. His remarks came as the Saudi Arabian Mining Company ( Maaden ) and Alcoa celebrated the achievement of the First...
Through a joint venture between the Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) and Alcoa, Saudi Arabia on Thursday began aluminum production at its first smelter. "Today we see the first aluminum produced in Saudi Arabia, and the launch of a new industry," Ma'aden President and CEO Khalid al-Mudaifer...
Aluminium smelters in China, the world's top producer and consumer of the metal, have agreed on higher ratios of metal prices next year to value purchases of the raw material alumina, spurred by worries of tighter supply at home. Deals for 2013 alumina imports were set at about 16.1 to 16.3 percent...
Abu Dhabi-based Emirates Aluminium Co, or Emal, expects the Dh16.52 billion second phase of its smelter to be complete by the first quarter of 2014 when it will raise production up to the capacity levels of 1.3 million tonnes, a senior executive of the company told Zawya Dow Jones. “The demand on...
UC RUSAL, the world's largest aluminium producer, announces signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Shandong Xinfa Group, one of China's largest private aluminium companies, detailing the study of future possible cooperation areas, including joint ventures in the aluminium industry. The...
Excellent progress towards a corporate goal of ‘zero harm to the people and the environment’ has earned Dubai Aluminium, DUBAL, two accolades in the inaugural 2012 Gulf Aluminium Council, GAC, Environment Health and Safety Awards, which were announced during the 16th Arab International Aluminium...
A new 10-year electric power supply contract signed Friday, Dec. 7, ends years of job uncertainty for 625 Alcoa Intalco Works employees. More than 100 workers gathered at the aluminum smelter's Totem Terrace assembly hall west of Ferndale to watch Bonneville Power Administration boss Steve Wright...
Aditya Birla Group company Hindalco will receive $100 million in financing from Export Development Canada or EDC, the country’s export credit agency, for its Mahan Aluminium Project in Madhya Pradesh. The agreement, signed a few days ago, will support the supply of technology and capital equipment...
State-owned National Aluminium Company (Nalco) may call off its proposed Rs 16,000 crore aluminium smelter and captive power plant project in the island nation of Indonesia if they manage to get clearances and coal linkages for a similar project in Odisha. The proposed project in Indonesia is stuck...
Meridian Energy and Rio Tinto will resume talks before Christmas about supplying power to the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter in Southland, but there is no sign that a deal is just around the corner. Rio Tinto has said that the smelter, which employs about 600 people, could close if it cannot get...
New Zealand's largest electricity producer, Meridian Energy, has resumed talks with Rio Tinto Alcan, the majority owner of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, over Rio's request for changes to 18-year contracts for power supply that kick in on January 1. Meridian chief executive Mark Binns told the...
Rusal has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shandong Xinfa Group, one of China's largest private aluminium companies, detailing the study of future possible cooperation areas, including joint ventures in the aluminium industry, the Russian producer said Thursday. Rusal and Shandong Xinfa...
