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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Reflecting the national pride that permeates the organization, Dubai Aluminium, DUBAL, today expressed its tangible support for the Union Tree initiative launched by H H Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai) to commemorate the 41st...
It is unclear if Rio Tinto‘s US$5 billion cost cuts globally will affect the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter near Bluff. This week Rio Tinto announced at an investor seminar that it would make the cuts to its operating and support costs by the end of 2014. The global miner said its coal and aluminium...
Further cuts to costs are to be made at the cash-strapped Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter. The cuts are on top of the $70 million announced in October. New Zealand Aluminium Smelters this week confirmed it completed its plan to cut 100 jobs at the smelter, but it was still losing money and further cuts...
New Zealand Aluminium Smelters has confirmed it has completed its plan to reduce the size of its organization by 100 roles but it is still losing money and further cuts are expected. A spokesman for Pacific Aluminium said the Rio Tinto divestment process was continuing but NZAS would like a...
Alcoa announced today that Janne Sigurdsson, Managing Director of Alcoa Iceland, has been named the gold Stevie Award winner for Female Executive of the Year in Europe, the Middle East and Africa at the 9th annual awards ceremony held recently in New York. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business...
Weaker-than-expected exports, including lower shipments of aluminium and falling exports of dairy and meat, pushed New Zealand's October trade deficit much higher than forecast. The October deficit was $718 million, compared with expectations of a deficit of about $450 million. New Zealand...
Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Maaden) has announced the kingdom's first aluminium smelter is to reach full production later than planned, due to long delays to a power plant it needs to run flat out, Reuters has reported. Maaden said operations at the $10.8bn aluminium smelter it shares with US-based...
Saudi Saline Water Conversion Corp (SWCC) expects the start up of a new power plant at Ras Al Khair to be delayed until late 2013, the head of the utility said, which may affect production at a new aluminium smelter relying on it. Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) expects to begin production at...
The key players in the UAE’s primary aluminium industry, Dubai Aluminium, DUBAL, and Emirates Aluminium Company Limited, EMAL, demonstrated their common commitment to the development of the Middle East as a global aluminium hub by participating jointly in the 16th International Arab Aluminium...
Effort by the Federal Government to comply with the Supreme Court ruling ceding the management of the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria, ALSCON, in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State to its rightful buyers, BFIG Corporation, has been rebuffed by Rusal, the Russian Aluminium Company, that was sacked by...
The premier trade event of the UAE’s aluminium industry, the 16th Arab International Aluminium Conference (ARABAL 2012) was held at the Grand Hyatt Doha, Qatar from 20 to 22 November. The conference, taking place under the patronage of Ministry of Energy and Industry, was attended by every single...
The government of Indonesia plans to restructure the country's only aluminum smelting company PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium, or Inalum, by putting ownership wholly in Indonesian hands, a company source said Thursday, confirming local media reports. Jakarta has a 41.12% share in Inalum, with the...
Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) based in Al Taweelah, will host its second Recruitment Open Day on the 24th of November in Al Samha (next to the Adnoc petrol Station) as a part of its on-going dialogue with neighbours as a positive contributor and employer for the immediate area and economy of the UAE....
Saudi Arabia Mining Company Maaden has announced that it is to begin production at the aluuminium smelter which will form the first phase of a $10.8bn integrated aluminium production process next month. Maaden Aluminium Company - a venture which is 74.9% owned by Maaden and 25.1% by aluminium giat...
Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden) will start initial production at its 740,000 tonnes per year aluminium smelter next month. Maaden and Alcoa teamed up in 2009 to build a $10.8 billion aluminum complex at Ras al-Khair on the Gulf coast, which is fast becoming a Saudi mining centre. The smelter...
An independent study into the health of vegetation in the vicinity of Emirates Aluminium (EMAL), has determined that ‘no harm’ has been caused to the vegetation from EMAL’s operations. This study was conducted by Professor Alan Davison, a renowned international expert who has undertaken similar...
The state Public Service Commission has set a Dec. 14 date to respond to requests to reconsider the special power rate it proposed for Century Aluminum's Ravenswood plant. But in the order setting that date, the commission took issue with the way Century has responded in the case. Century has been...
The Federal Government has embarked on concrete steps aimed at handing over the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) to Bancorp Financial Group (BFG) in line with the Supreme Court directive. But the latest move is coming even as the Russians were said to have dragged the Federal...
