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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Vedanta Resources Plc, controlled by billionaire Anil Agarwal, may cut output at its four-year-old aluminium smelter in India as it grapples with a shortage of raw material, two people familiar with the matter said. Vedanta Aluminium Ltd’s plan to shut down its alumina refinery in Orissa due to...
With aluminium prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) hitting closer to $1,900 (Rs 1 lakh) per tonne in the last quarter, nearly 30 per cent of global capacities are making cash losses. Yet India, led by Hindalco Industries Ltd, will add capacities next year. Indian aluminium companies have an...
As the launch of the Arab International Aluminium Conference (ARABAL) hosted by QATALUM in Doha from 20 to 22 November draws closer, the Conference Preparatory Committee has announced that the Conference will be attended by over 500 participants and 40 exhibitors. ARABAL 2012 will attract over 120...
Dubai Aluminium, DUBAL, the state-owned corporation that is home to the world’s largest single-site aluminium smelter using pre-bake anode technology, honoured a group of 19 employees, each of whom joined the company in 1987, at a formal dinner held at Armani Hotel Ballroom, Burj Khalifa, on 13...
Alcoa employees protesting the closing of an aluminum smelter on the Italian island of Sardinia threw firecrackers Tuesday and battled police officers. The battle at the now-closed Great Serbariu Mine occurred as government officials were preparing to meet to sign an economic development agreement...
In an historic alliance, Sonatrach, the national Algerian oil and gas company, yesterday signed in Algeria an agreement with Mubadala Development, a wholly owned investment and development vehicle of the Abu Dhabi government and Dubai Aluminium (Dubal), wholly owned by the government of Dubai to...
The first shipment of alumina is now making its way towards the Maaden/Alcoa smelter being built at Ras al-Khair in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province and its significance should not go unnoticed. The smelter is part of the $10.8bn aluminium complex being built in the new industrial city and if...
Press Metal Bhd has started testing and the commissioning of its new aluminium smelting plant in Samalaju Industrial Park, Bintulu. The company said the plant’s initial commercial production output would not be significant. “However, it is expected to contribute positively to the group, barring...
Invercargill mayor Tim Shadbolt is urging the Government to intervene in negotiations between New Zealand Aluminium Smelters and state-owned Meridian Energy. The Rio Tinto-owned smelter at Tiwai Point has already announced it is cutting 100 jobs to try to save money and has said renegotiating its...
Tajikistan, central Asia's biggest producer of primary aluminium, is likely to cut output to just over 270,000 tonnes this year from 277,584 tonnes in 2011, a source close to Tajikistan Aluminium Co's management said on Thursday. The state-owned aluminium smelter, known as TALCO, reduced output by...
Alcoa’s Portovesme aluminium smelter in Sardinia’s Sulcis region has closed down, one day ahead of schedule. Unions had been in negotiation with Alcoa and the Government to keep the plant operational while a buyer was found and while three companies did express interest, nothing has happened....
In an attempt to frustrate the Federal Government from handing over the Aluminium Smelter Company (ALSCON) at Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State, to BanCorp Financial Group (BFIG) following the Supreme Court judgment, the current operator of the multi-billion dollar plant, Russia’s Rusal has taken the...
State-owned Dubai Aluminium (Dubal) provided comprehensive operator training to 65 new recruits of Maaden Aluminium Company, a partnership between Saudi Arabia Mining Company and Alcoa Inc, one of the world's largest aluminium companies. The recruits – all Saudis – were trained in batches at...
The troubled Alcoa aluminium smelter in Portovesme shut down the last of its cells on Thursday, one day ahead of schedule, in the wake of a decision to power down the plant that has pitted workers against the Italian government and the American aluminium giant. ''This is the saddest day,'' said...
Two of Invercargill's leading political figures are at loggerheads about Government intervention at the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt has rallied community and industry leaders in a letter and called on the Government to show leadership over the smelter's uncertain...
For the first time since the sale of Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria, ALSCON, was marred by controversy, the United States Government has openly declared its interest in the matter, saying it wants the Nigerian Government to hand over the aluminium plant to the American company, BFI Group...
In October, Emirates Aluminium (Emal) received letters of accreditation to conduct certified Health and Safety training programmes on-site. This was awarded by the internationally recognised National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) after following a rigorous assessment...
Aluminium major Hindalco Industries gained 2.8 percent to Rs 114 after the company has secured stage 1 forest clearance for Mahan coal block, which was allocated in 2006. Mahan Coal is a joint venture between Essar Energy and Hindalco Industries. Motilal Oswal feels it is positive for the stock....
