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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Indonesia is still suffering from a shortage in aluminum supply as PT Asahan Indonesia Aluminium (Inalum), the only aluminium smelter in Southeast Asia, is only able to produce up to 260,000 tonnes a year while the domestic needs reach 800,000 tonnes, ANTARA news agency quoted an official as...
After taking several recent hits the Hunter's aluminium sector has received a boost with a $30 million manufacturing facility approved near Newcastle. Bahrain based company Midal Cables International has received State Government approval to build the Tomago facility with an Australian-based...
The government is set to take full control over aluminum producer PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) and then float the company on the stock market or offer it to investors after the acquisition, Industry Minister MS Hidayat said in Jakarta on Friday. Hidayat said that official deliberations...
VHE has successfully commissioned a stub straightening machine supplied to the ALRO aluminium smelter in Romania. The machine has been designed for the 2x2 130mm stub diameter techonology in use at ALRO and completed the Performance Acceptance Test on 31 July 2012. Inward bending of anode stubs,...
An Indonesian state enterprise is ready and willing to buy a 59 percent stake in an aluminium smelter that the current Japanese owner is being forced to sell under foreign investment laws, a government minister said on Friday. Nippon Asahan currently holds the stake in Indonesia Asahan Aluminium...
The Gulf Aluminum Council (GAC) indicated that the overall production capacity of aluminum smelters in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) could come close to 5 million tons a year by 2013 after the construction of Saudi Arabia’s Ma’aden Smelter. Quoting a report conducted by Qatar Aluminum Company,...
Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC announced the production of alumina and aluminium. In Q2 2012, bauxite extraction was 3.2% lower than in Q2 2011 and 4.1% higher than in Q1 2012. Alumina production decreased 8.1% versus Q2 2011 but increased 13.9% versus Q1 2012. The production problems...
The only potential suitor for Alcoa's Italian smelter has broken off talks with the government, labour unions said on Wednesday, putting hundreds of jobs at risk. The U.S. aluminium company had planned to close its Portovesme smelter on the island of Sardinia by mid-year as part of efforts to cut...
The Arab International Aluminium Conference (Arabal 2012), which be held in Doha 20th - 22nd November 2012, has received sponsorship from Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Maaden), Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), and Sohar Aluminium Company in addition to a number of regional and international aluminium...
Bosnian aluminium producer Aluminij Mostar will cut production by 12.5% with immediate effect, due to high electricity costs and low aluminium prices, and may cut production further in September, it said in a statement on Thursday July 26, Metal Bulletin reported. "The decision was made...
A Westren Australia-style gas reservation policy should be adopted by the rest of the nation, one of the country's biggest trade unions says. The mining state's former premier Alan Carpenter introduced the policy in late 2006, requiring 15 per cent of gas from offshore projects to be set aside for...
ABB, the power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $24m from Ma'aden Aluminium Company (MAC) to execute a fast-track transmission substation project in the Northeast of the country. The orders were booked in the second quarter. ABB will design, engineer and supply a new 380...
As part of its commitment and dedication for sustainable employment for the UAE community, EMAL held its 2012 Summer Training Program at the Al Taweelah-based smelter. From the 26 June to 20 July, 18 UAE National students experienced work at what is set to become one of the world's largest...
The inclusion of environmental sustainability in the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals highlighted the importance of taking measures to protect and restore the environment. After all, a cleaner environment makes the earth more habitable for the current and succeeding generations....
Thursday, 26th July, Century Aluminum begins pleading its case before the public. The company wants lower power rates to keep its smelter operating. The good news is, Century Aluminum and Big Rivers are talking again. The bad news is they still don't agree on much. Century Aluminum officials say...
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) said its second quarter net profit dropped by almost half to 35.6 million Bahraini dinars ($95 million) on lower metal prices and higher gas costs. Aluminium prices on the London Metal Exchange dipped close to $600 a tonne when compared with the same period last year,...
Live testimony in the evidentiary hearing that begins on Mon., July 30, in the Century Aluminum electricity rate case before the Public Service Commission of West Virginia may be less restrained than the written direct testimony that has been filed so far. "Prefiled testimony is generally gone over...
National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) has stumbled on a coal linkage hurdle for its proposed 0.5-mpta aluminium smelter project in Indonesia. Nalco, which is banking on local coal supply to run a planned 1,250-MW captive plant to power its smelter, has not been able to wrap up the deal in the past...
