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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Alba will be one of the leading sponsors of the Arab International Aluminium Conference (ARABAL 2012), which will be held in Doha from November 20 to 22. Alba will also be taking an exhibition stand to the event, which is being organised by Qatalum, the equal joint venture between Qatar Petroleum...
Rio Tinto Alcan and the union representing workers at the Kitimat aluminium smelter and powerhouse operations in Kemano in northwest British Columbia have reached a tentative labour agreement. "We are pleased to have reached a tentative agreement with the union representatives at our Kitimat...
Saying it would "substantially reduce the risk" to regular ratepayers, Century Aluminum officials have changed some key aspects of a power rate proposal pending with the state Public Service Commission. In testimony filed with the PSC last Friday, the company removed a controversial "guaranteed...
Aluminium producer Norsk Hydro trimmed its market forecast for this year due to weak European demand and said it was working on a cost cutting plan as it reported a smaller-than-expected drop in second-quarter core earnings. "We are now finalising programs across Hydro which in total will yield...
Aluminium Bahrain BSC , which owns the world's fourth-largest aluminium smelter, said on Monday it hired BNP Paribas to advise on financing options for a proposed $2.5 billion expansion plan to add a sixth production line. Alba has said the new line - which will add 400,000 tonnes annual capacity...
Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) Monday said it has received the state government nod in investing in equity of the proposed alumina plant and aluminium smelter project in collaboration with Nalco. "Gujarat government has given its consent to GMDC for investing in equity of the joint...
Qatalum has stated that the Arab International Aluminium Conference (ARABAL 2012), which will be held in Doha from 20th to 22nd of November 2012, will include topics that discuss environmental issues and their correlation with the aluminium industry, in a time of increasing movement to reduce the...
A total of 10 participants from the Ektashif program, an outreach initiative of Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, an independent, research-driven graduate-level university focused on advanced energy and sustainable technologies, visited Emirates Aluminium's (EMAL) state-of-the-art smelter...
With 2012 designated the UN's International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, Dubai Aluminium (Dubal) has signed up as a lead sponsor of the World Energy Forum 2012, which this year will be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre (22-24 October). The World Energy Forum will focus its attention on...
Arnaud Montebourg, the French Minister for Industrial Renewal, is looking forward to a 'firm' discussion with Rio Tinto Alcan over its proposed September 2012 closure of the Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne aluminium smelter. According to Monteberg, the site is profitable and Rio Tinto's closure plan is not...
A dedicated website has been launched to keep people informed about the closure process at Northumberland’s biggest private sector employer. Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) has created it so that the public and local stakeholders can stay up to date with the lengthy; closure de-commissioning and legacy work...
Union officials say they are in talks with management over redundancies at the Anglesey Aluminium plant. The smelting operation closed at the works at Holyhead in 2009 with the loss of nearly 400 jobs. About 110 staff have continued to work at the site as part of a decommissioning process and its...
Press Metal's construction of a second and larger aluminium smelting plant at the Samalaju industrial park in Bintulu would not affect the operation of its first plant here. "We won't shut down, that's for sure," its plant manager here Dr Siew Eng Fui said during a Kembara 1Malaysia media tour of...
Reuters reported that production at Tajikistan's state owned aluminium smelter, the largest in former Soviet Central Asia fell 3.9% YoY in the first 6 months of 2012 after an extensive plant revamp. A source close to the plant's management said that Tajikistan Aluminium Company produced 144,661...
The market for smelter grade alumina is primarily controlled by integrated aluminium companies. In 2008, worldwide alumina refining capacity totalled approximately 90 million metric tons per year including non-metallurgical aluminiums. It is estimated that approximately 80% of alumina production...
Mr Vladimir Dmitriev, VEB chairman said that the supervisory board of Vnesheconombank (VEB) on Wednesday approved an increase in financing for the Boguchany Aluminum Smelter from RUB 21 billion to RUB 47 billion. He said that the board considered the issue of expanding financing for the Boguchany...
Brazilian smelters produced 727,300 metric tons of primary aluminum in the first half, up 2.5% from the same period of 2011, the Brazilian aluminium association Abal said Friday. Output in the month of June was 117,800 tons, or 0.6% greater, than a year earlier, Abal said in a statement. Output in...
Century Aluminum's chief executive said last week his company would be willing to invest up to $100 million in its idled Ravenswood plant, should Century get a viable power agreement from the state Public Service Commission. Century is currently working with state officials to craft a power...
