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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Some 600 Victorian Alcoa workers will soon learn if they still have jobs, with the federal government saying it expects to finish talks soon with the company about the future of its Point Henry aluminium smelter. Federal Industry and Innovation Minister Greg Combet said the government wanted to...
Rusal announced Thursday the completion of the first stage of its value-added campaign for its Aluminium Division West business unit. The program boosted the share of value-added products, or VAP, for three smelters, reaching 100% at the Volkhov unit (24,000 mt/year of VAP), 80% at the Nadvoitsy...
United Co. Rusal PLC (0486.HK) said Tuesday it plans to borrow up to $850 million from Chinese bank Eximbank to build a new anode factory in the Irkutsk Region. The main consumers will be Rusal's aluminum smelters in Eastern Siberia which are able to meet China's growing demand in aluminum, the...
Aluminium prices have crashed from $2700 to $1700 per tone in a gap of 15 months, input costs are rising, so are fuel costs, but Hindalco Industries Ltd is on the verge of a massive expansion plan. Is the expansion plans justified? “When Hindalco planned this massive expansion, the foreseen...
A unit of China's state-owned aluminum producer Chinalco on Tuesday launched a pared-down Hong Kong IPO without Morgan Stanley (MS.N) and UBS (UBSN.VX), which may have dropped out on concerns over the unit's dealings in Iran, sources said. The deal could raise up to $200 million, Thomson Reuters...
Eskom will allow BHP Billiton to produce aluminium using subsidised electricity, even if winter conditions necessitate load-shedding. “We have a contract with Billiton and we will fulfill that contract,” said chief executive Brian Dames in response to the question whether he, like his predecessor,...
Cost pressures on China’s beleaguered aluminum industry could ease in the coming months as a number of provinces introduce power subsidies to reduce hefty electricity bills weighing on the energy-intensive sector. Plans are underway in central China’s Henan Province, which accounts for about a...
Last June 12, at the American Metal Market Awards ceremony held in New York, Aluminerie Alouette was awarded a major honor. This event was part of the Annual Aluminium Summit. It is with great pride that the President and CEO, André Martel, received on behalf of Aluminerie Alouette, the prize in...
"The aluminum can in my hand will be back in the refrigerator in 60 days in the form of another aluminum can after I drink its contents and put it into a recycling bin," said Charles McLane, holding a canned drink while conducting an exclusive interview with China Daily. The words of McLane,...
The Aditya Birla Group is in talks with American thermal coal miner Drummond Company to purchase a significant stake in coal mines in Colombia owned by the privately held company. The Kumar Mangalam Birla-promoted group wants to strengthen its mining business and utilise the coal for its captive...
GE showcased the power generation and energy management system modernization project the company recently completed for Dubai Aluminum (DUBAL). The success of this initiative won DUBAL and GE top honors in the “Best Brownfield Technology” category of American Metal Market’s Awards for Aluminum...
Global aluminum smelting overcapacity will continue to persist over the next two to three years despite increasing pressure from higher costs, Tony Rizzuto, managing director and head of metals and mining research at Dahlman Rose & Co., said at the American Metal Market Aluminum Summit. "It's going...
Century Aluminum will spend $12.5 million in cash to acquire a Dutch production facility that belonged to the former Zeeland Aluminum Co. The facility in Vlissingen, The Netherlands, which is currently closed, makes anodes, the carbon blocks used in the aluminum smelting process. Those anodes will...
Emirates Aluminium Co. expects to close financing for a $4.5 billion expansion as it builds the world’s biggest smelter of the lightweight metal. “We are looking at the end of this year to wrap it up,” Chief Executive Officer Saeed al-Mazrooei said in an interview in his office. “We’ll see what...
Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) is actively taking part in educating the underprivileged students of Nigeria. Fifty-one students drawn from Ikot Abasi, Mkpat Enin, Eastern Obolo and Oruk Anam Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom State have benefitted from a scholarship programme...
The National Aluminum Company Limited (Nalco), which is proposing to set up a smelter and captive power plant in Indonesia with an investment of Rs 16,500 crore, is yet to select a location for its aluminium complex. "The Indian public sector major aluminium company is looking for a suitable site...
Rio Tinto Alcan has awarded two contracts to Fives Solios for its Kitimat brownfield smelter, in British Columbia, Canada. The first contract for the Green Anode Plant consists of the supply of a complete mixing line including the preheating screw, the IMC (Intensive Mixing Cascade), two Xelios,...
Production at Tajikistan's state-owned aluminium smelter, the largest in former Soviet Central Asia, fell by 7.4 percent year-on-year in the first five months of 2012 after an extensive plant revamp, a source close to the company's management said. Tajikistan Aluminium Company, or TALCO, produced...
