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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ABB wins $16 million order to upgrade power infrastructure for aluminum complex in Qatar Zurich, Switzerland, April 27, 2012 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth about $16 million from Qatalum, for upgrading the power distribution network at its aluminum...
Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Rio Tinto Alcan (Montreal, Quebec), the aluminum manufacturing branch of Rio Tinto plc RIO +2.80% , and Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad (kl:CMSBU) (Sarawak, Malaysia) have mutually terminated their memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a...
Boyne Smelters Limited (BSL) had a big moment on Friday when it officially opened its new, much-anticipated Carbon Bake Furnace 4 (CBF4). The development is part of a $720 million upgrade at the plant, launched in 2008 and designed to improve productivity and environmental performance. A carbon...
Rio Tinto PLC (RIO) said Thursday it is willing to enter talks with labor unions regarding a collective work agreement at its Canadian Alma aluminum smelter if the talks are "reasonable." "We have come to solutions all the time before [regarding collective work agreement], it's just about being...
Boyne Smelters says more than $300 million spent on a new carbon bake furnace had been approved before its planned sell-off. The furnace officially opens today and is designed to reduce the smelters' greenhouse gas emissions by 20,000 tonnes per year. Last year, Rio Tinto Alcan announced it was...
Ukraine's State Property Fund and Prosecutor General are continuing litigation to renationalize a 68.01% stake in Zaporizhiya Aluminum Smelter (ZAlK), but believe it would make sense to sign a new contract with the stake's owner, Russian aluminum giant UC Rusal. ZAlK is the only major asset over...
An aluminum subsidiary of central China's Yimei Group plans to build a 600,000 metric ton aluminum smelter and processing plant in Henan province's Sanmenxia city, a report on the state-backed China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association said Thursday. The company, Yimei Group Henan Tongren...
An aluminum subsidiary of central China's Yimei Group plans to build a 600,000 metric ton aluminum smelter and processing plant in Henan province's Sanmenxia city, a report on the state-backed China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association said Thursday. The company, Yimei Group Henan Tongren...
Rio Tinto increased production of several key commodities in the first quarter, but global aluminum output slipped by nine per cent, largely as a result of its decision to lock out employees at a smelter in Quebec. The London-based mining giant's share of aluminum production at its own and jointly...
Last week, Nick Clegg delivered a speech which aimed to dispel claims that environmental legislation was holding back industrial recovery. In the speech, entitled ‘the myth: green versus growth,’ the Deputy Prime Minister argued that we do not have to give up on the green economy in order to grow,...
Q1 2012 production up to 220,738 metric tonnes (mt) vs. 216,792 metric tonnes (mt) in Q1 2011 Sales for the quarter were almost stable vs. Q1 2011 at 214,891 metric tonnes Aluminium Bahrain ( Alba ) continues to maintain the positive momentum set in 2011 -- its production figures grew 2% on a...
Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) has marked a major milestone in the construction of its $4.6bn Phase II smelter expansion at Taweelah, pouring the concrete for the first potroom in what will be the world’s longest potline when complete. The pouring, which was carried out by contractors Al Futtaim...
SMM sources report that some aluminum smelters have been suffering losses due to weak aluminum prices, and aluminum smelters in Henan Province have cut production by over 400,000 mt since China raised the price of electricity for non-residential use in 2011. Although many aluminum smelters have...
Steel anode stubs are routinely replaced in all prebake aluminium smelters. With increasing automation, smelters have looked for ways to replace environmentally unfriendly gas cutting, at the same time eliminating the HES concerns of noise and hot metal. At some rodding plants, rods are unhooked...
State-owned Nalco is looking to set up a new aluminium smelting facility of 5 lakh tonnes and 1,250 MW captive power plant in Odisha's Sundargarh district at an investment of Rs 18,000 crore, a top company official said. "An independent consultant has confirmed that there is no problem of water in...
C.S. Aluminum Corp., an affiliate of the CSC Group, has recently decided to budget NT$25 billion to expand capacities in Taiwan and China, the completion of which will enable the supplier to integrate upstream and downstream operations, including melting, refining and production of high-end...
Alcoa, the largest US aluminium producer, reported an unexpected first-quarter profit after orders rose and it closed higher-cost smelting capacity. The shares advanced in German trading. Net income fell to $94 million (Dh345.2 million), or nine cents a share, from $308 million, or 27 cents, a year...
Vimetco NV (LSE: VICO), the global producer of primary and processed aluminium products, today announces that its Chinese unit, Henan Zhongfu Industry Co., Ltd., has decreased its energy consumption to the lowest level worldwide, following a commercial test of new technology. "We will be able to...
