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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Aluminium major NALCO has rejected a request to sell surplus alumina to bauxite starved Vedanta for its smelter at Jharsuguda, saying it was against the Navaratna PSU's policy to supply it in domestic market. "We are not in a position to provide alumina or bauxite to any other company inside the...
A potential shutdown of the Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter would barely dent the value of Meridian Energy, but Labour/Green electricity reforms would take a big bite out of the power giant. A new research report suggests the value of Meridian shares would fall just 2 cents if the smelter shut down,...
Abu Dhabi-owned Mubadala Development Company reported its total comprehensive income doubling to Dh2.1 billion in the first six months of the year as the fair value of its financial investments and other assets improved. The government-owned investment company earned Dh1.1 billion in the first half...
China's Shandong Chiping Xinfa Group plans to raise the capacity at its Xinjiang aluminum smelter by 550,000 mt/year to 1.35 million mt/year by the end of the year, up 68.8% from 800,000 mt/year currently, a source close to the company said Friday. "We have already completed the 550,000 mt/year...
The BFIGroup said it has traced a steel oil tank belonging to the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON), Ikot Abasi in Akwa Ibom state, to the neighbouring Ibom Power Company (IPC). BFIGroup is the Nigerian-American consortium that emerged the preferred bidder for ALSCON in 2004, but was...
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), one of the largest and most modern aluminium smelters in the world, is on track to meet its growth targets despite low LME prices, said its top official. Speaking at Alba's third quarterly meeting for 2013, chairman Mahmood Hashim Al Kooheji said Alba had made a...
As our old friend Chuin-Wei Yap at the WSJ in Beijing recently observed, in spite of chronically low aluminum prices and massive global overcapacity of supply, China continues to invest in new smelters in its northwest region. In fact, as the article reports, Xinjiang Qiya Aluminum & Power Ltd.,...
Dubai Aluminium (Dubal), the world’s largest single-site smelter using pre-bake anode technology, won the top honours in four of the award categories at the inaugural Metal Bulletin Global Awards for Aluminium Excellence. The list of finalists in the various categories included several other major...
As it awaits a final regulatory decision that could decide its future, US aluminum producer Ormet Corp. continues to lose money and is fast approaching $100 million in total net losses since it filed for bankruptcy on February 25, according to court filings. In August, the Hannibal, Ohio-based...
SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that Phase II of the Emirates Aluminium Smelter Complex (EMAL II) project in Abu Dhabi achieved first hot metal nearly three months ahead of schedule. SNC-Lavalin has been contracted to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for EMAL...
Emirates Aluminium Co.’s (Emal) third production line got energised yesterday, three months ahead of schedule with rollout of the first hot metal by September 19 signalling the start of production, top-ranking executives at Emal said. “We have expanded our power station to 3,000 megawatts from...
The Government postponed an announcement this week on the sale of shares in Meridian Energy, sparking doubts about whether the sell-off will go ahead on schedule in November. Opposition MPs believe the sale has been stalled by embarrassing revelations about the public bailout of Tiwai Pt aluminium...
An estimated 1,500 people held a demonstration on Saturday against the planned closure of Bogoslovsk Aluminum Smelter, the facility's trade union leader said. The protesters were mainly workers from the smelter, which is located in the town of Krasnoturyinsk, and other local people. They marched...
Emirates Aluminium's Phase II expansion project in Abu Dhabi, UAE, produced its first hot metal Sunday, three months head of schedule, Emal said. At 1.7 km, Emal Phase II has the longest potline in the world, consisting of 444 reduction pots, and will raise total annual production capacity at the...
Press Metal Bhd, which owns aluminium smelting plants in Mukah and Bintulu, is selling its loss-making facility in China. Its 90%-owned unit Hubei Press Metal Huasheng Aluminium and Electric Co Ltd, had entered into a final asset settlement agreement with Hubei Hashing Aluminium and Electric Co Ltd...
Prime Minister John Key was on the phone to Pacific Aluminium boss Sandeep Biswas offering him millions of taxpayer dollars to keep the Tiwai Point smelter open, just two days after his ministers largely discarded the idea, Treasury documents show. The documents released yesterday show Mr Key...
Emirates Aluminium, known as Emal, took another step towards becoming the world’s biggest single site aluminium smelter yesterday as its third production line made its first hot metal. Completed three months ahead of schedule, the line is part of Emal’s Phase II expansion project, which will boost...
The huge overcapacity overhang of Chinese Aluminium in the domestic markets has forced the government to suggest some concrete steps to the smelters. China Aluminium production has increased at a drastic pace leading to supply side glut and rising LME inventories to all time highs. Facing the...
