
Every tonne of aluminium produced creates more than just the finished metal. Across primary production and recycling, the processes generate aluminium dross-an oxide-rich material that is increasingly attracting attention across the industry. Global aluminium dross generation is projected to rise...
Dr.-Ing. Oliver Moos, Managing Director of CETAG AG, brings decades of expertise in aluminium casthouse technology, offering innovative, cost-efficient and sustainable process solutions through global consulting, project management and equipment design. In an interview for “ Sustainability &...
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Alcore Limited, 87 per cent-owned chemical refining subsidiary of ASX-listed Australian Bauxite, has reportedly produced aluminium fluoride samples from aluminium smelter waste known as dross in its recent test work by using proprietary technology. The company hopes to become the first domestic...

Environmental considerations are becoming increasingly pertinent in “green” aluminium production making reducing or eliminating waste ever more so important. TAHA, a multi-discipline solutions provider with corporate offices in Bahrain, offers innovative, environmentally-friendly and cost-effective...

The New Zealand Government has reportedly announced a resolution to speedily remove ouvea premix, an aluminium dross by-product stored in an old paper mill site next to the river at Mataura. Environment Minister David Parker hopes this resolution gives Mataura residents greater peace of mind as...

Efficiency in furnaces tending operations T.T. Tomorrow Technology SpA has been producing machines for more than 20 years for casthouses and anode plants. The board of directors responsible for this joint stock company and its entire staff are well prepared for the new challenges in the aluminium...

Even with the challenges of 2020, the global aluminium industry and the various markets it supports are coming back, with the automotive industry seeing more demand and packaging production holding strong. As companies focus on “building back better” in the aftermath of the pandemic, the...

One of India’s fastest-growing manufacturing start-ups, Runaya, made public on 21 st December that it has been conferred with the Global WasteMet Award by the Energy and Environment Foundation. The company own the award under the prestigious ‘Platinum’ category for its success in setting up an...

On 18 th December’20, Harsco Corporation announced that its subsidiary ALTEK is now able to deliver end-to-end dross processing and environmental solutions to enable the global aluminium industry to maximize aluminium recoveries and achieve zero waste. Harsco acquired U.K.-based ALTEK in May 2018,...

Naivedya Agarwal, son of Navin Agarwal, Chairman of Vedanta Limited, India’s leading producer of aluminium, founded Runaya in 2017 to seize the market of aluminium dross, which now pulls in around INR 150 crore turnovers. The second most used metal in the world is aluminium, which has an annual...

The Environmental Defence Society has reportedly filed Declaration Proceedings in the Environment Court today, July 6, against New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited concerning the storage of over 10,000 tonnes of ouvea premix at sites on Kana Street, Mataura, Southland. New Zealand Aluminium...

That time of the year is here when you have to bid farewell to one year and welcome another. So, to make this moment memorable, AlCircle presents a ‘Special Year-End Combo’ offer consisting of its 6 most popular reports that will take you down to the market trend in the past and give a brief...

Ultromex has secured a multi-million pound Middle East contract from Radian Oil and Gas Co. (Radian) to deliver its ALTROMEX dross processing technology. The company provides innovative solutions to the aluminium industry to recover value from aluminium dross and other industrial by-products for...

According to a recent report, the United States Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public opinion on the clean-up of an old aluminium smelting site in Benton Harbor. “Benton Harbor is becoming a boom town again and the more contributing parties we can get together to clean up toxic land...

According to a recent report, the European Union is likely to collaborate with Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC) in May for working together on the management of aluminium waste. JNARDDC, a Central Government Institution, has long been working in research...

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) recently welcomed the Chief Executive Officer of Bahrain’s Supreme Council of Environment (SCE) Dr. Mohamed Mubarak Bin Daina at Alba, and showcased its latest environmental initiatives. The issues discussed were the company’s latest environmental initiatives in...

Honourable Chief Minister of Odisha, Shri Naveen Patnaik laid the foundation stone of Runaya Refining at Jharsuguda, today. The project is an end-to-end green solution for the recovery of aluminium and processing residual waste from Aluminium smelters. The ceremony was held in presence of Mr....

PyroGenesis Canada Inc. is a Company that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes plasma waste-to-energy systems and plasma torch products. PyroGenesis' DROSRITE™ system is a salt-free, cost-effective process for maximizing aluminium recovery from dross, a waste generated in the...

PyroGenesis Canada Inc. a company that designs develops and manufactures plasma waste-to-energy systems and plasma torch systems has announced that it has received a multi-million dollar order for two DROSRITE™ furnace systems from an Asian client. The Systems are the third and fourth commercial...

Rio Tinto announced that it has extended the agreement with Scepter for an additional ten years. Rio has renewed the contract for the treatment of by-product from the aluminium smelting process known as "skims" in Quebec, Canada. Scepter, an internationally recognized leader in aluminium dross and...