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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Harsco Corporation has acquired ALTEK Group, a manufacturer and installer of aluminium dross and scrap processing systems, for a purchase price of £45 million (approximately $60 million), plus an additional future consideration, to be paid subject to the future financial performance. Alan Peel,...
According to a recently published report by AlCircle on Aluminium Dross Processing , the aluminium industry comprising primary, recycled and downstream sectors generated approximately 3 million tonnes of dross in 2017. Near 50% of the total dross generated still finds its way to land fill. The Asia...
Aluminium dross going to landfills or salt cake formed as a byproduct of aluminium recovery from dross and discarded thereafter continues to pose a serious threat to the environment. Although sealed to prevent leaching, potential for salt cake leaching still exists and can harm the environment in...
Aluminium dross, a byproduct of the aluminium smelting process and an unavowed mixture of metallic aluminium, aluminium-oxide and oxides of numerous alloying elements, have been finding its way to landfills for years. It is only recently that the aluminium industry came to realize its significance...
European Aluminium, the voice of the entire aluminium value chain, welcomed two new members this month after adding five new members to its ranks in 2017. In total, the Brussels-based industry association now represents over 85 companies and associations covering more than 600 plants across 30...
AlCircle’s new sector focus report- “Aluminium Dross Processing: A global Review” is generating overwhelming response. From leading aluminium smelters, rolled aluminium product manufacturers and recycling companies to market research firms and technical infrastructure providers- everyone is showing...
AlCircle has added a new exclusive report - a sector focus to its portfolio- “Aluminium Dross Processing: A Global Review.” The first report of 2018 from the Virtual Aluminium Platform promises to provide a deep insight into the world aluminium dross processing industry that is expected to grow...
<p>Metals start-up Runaya signed two joint venture (JV) agreements worth $75 million with Russia’s UC Rusal and Bahrain’s Taha International Corporation (TIC) for the production of high technology aluminium paste and powder and sustainable solutions to the Indian aluminium industry.</p>...
<p>Runaya Refining LLP, a new metal startup has signed a technology licensing pact with Taha International WLL, which owns the patent for aluminium dross processing. The startup would harness the cutting-edge technology of Taha International to convert waste aluminium into value-added products.</p>...
<p>Taha Asia Pacific, associated with Tiwai Point aluminium smelter was closed on Tuesday, and put into liquidation. This came a day after the company's recycling contract at the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter expired, revealed industry reports. <br /><br />The company had a five-year contract with...
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, has conducted the initial tests of new equipment within the project for melting furnace installation in the casthouse at Sayanogorsk smelter (RUSAL Sayanogorsk). The project investment will total up to USD 10 million. The project, scheduled to be...
Taha International, headquartered in Bahrain, as part of its further growth strategy, and to support the company entering a robust new phase of expansion, has strengthened the management team with three key appointments. Graham Bruce , formerly CEO of Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill (Garmco) Bahrain,...
Molten aluminium alloys at 700 °C naturally contain a high percentage of dissolved hydrogen, left untreated, the resulting solid metal is highly porous. The most widely- used method of hydrogen removal – argon rotary degassing - is energy intensive and requires costly components. In pilot scale...
A book about aluminum recycling and recovery by Dr. Mark E. Schlesinger, professor of metallurgical engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, was recently published by CRC Press. Aluminum Recycling (2nd Ed.) was published in December 2013. The new edition contains updated and...
Secondary aluminium production and the downstream industry in the Middle East are being limited by large-scale export of aluminium scrap, a result of relatively low downstream activity, according to delegates at Metal Bulletin’s 21st recycled aluminium conference in Dubai. “Major recyclers [in the...
Bosses at a company that recycles dross from the Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter say they are investing hundreds of thousands of dollars on their plant because they are confident a deal between the smelter and Meridian Energy will be “sorted within a month”. However, Stewart Hamilton, acting general...
Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi announced that it has signed a long-term land rental agreement with UAE-based Cast Aluminium Industries estimated to be worth more than Dhs33 million. The mid-stream aluminium producer and recycler will now be allocated a 355,209 sq ft plot of land in Kizad’s...
Abengoa will manage the aluminium residues at the new facility that it will build in the town of Bernburg, in the east of the country, and which will involve an investment of approximately € 30 million. The new Abengoa plant will have a production capacity of 50,000 tonnes of aluminium alloys for...
