Coal-heavy Australian aluminium vs renewables-led New Zealand: How Oceania is balancing decarbonisation
Oceania’s primary aluminium industry is facing a fragmented energy transition. While Australia, the leading aluminium producer of the continent, has abundant renewable resources and a well-established aluminium value chain, its smelters remain significantly more dependent on fossil-fuel-based...
Can the US afford to cut Canada off? 75% aluminium and $100b energy tell the story
The US aluminium industry’s dependence on Canada extends far beyond primary aluminium imports. While Canada supplies around 75 per cent of US imported primary aluminium, covering roughly 60 per cent of the country’s annual aluminium usage, it is also a major supplier of crude oil, natural gas and...
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Alcoa power deal abandoned
A CONTENTIOUS state subsidy arrangement with aluminium manufacturer Alcoa would have been redirected by Spring Street to help finance an overhaul of Hazelwood power station, a former minister has revealed. Former industry minister Theo Theophanous has claimed a three-party deal between the Brumby...
Price journey of aluminium
Set to soften in H2 this year, to be $2,400-$2,600/tn in 2012. Where will aluminium prices be in 2012? According to U C Rusal, the world’s leading producer of the white metal, aluminium prices will rise from the present level of around $2,510 a tonne to anything up to $3,000 a tonne, no matter even...
Alcoa to Install Advanced Recycling and Casting Process in Barberton
Alcoa, a leading producer of primary and fabricated aluminum products, has planned to install a sophisticated recycling and casting process as a part of B&C Research expansion initiative in Barberton, Ohio. B&C Research is a division of Alcoa’s Wheel and Transportation Products business. The...
Alcoa to Install Advanced Recycling and Casting Process in Barberton
Alcoa, a leading producer of primary and fabricated aluminum products, has planned to install a sophisticated recycling and casting process as a part of B&C Research expansion initiative in Barberton, Ohio. B&C Research is a division of Alcoa’s Wheel and Transportation Products business. The...
Recycling programs on rise
Can Manufacturers Institute reported that aluminum can recycling has reached its highest level in 10 years, at a rate of 58.1 percent, in its annual report from June 15. According to the report the energy savings is equivalent to 17 million barrels of crude oil or the amount of gasoline consumed in...
Recycled Aluminum Beverage Can Rate Increases
The Aluminum Association (www.aluminum.org), the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) have announced the United States. recycling rate for aluminum beverage cans has reached 58.1 percent in 2010. In 2008, the Aluminum Association set a goal of...
Aluminum Can Recycling Rate Reaches Highest Level in More than a Decade
The U.S. recycling rate for aluminum beverage cans has reached its highest level in a decade, with 58.1% of all cans recycled last year—a rate that is more than double that of any other beverage container, the Aluminum Association, Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) and Institute of Scrap Recycling...
Postal van that runs on power
Campuses across the country could run electric postal vans if the department of science and technology (DST) makes IISc's innovative electric postal van a model. Researchers at IISc's Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing are excited by the idea of approaching DST while already having...
Aluminum in Railway and Urban Railway System
In recent years, with the rapid development of our economy, railway transportation has been entering into growth period. Meanwhile, nergy shortage and environmental deterioration also put forward higher requirements on the development of railway transportation. Owing to light quality, excellent...
Aluminium Manufacturers Hydro Collaborate to Build Energy Positive Building in Norway
The Powerhouse alliance, consisting of developers Entra Eiendom, construction group Skanska, architects Snøhetta, environmental group ZERO and aluminium company Hydro will build Norway's first - and the world's northern-most - energy-positive commercial building, in Trondheim. "We are happy to be...
Zhengzhou Strive for Aluminum Industrial Scale Surpass Hundreds of Billion, 2015
June 3, strive to realize aluminum industry sales revenue surpass hundreds of billion and cultivate an enterprise which annual sales revenue surpasses 20billion in 2015. Yesterday, Zhengzhou government release a new policy states that they will rapid develop aluminum precision processing, try their...
Zhengzhou Strive for Aluminum Industrial Scale Surpass Hundreds of Billion, 2015
June 3, strive to realize aluminum industry sales revenue surpass hundreds of billion and cultivate an enterprise which annual sales revenue surpasses 20billion in 2015. Yesterday, Zhengzhou government release a new policy states that they will rapid develop aluminum precision processing, try their...
Zhengzhou Strive for Aluminum Industrial Scale Surpass Hundreds of Billion, 2015
June 3, strive to realize aluminum industry sales revenue surpass hundreds of billion and cultivate an enterprise which annual sales revenue surpasses 20billion in 2015. Yesterday, Zhengzhou government release a new policy states that they will rapid develop aluminum precision processing, try their...
Aluminum processors in China asked to brace power cuts
Commodity reported that aluminum processors in China have received notices from energy suppliers asking them to brace for power cuts as the country faces electricity shortages this summer, potentially heralding disruption across the industry. Shutdowns of fabricators, which process the ingots made...
RSB Industries gets nod for alumina refinery in Orissa
RSB Industries, the holding company of a low profile auto component manufacturing group headquartered in Pune is planning to enter the aluminium refining and smelting sector in Orissa. The promoters appear unfazed by the delays other projects are facing in that mineral rich state. The group's main...
RSB Industries gets nod for alumina refinery in Orissa
RSB Industries, the holding company of a low profile auto component manufacturing group headquartered in Pune is planning to enter the aluminium refining and smelting sector in Orissa. The promoters appear unfazed by the delays other projects are facing in that mineral rich state. The group's main...
Nalco to set up Rs 274 Cr wind power project in AP
As part of its diversification plans, the aluminium major National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), has decided to start a 50.4 MW Wind Power Project at Gandikota in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. The Navratna PSU has been endeavouring to foray into other metals and energy sectors. This...
Nalco to set up Rs 274 Cr wind power project in AP
As part of its diversification plans, the aluminium major National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), has decided to start a 50.4 MW Wind Power Project at Gandikota in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. The Navratna PSU has been endeavouring to foray into other metals and energy sectors. This...
