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...
Voya Energy has unveiled an aluminium-based power system that converts low-grade aluminium scrap into electricity through a low-temperature electrochemical process, offering a potential new route for aluminium recycling, energy storage and off-grid power generation. The Hayward, California-based...
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The Paris headquartered global cable and optical fibre company Nexans is introducing the French market's first low-carbon distribution grid cables. The Group has reduced the greenhouse gas emissions of its low- and medium-voltage cables by 35 per cent to 50 per cent, depending on the product, by...
Belvac, a Dover company and a major worldwide provider in the two-piece metal packaging sector for over 60 years has launched the Servo Belvac Necker, the newest advancement in aluminium can necking technology. "The Servo Belvac Necker marks a new generation of energy-efficient machinery for the...
KCC Chartering AS, a subsidiary of Klaveness Combination Carriers ASA and South32 Marketing Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of globally diversified mining and metals company South32, have agreed to incorporate a carbon pricing mechanism in their existing Contract of Affreightment (COA). The parties agreed on...
The International Aluminium Institute (IAI)'s most recent monthly assessment shows that during the first three months of 2023, the world's primary aluminium production increased by 2.0 per cent y-o-y to 16.9 million tonnes. Restarts and reductions in aluminium production outside of China mainly...
The continued success of our flagship e-Magazine, "Aluminium LeaderSpeak", has inspired us to publish the fifth edition of it, which in all the e-magazines is the fifteenth edition. " Aluminium LeaderSpeak 2023 " is a well-known platform to enable industry leaders to express thoughts and...
On Tuesday, April 18, the leading mobility technology company Magna and the Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) unveiled a new manufacturing process which saves 50 per cent of energy and cuts CO2 emissions by nearly 90 per cent. The Shear Assisted Processing and...
Henkel has created a cutting-edge low-temperature cleaner for aluminium beverage cans that will soon be accessible worldwide. Bonderite C-IC 72000 series cleans at a lower temperature when used in conventional spray systems, lowering the plant's carbon footprint using less natural gas. Results will...
Delfzijl will be home to the biggest battery in Europe, on the site of bankrupt Dutch aluminium producer Aldel. Amstelveen-based GIGA Storage BV will install batteries the size of fifteen football fields that can store more than a gigawatt-hour of electricity. The result is that more wind and solar...
Globally, the aluminium industry is facing unprecedented challenges. Light metal demand is primarily driven by the development of transport, energy, electronics, building & construction, and other industries that require increased energy efficiency. There are, however, some issues that need to be...
Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) announced on Wednesday, April 12, that it received the ‘PAT Top Performer’ award from R K Singh, Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy, for its constant efforts towards energy conservation under the Perform, Achieve, and Trade (PAT) Scheme. The...
The New Zealand Aluminium Smelter (NZAS) and Meridian Energy are expected to sign a new agreement specifying flexible power demand from the smelter amid grid stress or hydro scarcity, according to a report on April 5. On Thursday, April 6, both LME aluminium cash bid price and LME aluminium...
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) has reached another milestone in its Industry 4.0 Transformational Journey by launching the Online Performance System (OPS) for its Power Stations. In order to improve Alba's asset reliability, the Online Monitoring System will offer a digital plant performance...
Professor Debashis Chanda, with his team of extraordinary gentlemen at the UCF NanoScience Technology Center, has discovered a plasmonic paint that is extremely lightweight. The paint uses the nanoscale structural arrangement of colourless materials, such as aluminium and aluminium oxides and is an...
According to a report on April 5, the New Zealand Aluminium Smelter (NZAS) and Meridian Energy are likely to sign a new deal agreeing on flexible power demand from the smelter during grid stress or hydro shortage. The news came after Meridian submitted an application on Wednesday with the...
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Alumina production in Europe (inc. Russia) continued to fall during February 2023, marking the seventh consecutive month of decline. According to the International Aluminium Institute, Europe’s (inc. Russia) alumina output in the stated month stood at 492,000 tonnes, reflecting a month-on-month...
Context and challenges of the industry The situation in terms of global climate change and greenhouse emissions represents a big challenge for our modern society – which requires both real actions and new solutions. More and more socially responsible groups and companies participate in this...
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has formulated a new way of battery recycling which can recover up to 70 per cent of the lithium without engaging corrosive chemicals, high temperatures or prior sorting processes. The fact is, the aluminium usage in the new recycling method as a reducing...
China, the world's largest aluminium producer, is again in a precarious position. In this instance, the primary cause is a problem with the nation's power supply in the southwest. Due to a severe water constraint, the Yunnan province , the centre of southern China's aluminium manufacturing...
