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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As the world faces a climate crisis amidst a shortfall of energy supplies and critical metals, difficult decisions are being made to meet growing supply gaps without risking new dependencies on unsustainable producers or compromising for geopolitical factors. Best resource practices shouldn’t be...
Green, carbon footprint, energy optimization, net-zero are currently key topics across meeting rooms in most industries, particularly in our aluminium sector. While a lot of great dialogue and action has been happening in the recent past, AlCircle started to build one of many roads towards...
As a result of the shortage of hydropower in Yunnan after the Chinese New Year holiday, a new round of power rationing is likely to be introduced again to impede aluminium production. In addition, some aluminium smelters are already planning to halt their electrolytic cells. The rumours of...
According to a report on February 16, South32 is in talks with Eskom, a South African electricity public utility, to source nuclear power for its Hillside Aluminium. Graham Kerr, CEO of South32, said the company had been seeking nuclear power for its smelter to make the production sustainable...
Sergey Kidakov holds a degree in engineering specializing in railways and automobiles. Additionally, he has a higher education degree in Information Technology (IT) in communication and telecommunications. His experience includes supporting and developing IT startups, and he has been solving...
Taural India, located in Pune, Maharashtra founded by a young entrepreneur Bharat Gite in 2016 to create aluminium casting solutions that could replace imported products in the sectors like defence, energy, healthcare, railways, and aerospace. India has attained the list to become the world's...
According to the International Aluminium Institute, primary aluminium production in Russia and Eastern Europe amounted to 343,000 tonnes during December 2022, registering a monthly hike of 10,000 tonnes or 3 per cent from 333,000 tonnes but a yearly decline of 8,000 tonnes or 2.3 per cent from...
Oracle Power PLC, a successful producer of green hydrogen, has agreed upon a Memorandum of Understanding through its Joint Venture Oracle Energy Limited for supplying 50,000 tonnes of green hydrogen to Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA). This MoU between EGA and Oracle Energy will ensure the...
The global industry leader in aluminium, alumina and bauxite, Alcoa Corporation, announced that most of the workers at its San Ciprián complex in Spain had consented an upgraded plan to reactivate the aluminium smelter in 2024. Alcoa announced a two-year hiatus in December 2021 to focus on...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement with the Russellville-based aluminium rolling mill regarding alleged violations of the federal Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting regulations (RRP) at the renovation projects carried out by...
According to a recent report, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), the ministerial-level agency directly under the State Council of China, together with the Standardization Administration of the People’s Republic of China, has issued energy consumption ceilings for aluminium and...
On Thursday, February 2, Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) reported its fourth quarter and full-year 2022 financial results, announcing a sharp downfall of Q4 profit by 78 per cent year-on-year from BD181.2 million (US$481.8 million) to BD39.4 million (US$104.9 million). For the full year, Alba...
Jiangsu Dingsheng New Energy Materials Co., Ltd, a manufacturer of aluminium plates, strips, foils and other items, has signed a supply and purchase agreement with LG Energy Solution. Under this agreement, Jiangsu Dingsheng will supply around 61,000 tonnes of aluminium foil for lithium batteries to...
Monster and CANPACK have collaborated to bring a new Lewis Hamilton Zero Sugar edition energy drink into the retail space, packed in designer aluminium cans. After the success of its flagship Lewis Hamilton signature energy beverage, Monster Energy became confident enough to continue its prevailing...
The year 2023 started with a lot of hope keeping behind the fear of the pandemic and with an anticipation that the geopolitical crisis will conclude; however, it seems challenging to happen soon. In January 2023, the aluminium industry witnessed a lot of events, out of which the most difficult was...
The EU-funded HyInHeat project explores the possibility of utilizing hydrogen as a fuel source in the aluminium and steel sectors. With a budget of €24 million, the project intends to incorporate hydrogen into the high-temperature heating processes of energy-intensive sectors, with €17.7 million...
The ongoing global energy crisis has exposed the fragility of our energy systems and supply chains, putting European manufacturing industries, especially the energy-intensive aluminium sector, in a vulnerable position. Despite the growing demand for aluminium in clean technologies like solar...
Commitments to achieve substantial decarbonization across metal-producing industries have put a focus on energy efficiency and the use of hydrogen as a fuel. The global aluminium production's average total carbon footprint (Scope 1, 2, and 3) is approximately 12 tonnes of CO 2 e per ton of...
