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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With the aim of setting global best practices for the aluminium industry while enhancing the sustainability of EGA's computing operations, Microsoft UAE and Emirates Global Aluminium, the world's largest 'premium aluminium' producer, announced their intention to work together on Industry 4.0 and...
On Thursday, January 26, MYTILINEOS S.A., a leader in the metallurgy industry with vertically integrated bauxite, alumina, and primary and recycled aluminium production, announced the full-year financial results for 2022, revealing a record net profit (after taxes and minority interest) of €466...
According to the International Aluminium Institute, world primary aluminium production in December 2022 amounted to 5.859 million tonnes, bringing the total output of 2022 to 68.417 million tonnes. The worldwide annual production in 2022 edged 1.97 per cent higher than 67.092 million tonnes a year...
On January 20, 2023, the southern Indian state, Telangana's capital Hyderabad, based Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) announced its venture into developing Rechargeable Aluminium Batteries (RAB). These well-known sustainable energy storage systems can be an efficient alternative to...
On Wednesday, January 18, Alcoa Corporation announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2022 results, reporting a strong balance sheet. The organization worked hard to combat challenging market conditions throughout the year, like volatile alumina and aluminium prices and energy supply shortage. In...
Swisstek Aluminium Ltd. has earned the respectable ISO 50001:2018 certification for its Energy Management System (EnMS) by Sri Lanka Standards Institute, making it the first enterprise in the country’s industrial history to secure such an honour. Founded in 2019, Swisstek Aluminium, a subsidiary of...
This week the primary aluminium sector has marked various shortcomings, with Slovalco closing the only aluminium smelter in Slovakia after 70 years of successful operation. The rising energy crisis in Europe and the impending effects of the Russia-Ukraine crisis have started showing their shades...
On January 12, 2023, a new World Economic Forum report stated that inflation and sluggish economic growth result from the current energy crisis. However, taking short-term risks like broad-based consumer subsidies and increasing the power produced from coal is dangerous. The paper, ‘Securing the...
On January 11, 2023, one of the largest aluminium smelters in Europe, Aluminium Dunkerque's spokesperson, said that the primary aluminium producer had begun resuming production capacity that had been idled when it was stung by skyrocketing electricity prices last year. The spokesperson added that...
Monster Energy Ltd. has announced the introduction of its new zero-sugar beverages in aluminium cans. The official launch is scheduled to be over by Q1 of 2023 so that users might be laced with the newly improved sugar-free taste of the otherwise patented original Monster Energy Green. The CMO of...
Graphene Manufacturing Group has talked about the latest advancements in the research and development of its patented graphene technology and production unit, which it claims will "support and accelerate" the firm's upcoming operational decree. Previously separated due to their course of action,...
Slovakia's sole aluminium producer, Slovalco, is closing its smelters after 70 years of operation. Slovalco, based in the central Slovak town of Žiar nad Hronom, stated that after decades of operation, it could no longer afford to operate its last ten remaining furnaces. However, Slovakia will be...
Chevron has requested two more days to take care of the technical problems leading to a drastic breakdown at its Wheatstone domestic gas plant. This can be regarded as the third West Australian (WA) gas plant breakdown during the whole summer. All this turmoil has prompted Alcoa to ignite diesel...
Recycling aluminium cans results in 95 per cent energy savings over producing the same quantity of metal from scratch. Recycling is a crucial component of the modern aluminium industry. With this, the Eldorado Civic Association is asking the local residents to drop aluminium cans at their...
The Shanghai Metals Market reported on Thursday, January 5, that Guizhou Power Grid issued a new notice, stating the power load across the province continued to run at a high level due to the steep rise in heating demand for low temperatures. Therefore, the power shortage extended even after two...
The degrading environmental conditions of the world have persuaded able minds to upgrade the technology available to mankind, which means a gradual shift from fossil fuels to green energy. Moreover, fossil fuel is very much limited on the surface of Earth, and the continuously depleting levels are...
On 22 December, news came floating that Alcoa’s Portland Aluminium smelter has resumed production with an annual capacity of 35,000 metric tonnes. The production had been reduced up until now in the Victoria-based Australian aluminium smelter. As soon as the reboot was successful, Portland...
A New York private equity group, a union, the state government, and the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has been working to reopen Alcoa Intalco Works, the aluminium smelting facility in Ferndale and rehire 700 of its former employees, for more than a year. However, the effort to restart the...
