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’s desire to invest brings a ray of light for struggling Portland Aluminium smelter
The struggling Portland Aluminium smelter in Victoria should have its future revealed within months, as its largest stakeholder Alcoa articulated a desire towards investment, only if affordable power could be secured. Since 2019, the chances for the Portland smelter have looked gloomy, as during...
Labor leader Anthony Albanese assures job safety to Tomago Aluminium plant workers
On Tuesday, November 17, Labor leader Anthony Albanese, accompanied by MP Meryl Swanson, toured Tomago Aluminium, Australia’s largest aluminium smelter. The Tomago tour was part of Labor’s plan to support more manufacturing jobs in the wider Hunter area. "Our plan is about the security of workers,"...
Exxelia rolls-out the FELSIC HC range of aluminium electrolytic capacitors
Exxelia, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-reliability passive components and precision subsystems focusing on highly demanding markets, applications and functions with a product portfolio which includes wide ranges of capacitors among others, now rolls-out the FELSIC HC range of...
The “Corona” crisis: Aldel Aluminium smelter in Delfzijl to axe 60-70 jobs
The Dutch Aluminum smelter Aldel in Delfzijl is cutting sixty to seventy jobs due to the outcome of the corona crisis. An Adel spokesperson confirms the news, as the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced the demand of the aluminium produced by the firm. The aluminium smelter is also facing a high...
British firm Ellis Patents obtains new power supply projects in Peru
Ellis Patents, the world leader in cable cleat manufacturing has seen its products used to secure power supplies in the Peruvian capital of Lima by two of the Latin American country’s biggest energy suppliers. Ellis Patents delivered 2A Aluminium cable clamps to secure high voltage power cables in...
CEOs of Siemens Energy and EGA meet to review construction progress of power block for aluminium smelting
Christian Bruch, Siemens Energy’s Chief Executive Officer, and Abdulnasser Bin Kalban, Emirates Global Aluminium’s CEO, have reportedly met to evaluate the progress of a very highly-efficient power generation facility under construction at EGA Jebel Ali site and discuss potential future...
Telangana is aiming to become a hub for Electric Vehicles; Launches a 10-year EV policy
On Friday, October 30, the Government of Telangana launched the 10-year 'Telangana Electric Vehicle & Energy Storage Policy' with a vision to make the state a hub for electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage systems (ESS). The policy, launched in the presence of ministers KT Rama Rao and Ajay...
Century Aluminum to close its Mt. Holly plant in December 2020, causing worries to Goose Creak businesses
The high possibility of Century Aluminum to close down by the end of this year has already caused many Goose Creek businesses worried about the effects on the local industry. On Tuesday, October 20, Century Aluminum announced its Mt. Holly plant might close on December 31 unless they abled to...
Decarbonisation requires over $1 trillion investment towards key energy transition metals, incorporates Aluminium: Wood Mackenzie
The growing demands of decarbonisation over the next 15 years requires to meet by an investment of over $1 trillion, which will be entailed in vital energy transition metals - aluminium with other metals like copper, nickel and lithium stands in there. The UK headquartered Global Energy Research...
EGA’s employee-led continuous improvement programmes help saving AED 60 million in 2020
Emirates Global Aluminium has announced today, on October 21, that it could save almost AED 60 million since the beginning of this year, thanks to its employee-led continuous improvement programmes. Since January, EGA employees have submitted 18,400 ideas through the company’s suggestion scheme to...
Tiwai smelter: Hopes are gathering to keep open Rio Tinto’s aluminium plant longer
Hopes gradually appear to grow for the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter to remain open for another three to five years. However, the major stakeholder Rio Tinto declared in July’20 that it would shut down the Tiwai Aluminium smelter by August 2021 provided its high energy costs and a challenging...
Geoff's primary aluminium production pathway to zero carbon unveiled at Aluminium Online Showcase
Earlier this week, Geoff Matthews, Futurist, Future Aluminium Forum Advisory Board Member and Energy Sector Lead for EnPot Ltd, unveiled the first proposed pathway to zero carbon for primary aluminium production at the Aluminium Online Showcase 'Green Technologies' session. Geoff Matthews said the...
Black-out at Nalco’s Captive Power Plant affects its Aluminium production
The 1200-MW capacity Captive Power Plant of Nalco in Angul has failed several times for the last few days, causing a blackout situation and the supply of electricity is highly interrupted, as all the eight units malfunctioned. The Navratna CPSE Company under Ministry of Mines, Government of India,...
Azelio, Stena Aluminium to enter in long-term collaboration around Energy Storage
Azelio, the Swedish game-changing firm towards the future of solar energy and Stena Aluminum, the leading producer of aluminium alloys from recycled material in the Nordic region are planning to enter into a long-term global collaboration that aims to accomplish Azelio’s energy storage units by...
Chevron secures contract from Alcoa Australia to supply more gas at Alumina refineries
Chevron, the American multinational energy corporation has signed an agreement to supply a supplementary 37PJ (962mn m³) of gas sourced from the three LNG projects located offshore Western Australia (WA) to Alcoa's alumina refineries in the southwest part of the state, adding to an existing...
Schneider Electric launches new APC Easy Rack PDU, designed in aluminium housing
Schneider Electric, the European multinational company providing energy and automation digital solutions for efficiency and sustainability has recently launched the APC Easy Rack Power Distribution Units (PDU) range which features easy-to-install, easy-to-use and customisable PDUs for connected...
Cameroon to build $3 billion hydro-power plant to support the growing demand from Aluminium sector, and others
Cameroon projects to build the Grand Eweng dam with a capacity of 810 MW by 2028 in alliance with the American company Hydromine. The power plant’s output will supply the aluminium sector, part of the Cameroonian population and the rest will be exported to Chad. The Central African nation has just...
Azelio collaborates with Atria Power for 65MW energy storage in India
Azelio, the Swedish energy storage firm and Atria Power of India have signed an MOU towards the collaboration of installation of over 65MW capacity of Azelio’s energy storage until 2025 in India. This is Azelio’s first landing foot in India and it is visualised as a market with the huge...
