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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EGA's new power block at Jebel Ali would reduce emission at aluminium smelting and power generation by 7%
Emirates Global Aluminium, Mubadala and Dubal officially broke ground on a new AED 1 billion power block at EGA’s Jebel Ali aluminium smelter in Dubai. This state-of-the-art power facility is expected to reduce gas emissions from EGA’s power generation at Jebel Ali by some 10%. Emissions reductions...
RUSAL and RusHydro commission the first potline at Boguchansky aluminium smelter
RUSAL and PJSC RusHydro, one of Russia's largest generating companies, commissioned the first potline at the expanded capacity in the Boguchansky aluminium smelter (BOAZ )at Boguchany Energy and Metals Complex (BEMO) in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. In 2018, Rusal announced its plan to launch new capacity...
Hydro’s Extruded Solutions business operates at 60% capacity
Hydro said that its Extruded Solutions business was back up to 60 per cent of capacity on Monday. Its Extruded Solutions has ramped up production at several sites, and is concentrating all available resources on enabling further restarts. The division was running at 50 per cent capacity on Friday....
Hydro posts another update on the progress of its operation restart after the cyber attack
Hydro has posted another update on the progress the company made in securing safe operations across its businesses. The company says that with help of external experts and national security authorities, the in-house IT experts are working towards restoring the virus infected systems. “Experts from...
Hydro updates on the status of recent cyber-attack; progress made on securing safe operations
Hydro has announced through a press release that it has made progress in securing safe and stable operations across the operations after the extensive cyber-attack on Tuesday. The release says that Hydro’s technical team has been able to detect the root cause of the problems with external help and...
Blackout in Venezuela brings down the curtain on Venezuelan aluminium sector with the closure of the last smelters
The oil-rich but crisis-ridden South American country of Venezuela suffered a massive blackout on March 7, affecting at least 18 of its 23 states. The power cut put the transport system in chaos and many facilities had to shut down in absence of power. The blackout started at 1:05 a.m. and lasted...
Hydro’s technology pilot nominated for Green Awards 2019
Norsk Hydro is nominated for a Green Award in the category “Innovation of the year” for its technology pilot in Karmøy. The award ceremony will take place as part of the Green Tech Festival 2019 in Berlin, May 24. “A lot of Hydro people have put so much effort into making the technology pilot a...
UAE’s Ducab marks 40 years of remarkable growth; set to showcase latest offerings at MEE 2019
Ducab, a global leader in the development, design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of copper and aluminium wire and cable products, is celebrating 40 years of growth and business expansion as one of the UAE’s leading manufacturers. Founded in 1979, Ducab serves customers in the field of...
MIIT reveals first batch of recommended NEV models for 2019: SMM
Shanghai Metals Market updates that China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released this year’s first batch of recommended new energy vehicle (NEVs) models. The news came after MIIT released in a statement on its website on Thursday, February 14. The first batch of NEVs...
ALUMINIUM INDIA 2019 - Cooperation with INCAL Conference off to a successful start
ALUMINIUM INDIA 2019 has clearly evidenced the future market opportunities and rising demand for technologies in the aluminium industry on the Indian continent. In excess of 2,000 visitors travelled to the East Indian city of Bhubaneswar to visit the trade fair from 31 January to 2 February. The 87...
Chalco cuts about 200,000 t/y of aluminium production at its Shandong Huayu facility
The Aluminium Corp of China (Chalco) announced on Wednesday, January 30, that it was implementing “flexible production” on about 200,000 tonnes per year of capacity at its Shandong Huayu facility. High electricity tariffs, environmental restrictions, and market environment are some of the factors...
China’s new energy vehicles production records 50.7% growth to 1.22 million units in 2018
According to the data by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), China’s total production of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in 2018 came in at 1.22 million units, up 50.7 per cent from 2017. Of that, the production of passenger vehicles stood at 994,000 units, up 80.7 per cent...
Extreme heat and tight power supply caused two hours power outage at Alcoa's Portland aluminium smelter
As the temperature soared above 40 degrees, it triggered power outages on Australia's strained grid on Friday. Demand for air-conditioning soared and coal-fired generators struggled to meet the surge in consumption leading to power shortage. To manage the power shortage, Australian Energy Market...
JAMALCO’s new power plant expected to make its alumina refinery more efficient on completion
According to a recent report, the construction of JAMALCO’s US$189 million gas-fired cogeneration power plant by New Fortress Energy is expected to complete by February 2020. The news came after the bauxite/alumina company’s managing director Austin Mooney reported while speaking during a tour of...
Mubadala and Dubal Holding signs agreement with EGA to develop power block and water desalination plant at Jebel Ali smelter
Mubadala and Dubal Holding have signed an agreement with EGA to develop a state-of-the-art power block and a water desalination plant at EGA’s smelter at Jebel Ali in Dubai. The new facilities will improve power efficiency in aluminium smelting; reduce environmental emissions and natural gas...
Alcoa secures three new gas supply contracts for Western Australia alumina refineries
Alcoa of Australia has reportedly acquired three new gas supply agreements. All three agreements, together, will supply close to 25 per cent of the company’s requirements in Western Australia from 2020. The agreements with BHP, Woodside, and Chevron, coupled with other gas supply contracts,...
Shandong Province in China to reorganise its aluminium sector: Source says
As announced last week that Shandong made a seven-year plan to reorganise its aluminium sector from the ground up. Regulators anticipate that this move will yield significant benefits to the country’s processing and fabricating firms. Shandong’s provincial government officially released this plan,...
Exlabesa Extrusions to upgrade Doncaster plant with 35 MN extrusion press
Aluminium extrusion company Exlabesa Extrusions has made an investment in a 35 MN extrusion press to upgrade its Doncaster, UK factory. The new 35 MN extrusion press will replace its existing 20 MN extrusion press. The press will be used primarily to extrude profiles for automotive, architectural...
