DriveSys Systems Private Limited has acquired additional land in Maharashtra to expand its aluminium project. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of ZF Steering Gear. The company has acquired Plot No. E-10, covering around 25,882 sqm, at Supa Parner Industrial Park in Ahilyanagar district. The...
The European Union (EU) is preparing a broader restriction on aluminium scrap exports to non-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, replacing an earlier trade proposal that would have covered only part of the bloc’s scrap flows. The move could largely impact...
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The story of alumina in 2025 saw every up and down possible and at the same time raced to re-engineer itself to minimise shortfall. The global alumina industry moved in jolts with a plethora of incidents like capacity added in one geography while written off in another, environmental scrutiny...
Note: This image is AI-generated for representation purpose only The state-owned & Navratna PSU, NALCO, a leading producing company in India, is now exploring diversifying from the traditional bauxite and alumina operations to high-value critical minerals. Indulging in these new explorations will...
Taking sustainability goals ahead, on January 15, Crown Holdings Inc., the packaging company, revealed the list of winners of its 2025 Chairman’s Sustainability Awards. Under the categories of Sustainable Manufacturing, Safety/Employee Engagement and Innovation in Sustainability, it recognises...
Runaya Green Tech Private Limited (“RGTPL/Runaya”), a Runaya Group company focused on sustainability and circular economy solutions in the natural resources sector, has received ‘CRISIL A/Stable’ long-term and ‘CRISIL A1’ short-term ratings from CRISIL Ratings. The ratings reflect the company’s...
Brijendra Pratap Singh, Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO), observed that the Indian aluminium sector is not well-equipped for a full-fledged transition to green aluminium. It spikes concern, especially in the context of the Carbon Border Adjustment...
The industry is well aware and versed that aluminium production is highly dependent on its raw material, bauxite, required from alumina refining to smelting. To date, aluminium has been the key revenue driver for Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium products, contributing nearly...
Waaree Renewable Technologies Ltd. is preparing to take a bigger ownership position in India’s solar sector with plans for a utility-scale project in Maharashtra, as the company looks to balance its EPC-heavy portfolio with long-term power assets. The proposed project will be developed in Buldhana...
While the Indian government is taking charge in reshaping its quality control orders (QCOs) with the aim of ameliorating the current compliance costs, it has issued a fresh order which focuses on the aluminium beverage cans and cookware. The Cookware, Utensils and Cans for Foods and Beverages...
Domestic aluminium prices in India continued to strengthen w-o-w, supported by upward revisions from primary producers amid firm LME and MCX aluminium futures and ongoing global supply concerns. The price increase came despite adequate domestic availability and only moderate downstream demand,...
Static Hydraulic Pvt. Ltd. (SHPL), a leading Indian manufacturer of hydraulic and industrial automation solutions, has partnered with Xing Tian Xia Machinery Co., Ltd. (XTX), a globally recognised Chinese producer of aluminium extrusion presses. Under this partnership, XTX will introduce its...
Recycling and sustainability are increasingly shaping aluminium markets. Scrap availability, energy costs and carbon rules are influencing where metal is produced, how it is processed and which regions gain or lose competitiveness. Developments across India, Europe and Southeast Asia show how...
To set the context of this piece, it is necessary to understand that India’s Aluminium Vision 2047 and Viksit Bharat are intrinsically aligned and they complement each other’s ambition. Truth be told, achieving the milestones outlined in the Aluminium Vision 2047 can place India on course to...
A decade ago, aluminium scrap accounted for a relatively small share of India’s metals trade, with primary aluminium forming the backbone of supply for most downstream applications. But that hierarchy no longer holds. By 2025, aluminium scrap had moved from the sideline to the centre of India’s...
IIT Bhubaneswar has reportedly innovated a satellite-enabled method to map potential bauxite deposits across Odisha, a state that holds more than half of the country’s known reserves of the mineral. According to the Indian Institute of Technology, Odisha is estimated to contain around 2.3 billion...
Metal stocks dazzled on Wednesday, January 14, including industrial metals. The Nifty Metal traded 2.7 per cent higher at INR 11,660.45 levels, with Vedanta stocks gaining 6.1 per cent. From INR 637.20 (USD 7.05) on January 13, Vedanta's share price surged to INR 676 ($7.48), reflecting optimism...
Just ahead of summer, India is facing a shortage of aluminium beverage cans, which is threatening supplies for soft drinks and beer manufacturers like Coca-Cola and United Breweries Ltd (Kingfisher). Officials in the beverage industry report doubled imports of beverage cans from Sri Lanka and the...
Ashapura Minechem of India is capitalising on a structural shift in global aluminium supply as bauxite is moving to the centre. With its operational base in Guinea, the company exported 3.38 million tonnes of bauxite in H1 FY26, almost meeting the full FY25 volume. With captive port capacity set to...
Bharath Krishna Rao Potluri, the Co-Founder & CEO of Emobi is a visionary leader with a rich background in diverse industries, specifically renewable energy. Having initially played a pivotal role in the family business at United Telecoms Ltd., he led its expansion into renewable energy generation...
