China’s 45Mt aluminium cap pushes producers overseas as global dominance grows
China’s aluminium industry is running close to its limits in 2026. As Shanghai aluminium prices near a three-month high, historically low raw material costs and strong smelter margins encourage producers to operate at maximum capacity. National aluminium output remains above Beijing’s...
India's ₹9,150b power grid push could drive new aluminium demand
India's planned transmission investment and renewable-energy expansion could lift aluminium consumption in electrical applications to 4 million tonnes by FY30. India's push to expand its electricity transmission network is emerging as a major potential growth driver for aluminium, with the...
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GARMCO invests US$24.5 million for expansion projects and new aluminium coil line
Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill (GARMCO), a counterpart of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, has invested US$24.5 million to expand its development project for a technologically advanced production line for aluminium coils. GARMCO kept the project’s course aligned with the decisions taken by its...
Hydro Wicona to supply zero-carbon aluminium for the Innovationsbogen project in Germany
Hydro Wicona will supply zero-carbon aluminium to a construction project in Europe. Titled the Innovationsbogen project in Augsburg, Wicona will provide doors, window, and curtain walling profiles made from recycled post-consumer aluminium. By the fourth quarter of this year, construction on the...
South Korean Posco Future M invests to construct new NCA cathode facility
South Korean battery material maker Posco Future M has started constructing a domestic nickel-cobalt-aluminium (NCA) cathode facility with a 30,000 tonnes per year production capacity in Yeongil Bay. In the past, the company known as Posco Chemicals has plotted to invest 392 billion or US$299...
Tianshan Aluminium to build an alumina refinery in Indonesia worth US$1.6 billion
Tianshan Aluminium Group, China’s second-largest aluminium producer by capacity, will reportedly invest US$1.6 billion to build an alumina refinery in the Riau Islands, Indonesia. Since Indonesia is rich in bauxite and coal and has low labour costs, building a plant here can improve Tianshan’s...
Surefire Resources hires Lava Blue to explore aluminium oxide from Victory Bore as a potential HPA source
Surefire Resources has hired materials science firm Lava Blue to investigate the value-added potential of high-purity aluminium oxide production from its flagship Victory Bore vanadium project in Western Australia. Victory Bore has waste rock surrounding the primary resource with significantly...
Hayleys Unisyst installs largest aluminium curtain wall system for Luna Tower, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka-based manufacturer of state-of-the-art architectural aluminium joinery systems, glazing and façade products, Hayleys Unisyst, has successfully completed a fascinating construction, the 447 Luna Tower, a high-end apartment compound located at Colombo’s core. Hayleys Unisyst, one of the...
Anémone Project uses aluminium cladding from Kriskadecor
The Anémone Project in Montpellier uses aluminium cladding from Kriskadecor, the architectural cladding company chosen for its adaptability and utility. The Anémone Project, headquartered in the city's Port Marianne Rive Gauche neighbourhood, was created for Kley by the Spanish architecture firm...
SMX aims to commercialize a first-of-its-kind sustainability platform for aluminium alloy products
SMX has filed a patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a ground-breaking application to raise awareness of and account for some of the most significant industrial consumers of aluminium alloy goods and materials. SMX has created a platform that can trace aluminium...
Federal Metal Co. to invest $17.8 million in building a new facility for sorting aluminium-copper radiators
Federal Metal Co., Bedford, USA, has announced an investment of around $17.8 million in building and equipping a facility in North Little Rock, Arkansas, to melt post-consumer aluminium-copper radiators to create recycled-content metal products. According to Peter Nagusky, Federal Metal’s president...
Qamco projects QR1.1 billion investments for 2023-27, plans to explore new markets
The globally recognized world-class provider of high-quality cast house products and foundry alloys, Qamco, has projected a QR1.1 billion capital expenditure for 2023-27. The company will aim at its strategic plans to strengthen its market position and explore new international markets, focusing on...
Egyptian Minister appreciates his country’s business relations with UAE
The Minister of the Public Enterprise Sector of Egypt, Mahmoud Esmat, appreciated the intensely cordial attitude of the UAE toward Egypt, referring to them as a pillar of globalisation. These strong words of friendship were exchanged in Cairo when the Minister entertained the CEO of Emirates Global...
NOMOQ opens new aluminium beverage can manufacturing unit in UK
NOMOQ, a can printing enterprise that has formulated its special way of digitally printing the outside of aluminium cans, has recently inaugurated its latest production facility in the UK. This unit will be responsible for carefully sourcing aluminium sheets and turning them into pre-destined...
Net Zero Lab completes first year of R&D collaboration with Novelis for decarbonisation goals
Novelis, one of the largest low-carbon aluminium solutions supplier and the world's leading aluminium rolling and recycling agency in partnership with an R&D laboratory, Net Zero Lab Valais, has reached acute success in ending the first year of operation. The collaboration has introduced major...
Strategic expansion for Hydro batteries, acquires 12% stake in Lithium de France
With the purchase of a 12 per cent share in Lithium de France, Hydro Batteries expands strategically into environmentally friendly battery components. Arverne Group and Equinor Ventures are other Lithium de France investors. Lithium de France is developing technology and processes to create lithium...
Altech subsidiary sale secures $5 million for Cerenergy battery development
Altech Batteries has collected A$5.12 million as a portion of the two deferred instalment payments from Altech Advanced Material (AAM) for buying out 25 per cent of its tertiary firm, Altech Industries Germany GmbH (AIG). The last instalment has been scheduled for the month of December 2023,...
Alumex launches “Divikavuluwa” programme binding Sri Lankan aluminium fabricators together
One of the biggest aluminium industry players in Sri Lanka, Alumex PLC, has declared the initiation of its flagship loyalty drive, “Divikavuluwa”. The largest aluminium extrusion manufacturer in the region is eager to introduce community-based programmes to augment the future positions of the...
Stellantis invests another round in its Kokomo aluminium casting operation
An additional round of capital investment is on the way at Stellantis' aluminium casting plant in Kokomo, Indiana, as the automaker prepares to use those three sites to produce electric drive modules (EDMs) for battery-electric vehicles. The $155 million programme will fund aluminium casting,...
Glamox AS plans to replace primary with recycled aluminium for its flagship LED lights
Norway-based manufacturer of lighting and heating products, Glamox AS, has vouched to use recycled aluminium instead of conventional primary aluminium to make its flagship LED lights. With a mission to reach Net Zero by 2030, the company has made this declaration extremely transparent. Glamox AS...
