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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Biffa to deploy £80m investment encouraging Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme for beverage packages
Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), in collaboration with their logistics service partner, Biffa, will introduce 140 new job opportunities in Motherwell. Biffa will invest almost £80 million to formulate an infrastructure suitable for rallying out the scheme. This will largely help collect,...
Alba bags financing loan from BBK for its 6 MW Solar Farm as a move towards Net Zero Emissions by 2060
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the world's largest aluminium smelter ex-China, has reportedly announced to have secured sustainable financing loan of BD 1.6 million from the Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait (BBK) for its Solar Farm Project. The news came on March 12, 2023, after Alba's CEO Ali Al Baqali...
Metro Mining's Bauxite Hills expansion project to receive USD$30 million credit facility from Nebari
The Australian mining and exploration company Metro Mining Limited has revealed that it has entered into a facility agreement with US-based resource project financier Nebari Holdings' Nebari Natural Resources Credit Fund I, LP and Nebari Natural Resources Credit Fund II, LP for a Financing Facility...
Taxes applicable to the supply of aluminium foil type winding inverter duty transformers and components: AAAR
The Indian state of Gujarat's Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling (AAAR) has held that Goods and Service (GST) would apply to supply aluminium foil-type winding inverter duty transformers and components. Shilchar Technologies Limited, the appellant, manufactured power, distribution, electronics,...
ICF to manufacture Vande Bharat aluminium car body trains
The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai designs and develops Indian Railway's first semi-high-speed train, Vande Bharat Express. It features world-class services and amenities and is sleek, modern, and fully air-conditioned. Vande Bharat Express is a special train representing the best Indian...
Hydro’s HalZero primary aluminium production technology to enter a new development phase
Hydro is on the way to initiate a new development phase of its one-of-a-kind production technology -HalZero, a brand new process for primary aluminium production. With the Norwegian government's support, the company will invest in a test facility, hoping the technology will help deliver pilot...
Midhani to supply aluminium sheets for railways and metro projects
After supplying special steel for the iconic Vande Bharat, Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited or Midhani, the public sector metallurgy unit of the defence ministry is prepared to supply aluminium metal sheets, rings, special steel alloy and other materials for the construction of new generation railway as...
Lowndes County marks the groundbreaking ceremony for the $2.5 billion aluminium mill project
Aluminum Dynamics, one of the largest economic development projects in western Lowndes County, owned by Steel Dynamics (SDI), broke ground on Tuesday, March 7. The 2.5 billion aluminium mill project is expected to begin operations by the summer of 2025. With the construction of this aluminium mill,...
Egyptalum plans to invest $34.5 million in new projects next fiscal year
On March 7, 2023, according to our report from the MENA region, the state-owned Egyptian Aluminium Company (Egyptalum) is planning to invest nearly $34.5 million (1.05 billion Egyptian pounds) in projects in the next fiscal year starting on July 1, 2023. As per the data posted on Egypt's stock...
Audi’s MaterialLoop tries recycling its end-of-life cars to create circular economy
German luxury automobile giant Audi has constituted a 'MaterialLoop' in collaboration with 15 associates from the supply, recycling and research sectors. This project will allow Audi to introduce a closed raw material circulating loop along the automobile industry. Audi is ready to collect the...
ASI enlists Shandong Yuhang Special Alloy Equipment as the new Production and Transformation member
On Wednesday, March 1, 2023, the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced that it welcomed Shandong Yuhang Special Alloy Equipment Co., Ltd as the new Production and Transformation member. Handian Village in Zouping city is home to Shandong Yuhang special alloy equipment Co., Ltd.,...
Goyal Aluminiums Ltd. enters e-scooter market with new manufacturing plant in Noida
Goyal Aluminiums Ltd. has declared venturing into the electric vehicle sector via its recently materialised organisation, Wroley E India. As indicated in an exchange filing, the company will formulate electric and mild-speed range scooters for the Indian two-wheeler industry. Shri Ram Finance was...
Alumina refinery project proposals set for two-week deadline by Guinea
Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, leader of Guinea's military junta, has offered the mining minister another two weeks to meet with bauxite miners and discuss alumina refinery construction plans, according to a report by Bloomberg. On March 4, 2023, the government of Guinea emailed that the mining...
Glencore to debut in aluminium scrap & dross recycling operation in USA by 2023-end
Glencore, one of the world's largest globally diversified natural resource companies, has reportedly entered into a partnership with scrap brokerage Zeb Metals to advance its aluminium scrap and dross recycling operation at a new plant in South Carolina, USA. The plant is scheduled to commence...
Rusal starts producing raw material for catalysts and VOGA fire retardants at Achinsk Alumina Refinery
Rusal, the world’s second-largest aluminium producer by primary output, has reportedly developed and inaugurated the production of raw materials for catalysts at the Achinsk Alumina Refinery (RUSAL Achinsk), besides the production of VOGA fire retardants. The project has involved an investment of...
Corrivo expands its portfolio with aluminium window pods
Corrivo Building Products, one of the UK’s leading metal flashing manufacturers, expanded its product offerings by adding aluminium window pods to its portfolio to fulfil the demands of architects, specifiers, and façade contractors after providing some custom window pods for many high-profile...
Adani's Mundra Aluminium Ltd is declared as a preferred bidder for the Kutrumali bauxite block, Odisha
Mundra Aluminium Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Enterprises incorporated in December 2021, is selected as the preferred bidder for the Kutrumali bauxite block by the Odisha government. The news came after the company received a letter of intent dated February 27, 2023, from the Odisha...
Evonik to invest in fumed alumina production in Japan for EV batteries
The second largest chemicals company in Germany, Evonik, and also one of the largest speciality chemicals companies in the world, is investing multi-million euros in expanding production facilities for fumed alumina at its Yokkaichi site in Japan. The material will be used as an ultrathin coating...
