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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Midal Cables joins ASI as the new Production and Transformation member
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced the joining of Midal Cables as the new Production and Transformation member. Founded in 1977, Midal is known for manufacturing aluminium rods, wires and overhead conductors for electrical transmission. With a current capacity of more than 350,000...
UAE, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain ink multi-billion-dollar industrial agreements, including aluminium value chain
According to our report from the MENA region, over $2 billion in industrial agreements were signed in Amman, the capital and the largest city of Jordan, at the third Higher Committee meeting of the Industrial Partnership for Sustainable Economic Development, a regional initiative involving the UAE,...
Alstom and Medha also join the race to acquire 100 aluminium trainsets contract for Vande Bharat
Two leading mobility solution providers and rolling stock giants from two different parts of the world, Alstom and Medha Servo Drives, have reportedly participated in bidding to manufacture 100 lightweight Vande Bharat trainsets. While Alstom is the only bidder among the five contenders not...
Cita Mineral Investindo Tbk guarantees $250 million for developing the aluminium smelter with Adaro
The Indonesian company engaged in the activity of bauxite mining PT Cita Mineral Investindo Tbk. (CITA) delivered guarantees to associated companies PT Kalimantan Aluminum Industry (KAI) and PT Kaltara Power Indonesia (KPI) worth US$249.5 million (IDR 3.8 trillion). In the information disclosure on...
BHEL-Titagarh Wagons only fully Indian consortium eyeing $8.7 billion Vande Bharat contract; coach building will depend heavily on aluminium
On February 22, 2023, the company manufacturing coaches for Indian Railways, Titagarh Wagons Ltd (TWL), publicized that their partnership with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), the largest government-owned power generation equipment manufacturer, has made them the sole fully Indian...
Hindalco to build an aluminium recycling & segregation plant in Gujarat, India; aims to develop an alternative supply chain
Hindalco Industries Limited is reportedly mulling installing a recycling and segregation plant for its aluminium and copper businesses in Gujarat. The aim is to increase the proportion of recyclable products, in line with its US subsidiary. The project is estimated to cost INR 3,000 crore, per the...
RHI Magnesita infusing INR 3600 crore in India, says CEO
The Austria-Vienna headquartered global refractory leader RHI Magnesita's CEO Stefan Borgas has stated that the company is investing INR 3,600 crore in the Indian market over the next two-three years to expand its production capacity and modernise facilities. However, Borgas also said that a...
Guinea's Prime Minister launches the billion-dollar Koumbia bauxite project
On February 16, 2023, the Prime Minister of Guinea, Dr Bernard Goumou, was precisely in Koumbia to launch a significant bauxite project. On this other trip to the Boké region, Dr Bernard Goumou was accompanied by Moussa Magassouba, the Minister of Mines and Geology. The Prime Minister and mining...
Hydro and Wave Aluminium sign a new contract to recover valuable minerals from bauxite residue
A contract signed between Hydro Alunorte and Wave Aluminium to construct a plant in Brazil that will process bauxite residue (red mud) to recover commercially valuable materials is expected to be operational by 2024. The facility will be constructed in Hydro Alunorte alumina refinery in Pará,...
Matalco’s new facility in Kentucky can produce 135,000 tonnes of aluminium slabs annually
One of North America’s fastest-growing and leading producers of aluminium billet and slab, Matalco, announced the completion of its new facility in Franklin, Kentucky. The new facility began operations in December 2022 and is known for producing aluminium ingot slabs from secondary aluminium. With...
Gulf’s biggest miner Ma’aden reports 87% leap in net profit for 2022
The Saudi state-owned mining company headquartered in Riyadh, Ma'aden, has reported a more than 87 per cent leap in its full-year 2022 net profit, enhanced by higher sales and higher average prices. On February 13, 2023, the largest multi-traded mining company in the Middle-East region, Ma’aden,...
OM Holdings to produce higher value silicon metal with the rise in demand from the aluminium sector, among others
The ferroalloy smelting plant of the vertically integrated manganese and silicone metal company OM Holdings Ltd (OMH) in Malaysia’s Samalaju Industrial Park, Bintulu, will incorporate higher value-added silicon metal. The OM Materials (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd, the group's flagship smelter complex,...
Alcoa to install steam run MVR module in its Australian alumina refinery saving excess energy usage
After a feasibility study approved its potential outcomes, USA-based aluminium giant Alcoa is about to set up a steam recycling technology or MVR module focused on reducing emissions. As early as 2021, Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) allotted $11.3 million to run a feasibility study...
LS C&S signs an agreement with HAI to produce aluminium components for EV
The Austrian company Hammerer Aluminium Industries (HAI) and the Korean company LS Cable & System (LS C&S) have agreed to invest a combined 67.5 billion won ($53 million) in the creation of a joint venture that will begin producing battery cases and other EV components made of lightweight,...
Reygar and Penguin alliance utilises InnovateUK fund to build latest fleet of aluminium vessels
Reygar, a widely acknowledged firm providing vessel monitoring and control mechanisms, has received the InnovateUK funding to create a set of the latest functions for its patented BareFLEET monitoring system in a close partnership with Singaporean innovator, designer and producer of high-speed...
Hydro to start producing remelt aluminium scrap ingot in Wrexham, the project to create 30 new jobs
According to a recent report, Hydro has planned to initiate the production of remelt aluminium scrap ingot at Wrexham plant, UK, to increase the recycling of post-consumer scrap. This project will take the company closer to its sustainability drive by enabling it to offer more low-carbon aluminium...
Altech Chemicals Ltd. releases updates on its 10,000 tpa Silumina Anodes TM plant in Saxony
Altech Chemicals Limited has spoken about the advancements on its Silumina Anodes TM pilot plant project in Saxony, Germany, also citing regular details about the Definitive Feasibility Study that was conducted before the optimisation of the 10,000 tpa Silumina Anodes TM pilot plant. Recently, the...
Axilone sensing sustainability demand deploys new aluminium packaging plant
Attracted by the swiftly evolving luxury beauty brands and its customers' detectable favouritism towards the infinitely recyclable non-ferrous metal aluminium, Axilone has decided to extensively optimise its production lines at the Sant Pere de Torelló plant, situated in Catalonia, Spain. The...
