Aluminium eggshells take on space debris with nearly 65% impact reduction
Researchers at Dalian University of Technology in China have tested a spacecraft protection structure made from water-filled aluminium eggshells, with the design reducing the velocity of an impact projectile by nearly 65 per cent. The research, published in the Journal of Applied Physics , looked...
Can Oklahoma reshape US aluminium supply? EGA’s Ziad Fares explains the project
As the US seeks to rebuild its domestic aluminium production capacity, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Century Aluminum are advancing plans for a new primary aluminium smelter in Inola, Oklahoma, targeting more than 750,000 tonnes of annual production. In this exclusive conversation with AL...
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Leading producer of lightweight aluminium parts Rheinmetall bags a new order of €42 million
Rheinmetall, along with KPSNC, its Chinese joint venture, has bagged a new order for chassis parts destined for an electric SUV made by a new player in the mobility sector. The order value for this is expected to be around €42 million. One of the top manufacturers of lightweight aluminium...
Alpha HPA temporarily closes its Gladstone facility for up-gradation
The Australian supplier of high purity aluminium products, Alpha HPA, wishes to make at least 10,000 tonnes of HPA each year and additional high purity components utilising its HPA refining technology and solvent extraction procedure. Though Alpha is working towards three orders in Brisbane...
Alro's downstream subsidiary Vimetco Extrusion accomplishes the installation of a new press line
One of the biggest integrated aluminium companies in Romania and Europe ALRO S.A. publicized that its downstream in charge with the extrusion business subsidiary, Vimetco Extrusion, accomplished the installation of a new state-of-the-art 7" press extrusion line, following an investment of...
Alba invites German investments in setting up new projects at Aluminium Downstream Park in Bahrain
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) chairman, Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa, has reportedly invited German companies to open their manufacturing units and businesses at a 472,000 square metre Aluminium Downstream Park in Bahrain. The business park in the vicinity of Alba campus, led by the...
End-user weekly recap: Aluminium can demand drives Ball Corporation to land in Peru; Ev Dynamics to build Hong Kong’s first electric bus featuring aluminium alloy body frame
The aluminium end-user sector showed great progress this week. Ball Corporation announced the opening of a new plant in Peru, a South American nation, where consumption of canned drinks has been increasing considerably in the last few years and now with this investment, Ball will respond to the...
Yunnan Sunho Aluminum Co. Ltd joins ASI as new production and transformation member
Yunnan Sunho Aluminum Co. Ltd., a subdivision of Sunho shares, is a green hydropower aluminium project with a production capacity reaching almost 900,000 tonnes. Yunnan Sunho Aluminum has been registered successfully as a Production and Transformation member of the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative...
ChemX registers entry at the final stage of its HPA micro facility in Western Australia
ChemX Materials, one of the world’s most innovative developers of High Purity Alumina (HPA), is passing through the final stage of integrated process commissioning of its HiPurA high purity alumina (HPA) micro plant in Western Australia. The HiPurA process developed by ChemX is supposed to produce...
EGA projects to build a solar-powered production unit for silicon metal
The world’s largest ‘premium aluminium’ producer, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) plans to develop renewable energy sourced (solar-powered) production facility for silicon metal. Silicon is one of the crucial raw materials essential in the manufacturing of premium aluminium production. However, the...
RDSO shares design specifications for 100 light aluminium coaches based on the Train-18 concept
According to a recent report, the Research Designs & Standards Organisation under the Ministry of Railways of the government of India has shared design specifications with the railway board for 100 light aluminium coaches based on the Train-18 concept to enable comfortable travel in the shortest...
HPA producer Altech signs final agreement for battery plant construction
Altech Chemicals has signed an agreement of contract with the German developer Kuttner GmbH aiming to constitute high purity alumina or ‘HPA’ coating pilot plant in Saxony, a German state. The glazing method by the company utilises graphite and silicone particles to condition anode materials,...
Ev Dynamics to build Hong Kong’s first electric bus featuring aluminium alloy body frame
Ev Dynamics (Holdings) Limited, China’s primary supplier of new energy commercial vehicles, has bagged another purchase order from the Hong Kong Productivity Council to provide a fully electric bus for a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Hong Kong. This agreement succeeds two prior...
ERG aims to decarbonise its projects using renewable energy
Belonging from Kazakhstan, Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) has collaborated with a German organisation, ThyssenKrupp, to develop hybrid filter technology for its plants. In December 2021, ERG signed a contract with ThyssenKrupp to invest US$44 million or 19 billion tenge for developing four electric...
Coal India diversifying into aluminium and solar to decarbonise operations as part of the Govt’s net zero carbon emission goal
Coal India Limited (CIL), an Indian government-owned coal mining and refining corporation, is reportedly striving to decarbonise its operations, following the government’s energy transition push and net zero carbon emission target by 2070. Therefore, CIL is diversifying into aluminium production,...
Primary aluminium weekly recap: Ghana eyes to become an integrated aluminium producer; Balco bids green, introduces biomass briquettes to generate power
The price of aluminium on the London Metal Exchange (LME) dropped dramatically as a result of sluggish economic development, which further reduced the market's demand for the metal. Also, China's interest rate rise had been aided by the second wave of Covid-19 lockdowns. As a result of this, On...
BrewDog completes building bio-waste run £12 million green gas plant to become carbon neutral
BrewDog, a Scottish drinks company, has committed itself to reduce its carbon footprint with the new construction of a green gas plant that will generate energy to produce more than 176 million pints of beer per year at the company’s Ellon production base in Scotland. BrewDog claims that its new...
Dudley’s Aluminium wins new contract from award-winning Beard Construction
Dudley’s Aluminium, a Cardiff-based aluminium fabricator, has reportedly bagged a project from a multi-award-winning construction company Beard Construction to install AluProf capped curtain walling, silicone glazed curtain walling, and windows and doors in the extension to the office development...
Egyptalum is contemplating plant development to increase aluminium production efficiency following a profitable nine-month
Egypt Aluminum Company, more popularly known as Egyptalum, the largest aluminium producer in Egypt and one of the largest in Africa, is contemplating revamping its current plant in a bid to enhance production efficiency of equipment and maintain the output capacity at 320,000 tonnes per annum. The...
Reynaers accomplishes the construction of Al Fattan Downtown residential towers project
The Belgium-based global provider of aluminium solutions, Reynaers Aluminium has recently finished off a vital project in the UAE, where the company was stationed to install its high-performance systems. The installation is to beautify and construct the intricate exterior of Al Fattan Downtown...
