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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Sunshine Hydro plans world’s first super-hybrid green hydrogen project in Queensland
Sunshine Hydro and Energy Estate have proposed the construction of the “world’s first,” super-hybrid green hydrogen project in Central Queensland, valued at $5.5 billion with massive wind and pumped hydro facilities. The unit also underlines its plans for hydrogen technologies. The project is...
Prime shareholders of Altech Chemicals transform listed options; deadline 31st May
The largest shareholder of Altech Chemicals Ltd Deutsche Balaton Aktiengesellschaft (Deutsche Balaton) has transformed 15,000,000 enlisted options which will expire on 31 st May 2022 with a conversion price of $0.08 each, for total proceeds of $1,200,000. Eminent shareholder, Delphi...
Atlas Renewable Energy, Hydro Rein collaborates to build 438-MW solar park to power Albras aluminium smelter
On 2 nd May 2022, the largest producer of primary aluminium in Brazil, Albras Alumínio Brasileiro S.A. (ALBRAS), which has been catering for the domestic and external markets with high purity ingots since 1985 will be procuring power from a new 438-MW solar power plant to supply its smelter in the...
Novelis to build advanced aluminium recycling centre with annual casting capacity of 240,000t of sheet ingot
Novelis Inc., the world’s leading flat-rolled aluminium products manufacturer and recycler, has reportedly broken ground to build a highly advanced recycling centre for automotive in North America. The project will have an annual casting capacity of 240,000 tonnes of sheet ingot, involving an...
Gränges first to invest in battery foil manufacturing in the US
The aluminium technology company Gränges which has been driving the development of lighter, smarter, and more sustainable aluminium products and solutions are reported expanding its Newport, Arkansas, production facility to enable the production of battery cathode foil. In the transition to...
End-user weekly recap: Crown Holdings plans to build a high-speed aluminium line at its Spanish beverage-can facility; TOSTEM to expand its market share in Thailand
The American company that makes metal beverage and food cans, metal aerosol containers, metal closures and speciality packing, Crown Holdings has recently declared its plan of constructing a high-speed aluminium line at its Agoncillo beverage-can facility in Spain. After evaluating the market in...
Alumina weekly recap: Rio Tinto and Innord Inc. come together for developing bauxite residues iron phase product; KM Birla and AP Chief Minister inaugurate Grasim Industries’ Chlor-Alkali project
The global alumina industry had witnessed limited but significant number of events. To begin with, Alpha HPA (A4N), based in New South Wales, Australia, has been awarded a $15.5 million grant from the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. Rio Tinto Plc has agreed to...
Lava Blue receives $5.2 million from the Australian Government for refining critical minerals
Australia-based battery minerals producing company Lava Blue has been granted US$ 5.2 million under the Government’s Critical Minerals Accelerator Initiative to evolve techniques to refine critical minerals used in the lithium-ion battery supply chain. Michael McCann, the managing director of Lava...
Alpha HPA receives $15.5 million grant for the expansion of production capacity of PPF in Gladstone
Situated in New South Wales, Australia, Alpha HPA (A4N) has received a grant of $15.5 million from the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. The grant falls under the jurisdiction of the Critical Minerals Accelerator Initiative (CMAI) and will be utilised to expand and...
The Australian Government awards a $7.5m modern manufacturing grant to ABx subsidiary Alcore
The 83% stakeholder of Alcore Limited, ABx Group Limited made public that its subsidiary has been granted $7.5 million from the Australian Government’s ‘Modern Manufacturing Initiative’ to support its proposed $16.4 million aluminium smelter bath recycling plant in Bell Bay, Tasmania. The proposed...
Crown Holdings plans to build a high-speed aluminium line at its Spanish beverage-can facility
Crown Holdings has recently declared its plan of constructing a high-speed aluminium line at its Agoncillo beverage-can facility in Spain. In Pennsylvania’s largest city, Philadelphia headquartered Crown Holdings, the producer and supplier of beverage packaging, food packaging, aerosol packaging,...
Alba turns out to be the first Bahraini organization to refinance its syndicated loan facility with sustainability linked terms
The initial aluminium smelter in the Middle East region, which commenced its journey with a production of 120,000 tonnes per annum in 1971, Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), at present, is the world’s largest single-site aluminium smelter ex-China has evolved as the first Bahraini Company to have...
Alcoa advances sustainably with recycled aluminium, produced using renewable energy
At Alcoa, we are working on our vision to reinvent the aluminium industry. In some cases, that means transformative innovation that will fundamentally change the way we produce aluminium in the future. In other cases, it means important upgrades that can help advance sustainably today – the most...
Assets of former aluminium plant Orthios up for sale
Following the failure of Orthios, the massive former aluminium plant at Holyhead, and multi-million-pound recycling equipment, are up for sale. The joint administrators have put up for sale the assets of Orthios (Anglesey) Technologies Limited and its subsidiaries, Orthios Feedstock (Anglesey)...
India’s Reliance Industries signs agreement with TA’ZIZ for Ruwais chemicals project, focusing on Chlor-alkali
On 26 th April 2022, the Indian multinational conglomerate company, headquartered in Mumbai, Reliance Industries (RIL) and the Abu Dhabi Chemicals Derivatives Company RSC (TA’ZIZ) signed a shareholding agreement for a chemical project in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi. However, this development delivers high...
Rio Tinto and Innord Inc. come together for developing bauxite residues iron phase product
Rio Tinto Plc has agreed to enter into a development agreement for bauxite residues iron phase product with Innord Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Geomega Resources Inc. As part of the agreement, Rio Tinto will pay Innord US$1 million to complete the requisite proof of concept work and the...
NALCO and MIDHANI CMDs meet AP Chief Minister to resolve infrastructure issues of aluminium alloy plant in Nellore
On Monday, April 25, NALCO CMD Sridhar Patra and MIDHANI CMD Sanjay Kumar Jha reportedly met the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to apprise the problems related to infrastructure for setting up a high-end aluminium alloy products manufacturing plant in Nellore. On receiving...
KM Birla and AP Chief Minister inaugurate Grasim Industries’ Chlor-Alkali project
On Thursday, April 21, Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, along with Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumara Mangalam Birla, inaugurated the caustic soda manufacturing unit by Grasim Industries Limited at Balabhadrapuram in East Godavari district. In February 2019, Grasim...
