Ghana puts bauxite, lithium and iron ore in the spotlight to woo Australian capital
Ghana has stepped up efforts to attract Australian investment into its growing critical minerals sector, pitching the country as a stable and reform-driven destination for mining and value-added mineral development at the 2026 Africa Down Under (ADU) Summit in Perth. The Ghanaian delegation was led...
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...
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Rare Earth minerals project: DADA Holdings, Enervoxa JV ElementUS engages Techint Engineering and Construction to initiate front end engineering design
On 18 th March 2021, DADA Holdings and Enervoxa’s rare earth elements and minerals extraction joint venture, ElementUS, announced that it has engaged Techint Engineering and Construction, to commence front end engineering design this month in conjunction with the Enervoxa and DADA engineering...
Hitachi ABB Power Grids receives INR 124-crore order from India’s aluminium company BALCO
Hitachi ABB Power Grids in India has received a contract worth over INR 124 crore from Bharat Aluminum Company (BALCO) to strengthen its power infrastructure at its Korba plant in Chhattisgarh. Hitachi ABB Power Grids will supply fully engineered 400-kilovolt gas-insulated switchgear (GIS)...
Belvac invests in two-piece can pilot line to meet global demand
Belvac has announced an investment in two-piece can pilot line to expand its container and engineering services. The investment will support increased global demand for beverage can-making equipment and support services. The pilot line will develop innovative specialty-shaped two-piece aluminium...
Aluminium demand to rise in India on growing urbanisation and housing projects: IIFT Survey
The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) has indicated in its recent survey that demand for aluminium will grow as a result of urbanisation, development of industrial corridors, rural electrification, Smart City projects, housing projects, and so on and so forth. “We have used secondary data...
China’s aluminium production improves 8.4% in January & February 2021 with daily output at a new record high
According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, China’s aluminium production gained 8.4 per cent year-on-year in the first two months of 2021, attributing to new capacities and soaring prices. In January and February combined, primary aluminium output in China was 6.45 million...
Vimetco Extrusion to expand Aluminium profiles extrusion line with EUR 10 million investments
Vimetco Extrusion, a downstream subsidiary of ALRO, will expand its production capacity with a new EUR 10 investment project. The investment involves the acquisition and installation of an automated extrusion line, supplied by Presezzi Extrusion spa. The new extrusion line will also generate...
Kazakhstan Aluminium Smelter buys new specialised equipment for safer movement of aluminium storage container
Kazakhstan Aluminium Smelter (KAS), part of the Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), has reportedly bought new specialised equipment to move its aluminium storage containers faster and safer. Earlier, the company used to move storage containers with a crane that held up to 25 tonnes of aluminium....
Electricity supply begins from Ozernaya substation to En+ Group’s soon-to-be-launched Taishet aluminium smelter
En+ Group’s Taishet aluminium smelter has started receiving electricity from the Ozernaya substation, as declared by the Group, the world’s largest producer of low carbon aluminium and independent hydropower. En+ Group says the supply of electricity has begun to the indoor switchgear inverter...
Hydro teams up with Polestar and CAKE for new project Re:Move
Hydro has teamed up with electric car maker Polestar and electric motorcycle pioneer CAKE for a unique project, named Re:Move. Re:Move is commissioned by Wallpaper* Magazine and created by designer Konstantin Grcic. Re:Move is an electric transporter and presents a new, sustainable way to carry and...
China’s primary aluminium output declines 9% to 3.02 million tonnes M-o-M but grows 5% Y-o-Y in February 2021
According to the Shanghai Metals Market, China’s primary aluminium production stood at 3.02 million tonnes in February 2021, reflecting a downfall of 9.04 per cent from 3.32 million tonnes in January 2021. However, on a year-on-year calculation, the output improved by 5.23 per cent from 2.87...
Hydro reaches halfway milestone at the Husnes plant
Hydro restarted 100 of the 200 cells at the Husnes B-line in Western Norway. Husnes currently produces about 95,000 tonnes of aluminium annually via the A-line. The company will expand the capacity to around 195,000 as the 200 electrolysis cells in the one-kilometer-long B-line are restarted. “The...
Leading rail engineering firm Vecturis joins the Minim Martap BFS team
On 9 th March 2021, Canyon Resources Limited made public that Vecturis has joined Canyon’s Owner’s team to develop the technical and commercial rail solutions for the BFS. A privately-owned Belgian company, Vecturis specialise in railway management services and operations, functional for freight,...
ElementUS: DADA Holdings, Enervoxa venture to infuse $800 million for rare earth extraction project
The Governor of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards joined DADA Holdings Chairman and CEO David D’Addario and Enervoxa CEO Vandit Verma to publicise that the joint venture of DADA Holdings and Enervoxa ‘ElementUS’, will infuse an $800 million capital investment to extract rare earth elements at the Noranda...
Metso Outotec secures contracts from Nalco to supply two flash evaporation plants for the Alumina refinery
Metso Outotec, the frontrunner in sustainable technologies, end-to-end solutions and services for the minerals processing, aggregates and metals refining industries globally has been awarded a contract for the engineering and delivery of two 170 t/h Bayer process flash evaporation plants to the...
Latem Aluminum injects €238 million in León and Zamora plants, creates 660 jobs
The Spanish company Latem Aluminum has disclosed that it will invest €238 million in the Villandagos Del Páramo (León) and Villabrázaro (Zamora) plants and the outcome of it will create 660 direct jobs. The Minister of Employment and Industry of the Junta de Castilla y León, Ana Carlota Amigo said:...
Sanjeev Gupta’s Alvance Aluminium counts additional live sessions for consultation of smelter expansion
Sanjeev Gupta’s Alvance Aluminium, a subsidiary of GFG Alliance is going to hold two extra live sessions in regards to the consultation on plans for a new £94 million recycling and aluminium billet plant at its Lochaber smelter in Fort William. Until 15 th March 2021, the public consultation will...
Ampal, Loewy Institute accomplish Phase 1 project to optimize Aluminium powder for Additive Manufacturing
The USA based Ampal, Inc., a fully-owned subsidiary of U.S. Metal Powders, Inc. and Lehigh University’s Loewy Institute in Pennsylvania, USA, has accomplished the Phase 1 Ben Franklin project on the ‘Optimization of Aluminum Alloy AA6061 powder for Selective Laser Melting Process’. U.S. Metal...
RUSAL bags RUB 45 billion loans for Taishet Aluminium smelter project completion
RUSAL has made public that it has inked and started the drawdown of a syndicated loan agreement for RUB 45 billion with VTB and Gazprombank. The funds raised will be used to finance capital expenditure towards the completion of the first start-up complex of the Taishet aluminium smelter (TaAZ)....
