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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NALCO’s expansion project in Odisha is on course: Minister of Mines, India
Pralhad Joshi, the Indian Union Minister of Coal and Mines has reassured that the proposed preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the brownfield expansion project of Nalco’s captive power plant (CPP) and smelter at Angul in Odisha is on track. In a recent letter to Dharmendra Pradhan,...
Ball Corporation to build new aluminium can plant worth €170 million in Czech Republic
Ball Corporation has reportedly announced that it plans to begin construction of a new production facility of aluminium cans at Pilsen Digital Park by mid-2021. The facility worth €170 million will ramp-up Ball’s output in Czech Republic to meet the growing demand from consumers who want...
Lindian Resources inks MoU with China Railway Group for infrastructure development of Bauxite mining project
Lindian Resources, the ASX-listed West African bauxite mining company has finalized the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chinese giant, China Railway Seventh Group that will build a feasible infrastructure road map to support the development acceleration and kick-start bauxite production of...
Cardiff-based Aluminium fabricator Dudley's invests £96,000 in machinery
The Cardiff-based aluminium fabricator Dudley's Aluminium has injected £96,000 in machinery as it pursues to work on multiple important projects across the UK. The company has procured a Phantomatic M3 CNC machining centre, featuring three controlled axes allowing processing on three sides of the...
Egyptalum all set for modernization, post a huge record loss for FY 2019-20
On 25 th January 2021, Hisham Tawfik, Minister of Public Business Sector announced that “Egypt’s government is warming up to implement the modernisation project of Egyptalum, a national company for aluminium industries listed in EGX as Egypt Aluminium (EGAL).” Tawfik also stated: “US-based Bechtel,...
Reynaers Aluminium accomplishes its latest project in Sharjah
Reynaers Aluminium, the developer of aluminium products for the building sector has unveiled the accomplishment of the luxurious Terhab Hotel & Residences Project in Al Taawun, Sharjah, UAE, adding to a long list of several signature towers in the Emirates. The project incorporates the Five-star...
“After the reduction of capital equipment expenditure in 2020, we indeed see a significant increase in demand for aluminium cast house equipment”, Michael Rockstroh, Managing Director of RIA Cast House Engineering GmbH
Michael Rockstroh has extensive experience in project management, equipment design, engineering services, and business development related to aluminium casthouse machinery with a focus on charging and skimming machines. He began working fulltime for Rackwitz Industrieanlagen GmbH (now RIA Cast...
“There is no question the international mining industry was crippled during the 2020 Covid-19 period. However, in early 2021 Canyon sees the door opening, international travel is returning at a cost, and developing countries like Cameroon are welcoming investment and development of domestic mining projects”, Rick Smith, Director
General, CAMALCO SA (Canyon Resources’ wholly-owned Cameroon subsidiary). Mr Rick Smith was appointed as Director-General of the Canyon’s wholly-owned Cameroon subsidiary Camalco Cameroon SA (Camalco) on 17 th January 2021and will be based in Cameroon. Mr Smith will focus on the delivery of the...
Skoda Vagonka applauds for the opening of Europe's largest Aluminium machine tool in Ostrava
Skoda Vagonka applauds the opening of Europe's largest aluminium machine tool in Ostrava. The device is part of a large investment aimed at significantly increasing and accelerating the production of aluminium-box vehicles. The Skoda Transportation Group announced that the value of investments in...
Lotus’ Hurricane Way facility begins production of iconic lightweight chassis
Lotus’ new manufacturing facility at Hurricane Way, Norwich, has accomplished the first extruded and bonded aluminium chassis. The unit, a chassis for the legendary Lotus Elise, was built for the validation and quality checking of the new manufacturing process. Even though not destined for a...
BCAST to design light-weight battery casing for EV using recycled Aluminium
The Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST), an academic research centre focusing on both fundamental and applied research on advanced solidification processes for metallic materials has joined a significant new multi-million-pound project to help design new light-weight...
GMR rolls-out Bauxite residue treatment demonstration unit at Rio Tinto’s Vaudreuil Alumina refinery site
On 20 th January 2021, the Global Mineral Recovery Company (GMR) publicised this morning the commissioning of its commercial demonstration unit for the recovery of bauxite residues on the site of Rio Tinto’s Vaudreuil Alumina plant. The $ 9 million project was initiated in 2017. The US-based...
Crown plans to build sixth beverage can plant in Brazil
Beverage packaging manufacturer Crown has made public that its Brazilian subsidiary Crown Embalagens plans to build its sixth beverage can facility in the Latin American nation. The new plant will produce two-piece aluminium cans in various sizes and will have two lines, both of which are...
Five million Aluminium cans to be collected, recycled to build a helipad for the Leicester Royal Infirmary
In the English landlocked county, Leicestershire, across the region litter pickers have grouped to collect five million aluminium cans to build a helipad for the Leicester Royal Infirmary. South Leicestershire litter womble Geoff Walker, from Braunstone, and the founder of the charity Helipads for...
Utkarsha Aluminium’s land acquisition to gear up: Minister for Industries, state of Andhra Pradesh-India
Mekapati Gautam Reddy, the Minister for industries and Commerce for the Indian state Andhra Pradesh asked the officials to speed up land acquisition for Utkarsha Aluminium Dhatu Nigam Ltd's proposed plant at Kodavalur mandal in Nellore district. On 16 th January 2021, the Minister at his camp...
Bauxite Tycoon Fadi Wazni plans to develop Alumina refinery in Guinea, post the acquisition of Alteo in France
The bauxite tycoon, Fadi Wazni, after acquiring the world's number one speciality alumina refinery in France, Alteo, the Franco-Guinean Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Boké mining company, plans to develop an alumina refinery in Guinea. The buyout plan by the Guinean UMS (United Mining...
Danieli Breda secures order from PMS Aluminium in Turkey to supply new 40-MN front-loading extrusion press
PMS Aluminium, the Bursa-Turkey based company selects Danieli Breda to deliver a new, 40-MN, 10-in. front-loading extrusion press. The objective of PMS Aluminium's investment is to expand its product portfolio for the automotive sector with aluminium hard-alloy profiles. PMS Aluminium produces...
Rio Tinto to become North America’s first producer of scandium oxide with new plant
Rio Tinto has announced the construction of new scandium oxide plant at its Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) metallurgical complex in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. The company is set to the first producer of high-quality scandium oxide in North America. The commercial supply is likely to start in the second...
