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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Zouping Hongfa Aluminium Science Technology Co. Ltd. to obtain China’s largest melting furnaces from Andritz AG
Zouping Hongfa Aluminium Science Technology Co. Ltd. has reportedly placed an order for one melting and holding furnace cell with Andritz AG, an Austrian plant engineering group with headquarters in Graz. The furnace cell will be installed in Zouping Hongfa’s plant in Shandong Province, China, and...
ALRO joins Aluminium Stewardship Initiative as new Production & Transformation member
ALRO has joined the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) as a new Production & Transformation member. This brings the total number of ASI Members to 143. The company, one of the largest vertically integrated aluminium producers in Europe by production capacity, is structured in two divisions:...
Alvance Aluminium to invest £94 million in building new aluminium casting & recycling facilities at Fort William smelter
Alvance Aluminium, a subsidiary of industrial tycoon Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance, declared that it would invest £94 million in expanding its Fort William operations by building new facilities for aluminium casting and recycling. This project is expected to secure Fort William’s future as a ‘Green...
EGA signs agreement with NEO Aluminio Colombia for the export of UAE-developed state-of-the-art technology for Aluminium production
The largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has signed an agreement with NEO Aluminio Colombia that could lead to the export of EGA’s UAE-developed state-of-the-art technology for the development of the first aluminium production...
King River Resources successfully trials its HPA process route using alternative feedstocks
King River Resources Ltd, an Australian mining company has successfully trialled its new high purity alumina (HPA) process route using alternative aluminium chemical feedstocks. Metallurgical test work is currently underway on both this new precursor and the Speewah precursor to delivering a 4N HPA...
Guinea Govt. delivers “Green Signal” to Lindian Resources for the acquisition of Lelouma Bauxite project
Lindian Resources, the Australian Securities Exchange-listed West African Bauxite mining company has received “green signal” from the Ministry of Mines, Govt. of Guinea towards the conclusion of the acquisition of the massive, undeveloped Lelouma bauxite project in Guinea. The Perth-based mining...
Chalco’s Huasheng alumina refinery starts its second production line estimating to reach 100,000t output in Nov 2020
Chalco’s Huasheng alumina refinery at Fangchenggang Port in Guangxi has begun operations on its second production line, which will add 1 million tonnes per annum of alumina capacity to an already oversupplied market, said sources to Fastmarkets on Monday, November 9. “I heard their second operation...
North Karnataka gives approval for electric vehicle manufacturing unit in Bagalkot
North Karnataka has given its approval for an electric vehicle manufacturing unit in Bagalkot district. The plant will be the first-of-its-kind in North Karnataka. Gaurav Gupta, principal secretary, department of commerce and industries in Karnataka confirmed to TOI that a proposal submitted by...
Bosnian firm Maksimovic Komerc to infuse €1.3 million in production of Aluminium and PVC carpentry profiles in Stanari
Bosnian firm Maksimovic Komerc plans to infuse €1.3 million in the production of Aluminium and PVC carpentry profiles in leased premises in Stanari, the Stanari municipal government said. The mayor of Stanari, Dušan Panić, signed a contract with the investor "Maksimović komerc" from Doboj on a...
Hydro and Northvolt's planned pilot plant receives NOK 43.5 million in support from Enova
Hydro and Northvolt's planned pilot plant will receive NOK 43.5 million in support from Enova, a Norwegian government enterprise supporting clean energy and climate efforts. The plant, which will be built in early 2021, will recycle used electric car batteries. Hydro and the Swedish battery company...
CBA’s Metalex to invest $9.3 million to boost aluminium billet capacity
Metalex has announced an investment of 50 million Reais ($9.3 million) to expand scrap treatment and extrusion billet production capacity, Fastmarkets MB reported. The expansion plan is divided in to two phases. Metalex, an industrial aluminium recycling unit in Araçariguama, is fully owned by...
Govt. of Canada and Quebec grants financial support for a start-up Aluminium food container production unit in Saguenay
Stobia, a new company located in Jonquière, is set in motion for the production of aluminium food containers. The company secured financial support totalling $ 632,795 from Quebec and Ottawa to support its start-up. The company counts among its shareholders William and Jean-Samuel Allard, two sons...
British firm Ellis Patents obtains new power supply projects in Peru
Ellis Patents, the world leader in cable cleat manufacturing has seen its products used to secure power supplies in the Peruvian capital of Lima by two of the Latin American country’s biggest energy suppliers. Ellis Patents delivered 2A Aluminium cable clamps to secure high voltage power cables in...
Alba launches new ‘Al Jisr’ Programme to boost Bahrainisation
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) has announced the launch of a‘Al Jisr’ Programme -- a new Training and Development initiative. It aims to build supervisory skills of Bahrain employees. Alba’s Chief Executive Officer Ali Al Baqali commented: “Boosting Bahrainisation has always been one of our top...
Rossinavi delivers aluminium, full-custom superyacht EIV to its US client
Italian shipyard Rossinavi has reportedly delivered a 48.08 metre, full-custom superyacht – EIV to its client in the United States. Featuring fast-displacement aluminium hull, EIV is capable to cross the oceans and cruising in shallow waters at a speed of 15km. It has a maximum speed of 19km and a...
Ola may set up electric scooter manufacturing facility in India
If reports are to be believed, Ola Electric is likely to build India's largest electric scooter manufacturing plant. The company is in talks with various state governments, including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, for this project. Image for representation purpose only The...
Australia: Aluminium fabrication firm “Air Fab Pty” secures contract of $1.3 million from Boeing to build safety stands for RAAF jets
Air Fab Pty, specialises in Aluminium fabrication, that employs just 8 peoples and based in Victoria has secured a $1.3 million contract from Boeing Defence Australia to design safety stands used to maintain the RAAF’s F/A-18F Super Hornets and EA-18G Growlers. Air Fab mostly produces light,...
Australian Bauxite Ltd submits mining lease application for fully funded Sunrise Bauxite Project
Australian Bauxite Ltd made public towards the submission of mining lease application for fully-funded Sunrise Bauxite Project, Binjour QLD. If the application is approved then the bauxite will be shipped from the port of Bundaberg. Australian Bauxite Limited that operates mines in Tasmania...
