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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Scholz Recycling Group and Weiqiao to build a recycling industrial park in Shandong Province
The German-based Scholz Recycling Group and Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group Co. have signed a memorandum of understanding to build a recycling industrial park in the Chinese City of Binzhou. Scholz Recycling Group plans to expand its recycling business in China. Rafael Suchan, Chief Executive...
Govt. of India to endorse the establishment of Angul Aluminium Park to attract investments
Angul Aluminium Park Private Limited is a Private incorporated on 30 th July 2010. It is classified as Non-Govt. Company and is registered at Registrar of Companies, Cuttack, Odisha. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Govt. of India, on 13 th June’20, organised a...
Ghana–China Sinohydro bauxite deal manifest results in infrastructure: Tamale interchange 40% Complete
The Tamale interchange project funded under a barter arrangement between the governments of Ghana and China’s Sinohydro ltd is one of the multi-priority infrastructural projects worth $2 billion in exchange for Ghana’s refined bauxite. The project which is expected to be completed within 24 months...
Indonesian Metal miner Antam to invest $105 million in CAPEX, dividend pay-out remains $4.78 million
The Indonesian state-owned and public listed metal miner PT Aneka Tambang, ANTAM, aims to invest $105 million (Rp 1.5 trillion) in capital expenditure this year to build two smelter megaprojects. On 11 th June’20, Anton Herdianto, Director of Finance, Antam, said: “Most of the funds were slated for...
Hydro to manufacture aluminium-made electric loops for Elonroad
Hydro announced that The Swedish start-up company Elonroad has teamed up with the company to build a road that charges electric vehicles while they drive. Hydro will manufacture the critical aluminium-made electric loops for the project. “Elonroad, in collaboration with Sweden’s Lund University,...
Rusal to invest approx. $190 million in electrodes production modernization at Sayanogorsk Aluminium Smelter
According to a recent report, Rusal, a leading global aluminium producer, will invest approximately $190 million in modernising the production of electrodes at its Sayanogorsk Aluminium Smelter (SAZ) between 2020 and 2023. This modernization programme is expected to help Rusal reduce the smelter’s...
Garner Aluminium Extrusions gives acceptance certificate to SMS group for new HybrEx 35 extrusion line
Garner Aluminium Extrusions, also known as Garnalex, has reportedly acknowledged the supply of extrusion line by SMS group by giving them the final acceptance certificate. Together with OMAV SpA, SMS group had installed an integrated extrusion line with HybrEx 35 as the core machine at Garnalex....
Taiwanese design studio creates prototype modular ward for hospitals using recycled aluminium
Design studio Miniwiz, together with Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan Design Research Institute (TDRI), and Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital, has built a prototype modular ward for hospitals using recycled aluminium panels, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Named Modular...
Nature Alu: Producing high-purity aluminium to developing Canada-Europe very high added value supply chain sector
Denis Mazerolle, The President of Nature Alu has built a dream team to produce the only high-purity aluminium plant in North America. In doing so in Quebec, Canada, he and his partners are developing a Canada-Europe supply chain in a sector with very high added value. Mazerolle has industry...
"COVID-19" lock-down: Altech Chemical’s Johor HPA plant site construction activities resume
Altech Chemicals Limited has publicized an update on the status of activities at the Company’s high purity alumina (HPA) site in Johor Bahru, Malaysia that construction activities have now resumed. In response to the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Malaysian government enforced a...
Aldel Aluminium nominates CLAFIS Ingenious as permanent supplier for engineering services
CLAFIS Ingenious is nominated as the permanent supplier of engineering services for Damco Aluminum Delfzijl Cooperative (Aldel) in the coming years. CLAFIS and Aldel have set foot into a structural agreement that will run at least up to the end of 2022. The projects carried out under the direction...
Royal Huisman reveals new lightweight aluminium 46-metre cruiser sloop
Dutch shipyard Royal Huisman has reportedly revealed a new lightweight aluminium 46-metre high-performance cruiser sloop – Nauta Reichel Pugh 151. As per the report, Nauta Design has produced the exterior and interior styling of the yacht, while Reichel/Plugh has designed the yacht’s naval...
Nexans secures major sub-sea HVDC cable contract from Greece’s Ariadne Interconnection S.P.S.A
Nexans has secured a major contract to design, manufacture and install a 335 km subsea high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable system for Ariadne Interconnection S.P.S.A, owned 100% by IPTO, Greece’s state grid operator. The interconnection will link the electricity network on mainland Greece to...
ALCORE to start production of aluminium fluoride at Bell Bay, as CSIRO result sends positive note
Tasmania will be hosting the southern hemisphere's first production of lucrative aluminium fluoride. The project can crop up the possibilities to deliver an annual revenue stream of about $20 million, and that too before its potential expansion. The initiatives for a production facility at Bell Bay...
RUSAL enters on production of aluminium anodes with enhanced performance attributes for oil and gas and shipbuilding industries
RUSAL a leading global aluminium producer made public that it has started producing anodes for cathodic protection (CP) for the oil and gas, shipbuilding and other heavy industries to protect critical structures and metal objects from corrosion. The move forms part of RUSAL’s strategy to produce...
Ningbo Xusheng Auto: To start construction of production plant for light-weight aluminium alloy auto parts
Shanghai-listed Ningbo Xusheng Auto Technology stated that it plans to invest 1.92 billion Yuan into the construction of an intelligent automation production plant, designed with an annualised capacity of 10 million light-weight aluminium alloy auto parts. Ningbo Xusheng Auto Technology Co., Ltd....
Secondary aluminium processing project construction begins in Yunxian County, China
According to a recent report by Shanghai Metals Market, the construction of a 100,000 tonnes per year secondary aluminium processing project and a 60,000 tonnes per year waste battery treatment project began in Yunxian County in Southwest China’s Yunnan province on Tuesday, May 12. The total...
Richardson Devine Marine hand over a unique, all-aluminium ferry “Nairana” to Sealink Tasmania
According to a recent report, Australian shipbuilder Richardson Devine Marine (RDM) has delivered the Incat Crowther designed unique, all-aluminium ferry named Nairana to ferry owner and operator Sealink Tasmania. Nairana, equipped with state-of-the-art propulsion solutions from SCHOTTEL, is built...
