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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Wenshan Aluminium’s 500,000 tonnes of smelting project soon to start the first potline
According to a recent report, Wenshan Aluminium’s 500,000 tonnes of aluminium smelting and hydropower project in southeast Yunnan’s Wenshan prefecture will start the operation of its first potline at the end of April. The project is estimated to require a total of more than RMB 4 billion of...
Beckwood Press in the US secures deal of Triform sheet stretch forming machine for an aluminium aerospace parts company
The Missouri based Beckwood Press Company, a leading manufacturer of custom hydraulic and servo-electric presses, automation systems, and precision aerospace forming equipment, has secured a deal from H&R Parts Company to manufacture a 200-ton Triform sheet stretch forming machine. The machine is...
Hampshire based MRT castings is increasing its production space by 50%
MRT, the die-casting company based in Hampshire is enhancing its production space by around 50% and opening a new foundry with the help of the MTC. A team from the MTC’s manufacturing support services operation worked with managers and operators from Queens Award-winning die-casting supplier MRT...
FYI Resources continues to progress its high purity alumina project amid COVID19 pandemic
FYI Resources Limited has reportedly taken necessary measures to ensure safety and wellbeing of its staff and to preserve shareholder funds during the COVID19 crisis. At the same time, it is maintaining positive progress at its high purity alumina (HPA) project in Western Australia. As per the...
China to have 10 times more charging piles this year for the development of EVs charging network
On Tuesday, April 14, China’s State Grid announced to invest RMB 2.7 billion in total to construct charging piles. It said it plans to build 78,000 charging piles in 2020, which is 10 times more than the addition last year. The state-owned electric utility giant also announced that it would kick...
Spectra Aluminium to install new extrusion press and gas billet oven in Bradford, Ontario
Extrusion manufacturing facility based outside Toronto, Spectra Aluminium, has reportedly ordered a 28-MN front-loading direct extrusion press and 5,000 kg/h, high-efficiency gas billet oven from Danieli Brada for producing industrial profiles starting from 8” to 9” aluminium billets. The new...
The US’ first hydrogen powered electric ferry’s aluminium construction contract secured by AAM
All American Marine (AAM) has secured a contract from Switch Maritime to complete the aluminium construction and outfitting of a 21-m, 84-passenger, zero-emissions, hydrogen-powered, electric-drive ferry that will operate in the California Bay Area. The project to build the vessel – both project...
Queensland Government approves NAIF’s $4.75 million loan facility for Metro Bauxite Stage 2 Expansion
The Queensland Treasury has reportedly informed Metro Mining Limited that the State Government has decided to not exercise veto right regarding the Metro's Bauxite Hills Mine Expansion proposal. In late 2019, the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) had announced to offer a Loan...
ABx appoints Clough to design and construct its first Alcore production plant
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) has reportedly appointed Clough for the design and construction of its first Alcore production plant in New South Wales. After six months of test work, Alcore has now decided to construct the first commercial plant where byproducts from aluminium smelters will be...
Turmec installs MRF plant in Wiltshire to treat recyclable materials
Turmec has reportedly designed, supplied, and installed an advanced MRF plant in Wiltshire to treat kerbside collected comingled recyclable materials picked from around 220,000 households across the region. The plant will have the capacity to process 20 tonnes per hour of dry mixed recyclables,...
GEA wins the contract to deliver third evaporator line for Utkal Alumina in India
GEA has secured a follow-up contract from Utkal Alumina, a 100% subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group Company Hindalco to build a third line of multi-stage falling film evaporators. GEA, the world-renowned state-of-art evaporation technology provider has already supplied the first two evaporator lines...
Low carbon Aluminium plant is on planning as upcoming project for DUBAL Holding
The Dubal Holding Company has been in concern for setting up multiple projects in the UAE; a low carbon aluminium plant is at high priority as communicated by the CEO of Dubal Holding today. The Dubai government’s investment arm for power and energy, commodities, mining and industrial projects is...
Altech at Germany continuing research on lithium-ion battery separator for HPA battery
Altech Chemicals is reportedly continuing its research on high purity alumina battery applications with a focus on lithium-ion battery separator technologies and the impact of alumina impurities on battery safety. The research is being performed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies...
Nordex secures mega-corporate wind order for aluminium giant Alcoa
Nordex, the European company that designs, sells and manufactures wind turbines has secured an order for the 400 MW Øyfjellet wind farm in northern Norway from a un-famed German investment house linked to a corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) with metals group Alcoa. Electricity generation...
The Ducab Group of UAE declares profit up by 5% in 2019
The manufacturer of high-performance aluminium cables in UAE, The Ducab Group, recorded a 5% gain in profits for 2019. The company, owned by Dubai and Abu Dhabi governments is yet to release the breakdown of the financials. Ducab, which operates six manufacturing facilities across four sites in the...
Stadler completes beverage package sorting and recycling plant for Dansk Retursystem
Stadler has reportedly completed the commissioning of a new beverage packaging sorting plant, designed and built for Dansk Retursystem in Taastrup, Denmark. Full handover is scheduled in April after the final one-month trial period. The plant will process polyethylene terephthalate bottles and...
“Corona-virus” outbreak in Italy halts the manufacturing process of aluminium-body Pune Metro coaches: Titagarh Firema S.P.A.
Titagarh Wagons of India, the major stakeholder of Italy’s Titagarh Firema S.P.A., has announced the deferment of the inauguration of manufacturing the prototype of the new aluminium-bodied Pune Metro coaches. The plant operation has been suspended due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. The...
IOC is looking to set up an aluminium-air batteries factory in India
India’s largest fuel retailer Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), after joining hands with Israel-based start-up Phinergy early last month for developing aluminium-air batteries for electric vehicles, is now looking to set up a factory in India. Both Indian Oil Corporation and Phinergy are in talks with...
