HPCL Brings Energy Leaders, Researchers and Startups Together at IISc Bengaluru to Accelerate energy Innovation through MC²+ IGNITE
The Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. today hosted the Bengaluru edition of MC²+ IGNITE – India’s flagship energy innovation accelerator at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, bringing together leaders from the energy industry, academia, research, startups and the investment...
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...
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Rusal announces to modernize Sayanogorsk and Khakas Aluminium Smelters with RUB 5.2 billion
Rusal has announced to invest RUB 5.2 billion in 2020 for upgrading Sayanogorsk and Khakas Aluminium Smelters. It says the largest projects will be carried out in the casthouse of Khakas and the electrode production at Sayanogorsk Smelter with improvements to equipment on the site. In the casthouse...
IndianOil partners with Phinergy of Israel for manufacturing of aluminium-air batteries in India
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), India’s largest fuel retailer, has joined hands with Israel-based start-up Phinergy for development, manufacturing, assembly and sale of aluminium-air batteries. “IndianOil has taken a minority equity stake in Phinergy (Israel). IndianOil and Phinergy are now in the...
IndianOil partners with Phinergy of Israel for manufacturing of aluminium-air batteries in India
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), India’s largest fuel retailer, has joined hands with Israel-based start-up Phinergy for development, manufacturing, assembly and sale of aluminium-air batteries. “IndianOil has taken a minority equity stake in Phinergy (Israel). IndianOil and Phinergy are now in the...
Heesen’s second hybrid superyacht in 5000 aluminium FDHF class hit the water last week
According to a recent report, the Dutch shipyard Heesen has launched the second hybrid superyacht in 5000 aluminium FDHF class. The 49.8 metre long yacht named Electra, after being prepared for intensive sea trials in the North Sea, hit the water last week ahead of its delivery date April 2020....
Clough Ltd Australia secures Alcore’s aluminium contract
The Australian engineering company Clough Ltd based at Perth has been commissioned by Australian Bauxite Company’s subsidiary Alcore for their design and construction of aluminium fluoride plant in New South Wales. The contract which is secured by Clough, states that it will be building a recycling...
Craig Bouchard to step down as CEO of Braidy Industries
Braidy Industries has announced that Chairman and CEO Craig Bouchard will step down from his current position. But he will remain a member of Braidy Industries’ Board of Directors. President Tom Modrowski, who has been with Braidy since its inception, has been named interim CEO of Braidy Industries...
Production embarks at Wight Aluminium’s new Whanganui plant, NZ
The Group General Manager Des Benson of Wight Aluminium communicated that Whanganui plant embarked its production as on 13th January’20. The building comprises a huge floor size of 8000 square metres and it is erected in a new industrial area of Castlecliff. It took two long years to develop the...
Know How AlCircle’s third e-magazine “Aluminium Middle East: Focus 2020” took the internet by storm
We are once again more than happy to share the performance metrics of our third quarterly e-magazine “ Aluminium Middle East: Focus 2020 ”, which in just two months has achieved overwhelming responses from all over the world. In the era of advanced digital media when every outcome is measurable and...
Rusal invests 60 million roubles to modernise coke-calcining process at Volgograd aluminium smelter
United Company Rusal, one of the world’s largest aluminium companies by primary production output, has reportedly invested around 60 million roubles for modernising coke-calcining kiln at its Volgograd aluminium smelter. The modernisation of the kiln is for enhancing the environmental aspects of...
Australian Bauxite Ltd eyes at Aluminium Fluoride production plant in Bell Bay, Tasmania
Tasmania’s bauxite miner has declared a key appointment as it is moving ahead in regards to the production of booming aluminium fluoride through an unprecedented refining process. The Australian Bauxite Limited project is eyeing to steer the production plant at Bell Bay, north-west of Launceston....
Altech: Construction activities of HPA plant in Johor progressing ahead of schedule
Altech Chemicals Limited in its recent media release has updated the current status of the construction activities of its high purity alumina plant site in Johor, Malaysia. The company says the construction of the site’s electrical substation, which started in September 2019, is progressing ahead...
Metro holds 70% increase in shipping costs responsible for its declined profit margins
Australian exploration and mining company Metro Mining Limited said that its profit margin per wet metric tonne (wmt) decreased by 36 per cent in the fourth quarter ended on December 31, 2019. According to the company, increased shipping costs over the year by almost 70 per cent are responsible for...
Govt. of India “Says Yes” to reinstate the Aluminium Park in Odisha
Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Petroleum Minister, Govt. of India on 21 st January’20 declared that centre has agreed to reinstate the project for the up-gradation of infrastructure at the Angul Aluminum Park in Odisha. Mr. Pradhan expressed his gratitude towards Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal for...
Indonesian and Chinese companies sign US$ 695 million contract to build an alumina refinery
According to a recent report, Indonesian state-owned construction firm Pembangunan Perumahan (PP) and China Aluminium International Engineering Corporation Limited (CHALIECO) have signed a contract worth US$ 695 million to build an alumina refinery. As per the report, the refinery is to be...
Alcomet Bulgaria to install CNC machinery, advances its product portfolio
Alcomet, the Bulgarian aluminium products manufacturer made public on 20 th Jan’20 its intention to build a new building infrastructure and install computer numerical control (CNC) machinery. This will permit the company to stretch out its product portfolio. Alcomet in its statement said, “Before...
Exclusive Aluminium wheel plant in Eastern Europe for Audi and Volkswagen: Cromodora
The wheel maker Cromodora and the luxury carmaker Audi has sealed an agreement predominantly with a long-term cooperative undertaking that will stretch for ten years. Cromodora is coming up with a brand new aluminium wheel plant in Eastern Europe exclusively for Audi and the Volkswagen Group. The...
Pilot drilling validates premium-grade bauxite at Gaoual, Guinea: Lindian Resources
Lindian secured their interest in the Gaoual project, Guinea in April after signing an agreement with KB Bauxite Guinea SARLU and its sole shareholder Guinea Bauxite Pty Ltd. Lindian Resources initiated drilling at two locations where the land has been sanctioned for Gaoual Bauxite Project, West...
Audubon selects Corsicana in Texas for its second aluminium scrap sorting facility
Audubon Metals LLC, located in Henderson, Kentucky, has reportedly selected the city of Corsicana in Texas for building its second aluminium scrap sorting and aluminium alloys production facility. This project is Audubon’s old plan. In 2016, the company had negotiated with Bexar County in Texas to...
