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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8Sigma to implement MES solutions at Ma’aden Aluminium's automotive sheet plant in Ras Al Khair
Ma’aden Aluminium has announced the decision to digitalize their Automotive Sheet plant by implementing software solution Manufacturing Execution System (MES) by 8Sigma. 8Sigma has developed its own solution 8Sigma MES and has proved their expertise by working on some of the key projects in the...
Sino-Saudi joint venture plans to set up integrated aluminium complex in Egypt
According to a recent report, a Sino-Saudi joint venture is planning to establish an integrated aluminium complex in Egypt. The news came after trade and industry ministry of Egypt announced it officially on Thursday, July 25. The ministry said in a statement that the joint venture is between...
Lindian Resources to raise fund for inaugural drilling programme at Gaoual Bauxite Project
Lindian Resources Limited has reportedly received approval for raising a fund of up to $1.3 million from professional and sophisticated investors to be used to undertake the company’s inaugural drilling programme at the Gaoual Bauxite Project in Guinea. The $1.3 million includes $200,000 from...
2a S.p.A. USA plans to invest US$15 million to expand its aluminium foundry in Auburn to cater to automotive sector
2a S.p.A., an Italian die-casting company, plans to invest US$15 million to expand its foundry in Auburn in eastern Alabama, which caters to major automobile and heavy truck makers. With this expansion 2a USA will double the Auburn facility’s current die-casting area and create more than 50 jobs....
Alba Line 6 expansion project on last stage of construction; chairman inspects startup progress
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba)’s Line 6 expansion project is at the final stage of construction and the Chairman of Alba’s Board of Directors Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa, visited Line 6 on Sunday 21 July 2019, to inspect the progress of the last stage of the potline. He also witnessed the...
OCEA launches world's largest aluminium OPV for the Coast Guard of the Philippines
French shipyard OCEA launched OPV 270, its largest vessel to date, solely designed and built by them, on July 17 2019 at its shipyard in Les Sables d’Olonne. The 84 meters long OPV 270 was selected by the Coast Guard of the Philippines and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) during an...
Indonesia’s mining giant plans to invest billions in expanding aluminium smelting
Indonesia is reportedly planning to spend billions of dollars in building aluminium and nickel smelters and reshaping its mining industry, in a bid to cut decades-long dependence on costly imports to meet domestic demand. Report says the Southeast Asian country is seeking to make building smelters...
Tenova TAKRAF completes performance test for bauxite-carrying trains at CBG expansion project in Guinea
Tenova TAKRAF, an integrated solutions provider to the global mining, bulk material handling and minerals processing sector says that a 48-hour performance test is successfully completed for bauxite-carrying trains in Kamsar, Guinea on July 1. Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) has started a a...
Braidy Industries lacks enough private investment to construct its aluminium rolling mill; seeks alternative financing
According to a regulatory filing on Monday, Braidy Industries still lacks about US$300 million in private investment to fund construction of its Kentucky aluminium rolling mill. The filing also says that half of Rusal’s US$200 million investment in the mill is dependent on Braidy’s ability to raise...
ERG launches electrofilter renewal project at its Pavlodar Alumina refinery in Kazakhstan
A project for replacement of gas cleaning equipment of a sintering shop has been launched at Aluminium of Kazakhstan JSC, an enterprise of The Eurasian Resources Group (ERG). The project with an investment of 200 million euro will be completed in phases, a company statement confirmed. Aluminium of...
Altech Chemicals provides update on the construction activities at its high purity alumina (HPA) plant
Altech Chemicals Limited has provided an update on the current status of Stage 1 construction activities at its high purity alumina (HPA) plant site in Johor, Malaysia. Stage one construction work is progressing as planned. They have finished erection of the steel structure for the maintenance...
“The electricity generated by Tonstad Vindpark will allow for Norsk Hydro to produce approximately 50,000 tons of aluminium,” Henriette Sarah Holberg, Head of Communications, TONSTAD Vindpark
Project Tonstad is an under construction wind farm in the south of Norway and will be one of the largest in the country. Once complete, the project will supply all electricity generated, to the Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro through an off-take agreement. Henriette Sarah Holberg is the Head of...
Uniprom opens silumin alloys production unit at its local aluminium smelter KAP
Montenegrin aluminium company Uniprom has reportedly opened a silumin alloys production unit worth 10 million euro or $11.3 million at its local aluminium smelter KAP. The news arrived after the government officially announced about the opening of the manufacturing unit on Monday, July 15. At this...
Nalco to diversify into merchant mining; high-end alloy and lithium battery production on the card
Nalco is looking at venturing out beyond aluminium to invest in value added segments like production of high-end alloys for space vehicles and electric cars and lithium battery production; the company chairman TK Chand said this in an interview to Economic Times. The company is also planning to...
Gravita Tanzania starts aluminum cast alloy production at its 6000 tpy aluminium recycling plant
Gravita's step down subsidiary starts production of Aluminum Cast Alloys in Tanzania Gravita India, a leading Indian multinational company having state-of-the-art Lead and Aluminium processing unit at Jaipur (Rajasthan), has announced that its Tanzania based step down subsidiary, Gravita Tanzania...
YCM’s first zero emission committee boat with aluminium to be delivered in 2020
At the sixth annual Monaco Solar & Energy Boat Challenge on July 6th to 7th, the Yacht Club de Monaco (YCM), in presence of HSH Prince Albert II - the yacht club's President, revealed that it was planning to construct the first Zero Emission Committee Boat. The size of the boat will be11.5-metre...
Vedanta to invest INR 55,000 crore for enhancing production; Integrated aluminium output to be grown 50%
Vedanta Limited, at its 54th annual general meeting in Mumbai on July 11, announced that it would invest INR 55,000 crore across its business to increase production by about 50 per cent. The company also said that it would fund this investment from its internal cash flows. Addressing shareholders...
Aluminium light alloy yachts specialist Baglietto launches its first ever largest vessel
On Saturday, July 6, Italian yard Baglietto launched its 55-metre motor yacht named Severin°s. It is the largest vessel ever built by Baglietto. Also known as hull No. 10225, the vessel reflects the yard’s traditional Italian style, along with the lowered gunwales and side air vents. Francesco...
