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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EGA starts new spent pot lining pre-treatment and crusher facility in its Al Taweelah site
EGA has started a new AED 15 million spent pot lining pre-treatment and crusher facility in its Al Taweelah site for recycling spent pot lining to be used by UAE cement industry. The largest spent pot lining treatment facility in the Gulf will have a capacity to crush 60,000 tonnes of SPL annually....
Alcomet opens aluminium profiles production facility
Bulgarian rolled and extruded aluminium product manufacturer Alcomet has opened a new production facility for the production of aluminium profiles. The company also aims to enter the automotive parts industry, SeeNews reported on Monday, 20 May 2019. Alcomet offers a large variety of aluminium...
PT Inalum building an alumina refinery in Mempawah, West Kalimantan
PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium, better known as Inalum, is reportedly building an alumina refinery in Mempawah, West Kalimantan, the completion of which will save the company’s raw materials costs reaching US$200 million, said Executive Advisor Oggy A. Kosasih on Saturday, May 18. In addition, the...
Incat to build the ninth and world's largest aluminium ship for Buquebus
Tasmania shipbuilder Incat has reportedly bagged a contract to build the ninth and the world’s largest aluminium ship for its Latin American customer Buquebus. The ship will be 130-metre long and will operate between Argentina and Uruguay. As per the report, the project is worth around US$130...
Aluminium die-casting supplier Sundaram Clayton Limited opens a plant in Dorchester County
Sundaram Clayton Limited (SCL), a leading aluminium die-castings supplier to the automotive and non-automotive sector, has officially opened a plant in Dorchester County in the Lowcountry, a geographic and cultural region along South Carolina’s Coast. The project is worth US$90 million and is...
Alexandria Industries to expand production capacity with new aluminium extrusion press
Innovative contract manufacturer Alexandria Industries announced that it has invested in a new aluminium extrusion press. The new press will increase extrusion production capacity by 30 per cent. Made by Presezzi Extrusion Group (Vimercate, MB-Italy), the press will allow the company to extrude...
Gestamp plans to invest $13.4 million in Viohalco’s aluminium profiles production and processing businesses
Gestamp North Europe Services has reportedly expressed its intention to invest 23.5 million levs ($13.4 million/12.0 million euro) in acquiring major stakes of Viohalco’s aluminium profiles production and processing businesses – Etem Automotive Bulgaria and Etem Aluminium Extrusions by increasing...
Bilgin Yachts unveils second superyacht with aluminium superstructure in its 156 model series
Turkish shipyard Bilgin Yachts has reportedly launched the second superyacht in its 156 model series in a private ceremony at the yard's Kucukcekmece facility in Istanbul. The yacht named Lilium is 47.5-metre long and built from a steel hull and aluminium superstructure. As per the report, the...
Alba celebrates 5 million working-hours without Lost Time Injury
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) announced with a press release that it had successfully achieved a major Safety milestone of 5 million working-hours without Lost Time Injury (LTI) on 30 April 2019. The aluminium producer which has recently completed ramp–up of 212 pots or the 50% of its production...
Sohar Aluminium: Smelter of the Future
True to its reputation as a technology and innovation-driven company, Sohar Aluminium is harnessing the transformational potential of the 4th Industrial Revolution (a.k.a. Industry 4.0) in its quest to position itself as the ‘Smelter of the Future’. Its brief 10-year history as one of the Middle...
Tankoa Yachts launches new 50-metre S502 Hybrid superyacht with fully-aluminium interiors
Italian yacht builder Tankoa Yachts reportedly unveiled its new 50-metre S502 Hybrid superyacht Binta D’Or on May 7, 2019. Designed by Francesco Paszkowski in collaboration with Magherita Casprini, the interiors of the yacht are fully made of aluminium, representing light and modern tone. Binta...
Aluminium products maker Impol launches automotive production line
Slovenian aluminium products manufacturer Impol has launched a new automotive production line worth 6.5 million euros at its subsidiary TLM in Croatia. This would help the company to expand its cold rolling mill production as well as the production of a wider variety of new products. The facility...
Rio Tinto's Amrun project to drive Australia's growth as the leading global bauxite supplier in the coming decade
According to the latest report from Consultancy group Fitch Solutions, Australia is set to drive growth in the global bauxite sector, currently holding 12 of the 29 new bauxite projects. Rio Tinto’s Amrun project is expected to drive Australia’s global bauxite business. “While bauxite accounts for...
China’s Henan Shenhuo Group starts construction of an aluminium smelting project
China’s Henan Shenhuo Group announced that it started the construction of an aluminium smelting project investing around RMB 6.75 billion ($996.59 million). The company also said that its new project, located in the southwestern province of Yunnan, would be having an annual capacity of 900,000...
Australia, Guinea & Indonesia to lead bauxite mining till 2029: Source says
Global bauxite production is expected to rebound this year with new projects coming up in Guinea and Australia and with some expansions across India and Indonesia. Consultancy group Fitch Solutions notes that Australia is currently holding 12 of the 29 new bauxite projects, which is more than any...
Alcoa seeks to increase nameplate capacity of Pinjarra alumina refinery
The US-based world’s eighth largest aluminium producer Alcoa is reportedly planning to increase the nameplate capacity of its biggest alumina refinery at Pinjarra by almost 20 per cent. Per the report, the company has written an application to the Environmental Protection Authority seeking for an...
Hydro and Sowitec plan floating solar power project in Brazil
Norway-based aluminium producer Hydro and Germany-based renewable power developer Sowitec have planned to form a joint venture for the development of a large-scale floating solar power project on Lake Tucurui in the state of Pará, Brazil. If realized, the solar plant will produce electricity for...
Altech Chemicals raises the first steel at its HPA plant construction site
Altech Chemicals Limited announced that it has raised the first steel at its high purity alumina (HPA) plant construction site in Johor, Malaysia. Stage 1 construction of the Company’s HPA plant started in February 2019. The construction work is being done by a South African company Metix, a...
