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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CRN ready to launch its new custom megayacht made of steel and aluminium
Italian shipyard CRN is reportedly ready to launch its new custom megayacht M/Y 135 made of fully steel and aluminium. Since the 79-metre yacht was positioned on the slipway during the pre-launch, its sleek shape elegantly delineated by the smooth lines of the hull did awestruck the spectators. It...
Argentine aluminium producer Aluar starts a 50.4 MW wind park
Argentina-based aluminium producer Aluar Aluminio Argentino SAIC reportedly switched on a 50.4-MW wind park last week, located in the local province of Chubut. The wind park is named as Parque Ecolico Aluar and covers an area of 14,000 hectares. It has 14 wind turbines – all supplied by Vestas Wind...
Chinese A00 aluminium ingot price grows RMB40/t; Yunnan Aluminium to commission 100K tonnes of capacity
After an intermittent plunge yesterday from RMB 13,410 per tonne to RMB 13,350 per tonne, the A00 aluminium ingot price has once again recorded a rise today, on February 20, to RMB 13,390 per tonne. This marks a growth of RMB 40 per tonne, according to Shanghai Metals Market. But due to the fall...
Grasim Industries to acquire KPR’s Chlor-Alkali Business for INR253 crore
Grasim Industries Limited, a part of the Aditya Birla Group, signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Chlor-Alkali Business of K.P.R. Industries (India) Limited for INR253 crore in a cash deal. K.P.R. Industries’ Chlor-Alkali Business consists of an under-construction 200 TPD Chlor-Alkali...
India gets state-of-the-art Runaya Refining Project in Odisha
Honourable Chief Minister of Odisha, Shri Naveen Patnaik laid the foundation stone of Runaya Refining at Jharsuguda, today. The project is an end-to-end green solution for the recovery of aluminium and processing residual waste from Aluminium smelters. The ceremony was held in presence of Mr....
Braidy Industries seeks about US$800 million Federal loans for the aluminium rolling mill in Kentucky
A Courier-Journal reports that Braidy Industries that is constructing a massive aluminium rolling mill in north-eastern Kentucky in the U.S. is now seeking a new loan of up to US$800 million. The company is applying for the loan under a federal program that hasn’t given out a loan to any company in...
Tenova LOI to supply and install aluminium recycling furnace to Fonderie Pandolfo
Tenova LOI Thermprocess, a supplier of custom heat treatment lines and specialist in aluminium scrap recycling equipment, announced that it will supply aluminium recycling furnace to Fonderie Pandolfo, the recycling and melting company in Italy. Tenova LOI Thermprocess has received the contract for...
ARD Aluminium signs agreement with BOI to manufacture aluminium food containers, foil wraps
ARD Aluminium (Pvt) Ltd will construct a US$ 1.7 million manufacturing facility at Mirigama Economic Processing Zone (EPZ) in Sri Lanka. The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka and ARD Aluminium (Pvt) Ltd signed an agreement to build a plant for the production of aluminium food containers with lids...
Viridor announces a £15.4m investment in Masons Recycling Facility
Viridor, one of the UK’s leading recycling, renewable energy and waste management companies, will invest £15.4 million in the Masons Materials Recycling Facility near Ipswich. The investment, a part of a 10-year contract renewal between Suffolk County Council and Viridor, will increase capacity...
Bahrain’s Alba targets Line 6 full ramp-up within Q3 2019
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), soon to be the largest aluminium smelter in the world, announced that its flagship Line 6 Expansion Project is progressing as per schedule with the successful testing of 40 pots which are now fully operational. Alba Chairman Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al...
AMAG opens new high-tech cladding station for multilayer material composites
AMAG,a leading Austrian premium supplier of high-quality aluminium cast and flat rolled products, announced that its newly constructed cladding station was officially commissioned on Monday, February 11, 2019. Helmut Wieser, Management Board Chairman (CEO) of AMAG, said: "The new plants expands our...
Iran’s aluminium production up 5% YoY in ten-month period
Iran Aluminum Company, Hormozal Aluminum Company, and Almahdi Aluminum Company in Iran produced over 267,000 tonnes of aluminium during the first ten months of the Iranian calendar year (through January 20). This marked an increase of 5 per cent from the same period last year. Three major Iranian...
Arconic to invest $100 million to expand hot mill capability in Tennessee Operations facility
Arconic Inc. announced it will invest nearly $100 million to expand its Tennessee Operations facility near Knoxville, Tennessee. The company will expand its hot mill capability and add downstream equipment capabilities to manufacture industrial and automotive aluminium products. The company said...
Pilot processing plant to help FYI Resources to build HPA plant
FYI Resources declared that it will get help from a pilot processing plant for getting offtake partners and finances to build high purity alumina (HPA) plant. FYI will build a smaller and cheaper version of pilot plant as part of advance studies into its Cadoux project in Western Australia. The...
JW Aluminum ranks fourth in Top Economic Development Announcements of 2018
JW Aluminum, which makes flat-rolled aluminium products, ranked fourth in the Top Economic Investment Announcements of 2018. According to the South Carolina Department of Commerce Annual Industrial Recruitment Report, the company’s $255 million expansion project secured the no.4 spot on the...
Andhra Pradesh to roll out 10 lakh EVs and 1 lakh charging station by 2024
Following Delhi and Kerala, Andhra Pradesh now aims at deploying 10 lakh electric vehicles across all segments and 1 lakh charging station in the next five years. The news came after Chandrababu Naidu-led government rolled out its electric vehicle policy on Wednesday, February 7. Per the report,...
An interview with Fiona Solomon, CEO of the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI)
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) is a global, multi-stakeholder, non-profit standards setting and certification organisation that aims to recognise and foster the responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium. ASI is the result of producers, users and stakeholders in the...
Dudley’s Aluminium begins Exeter’s coach station work
A Cardiff-based aluminium fabricator Dudley’s Aluminium has reportedly begun work on the transformation of Exeter’s former bus and coach station into student accommodation, securing the £500,000 contract with Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd. Exeter’s new student accommodation is expected to reopen as...
