The US Department of Justice has urged a court to dismiss Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s lawsuit filed on the proposed USD 4 billion Oklahoma aluminium smelter, arguing that the project would strengthen national and economic security. The move comes as the joint venture of Emirates...
Oceania’s primary aluminium industry is facing a fragmented energy transition. While Australia, the leading aluminium producer of the continent, has abundant renewable resources and a well-established aluminium value chain, its smelters remain significantly more dependent on fossil-fuel-based...
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Vedanta Aluminium has scaled up billet production at its Jharsuguda facility in Odisha, lifting total capacity to 830 KTPA and pushing the operation into the league of the world’s largest billet manufacturing sites. The expansion reflects the company’s continued shift toward value-added aluminium...
Japanese automotive supplier Aisin is moving to expand its electric-vehicle supply chain footprint in North America, announcing a new manufacturing venture in Canada focused on aluminium components. The company said it will form a joint venture with Toyota Tsusho and Taiwan’s Minth Group to produce...
Spanish-founded multinational company Exlabesa is about to invest EUR 40 million (USD 47.17 billion) in its Coimbra plant in Portugal, to turn the site into a focal point for the aluminium industry. The aluminium industry in Portugal is going through a phase of modernisation, shaped by growing...
Image source: VIETNAM.VN Vietnam’s Lam Dong Province has approved plans to expand two alumina projects with a total investment of VND 59.855 trillion (USD2.3 billion), a move that places the developments among the most significant industrial undertakings the province has seen to date. The decision...
The SECO/WARWICK Group will deliver a continuous Controlled Atmosphere Brazing (CAB) line to a Chinese manufacturer specialising in thermal solutions. This is the first project carried out for this Partner. The equipment will be used to braze a variety of components, ranging from cooling plates for...
The global aluminium downstream is blending new capacity, tech upgrades and innovative applications in packaging, mobility and advanced manufacturing. The industry is seeing everything from investments in integrated foil and FRP to design-focused architectural solutions and localising equipment and...
The order book of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), the state-owned engineering giant, received a boost by landing a significant contract for power equipment at an aluminium manufacturing facility in Odisha. For this order book, the company received a boiler turbine generator package, which...
Alumil India, the fully-owned Indian subsidiary of Alumil Group, one of the global pioneers in designing and manufacturing of high-quality architectural aluminium systems, is set to significantly strengthen its customer engagement strategy with plans to open new experience showrooms in Ludhiana,...
With plans for an 880 MW solar-plus-storage project in California, private equity firm Younan Company is entering the US clean energy market as it decides to diversify beyond its conventional real estate and hospitality portfolio. To know more about the global primary aluminium industry 2026...
In a major move to strengthen its industrial base and cut reliance on imports, Uzbekistan has secured support from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for its first greenfield aluminium can production facility, a strategic investment that could reshape the nation’s packaging landscape and...
A prominent player in the sustainable energy sector, Atlas Renewable Energy, announced a new power purchase agreement (PPA) with a significant energy trading company in Colombia. With this deal, the development of the El Campano Solar Plant in the northern part of Colombia gets the nudge to proceed...
The US-based alternative investment firm, Stonepeak, is looking to undertake a 15 per cent stake in AM Green, the holding company of green energy, which is in advanced discussion now. With this, India is on the route to becoming one of the largest energy deals. The base of the deal It can be...
Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ: CENX) today announced the sale of the Hawesville, Kentucky site, which will be redeveloped by TeraWulf Inc. (NASDAQ:WULF) into a digital infrastructure campus supporting high-performance computing and artificial intelligence workloads. Century will retain a...
The government of Odisha, in the presence of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, allotted Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium products , with land for over 1,447 acres, as a significant industrial push. This land has been provided to the firm for developing a 3 MTPA smelter...
Canadian Energy Metals Corporation (CEM) has released a Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) for its Thor Project in Saskatchewan. It outlines the potential for a globally significant, Chemical-Grade and High-Purity alumina stock during the times of high aluminium demand, as aluminium supply...
Over the next five years, the domestic aluminium billet market will exhibit a pattern of "dual growth in supply and demand but persistent surplus, optimisation of capacity structure, and intensified demand divergence." The industry is shifting from scale expansion to quality improvement. I. Supply...
Brazilian Rare Earths Limited has reported steady progress in the operational front of Amargosa Bauxite Project during the three months ended December 31, 2025, with significant growth achieved in the segments of project development, strategic partnerships and balance sheet strength. During the...
Alpha HPA, the high-purity alumina producer, launched an institutional placement worth USD 225 million. This fund will directly aid in the construction and commercialisation of the institute, which also includes an additional USD 75 million as a pre-committed by the National Reconstruction Fund...
