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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Altech Chemicals reports steady development in HPA site in its September quarterly report
Altech Chemicals published Quarterly Report for September 2018. The company organized the official ground breaking ceremony for Altech’s held at Johor HPA site during this quarter. The Australian High Commissioner and German Ambassador to Malaysia unveiled official opening plaque. The ceremony was...
Hungarian consortium led by Martin Metals working on ways to recycle red sludge
According to a report by MTI on Tuesday, October 30, a Hungarian consortium is working on ways to recycle alumina refinery residues, also known as red sludge, in a HUF 1.5 billion project supported by the European Union. The R&D project, which will run until 2021, is supported by more than HUF 1...
Nalco projects Odisha aluminium hub at International Mining and Resources Conference in Melbourne
One of the world’s largest mining and resources conference, the International Mining and Resources Conference is being held from October 29 to November 1 at Melbourne, Australia, the leading mining hub of the world. The conference is being attended by over 6,000 delegates from more than 90...
CanPack inaugurates new aluminium can production line at its Bucharest plant
CanPack, the only aluminium beverage can producer in Romania, has inaugurated a new production line at its Bucharest plant, with an investment of over EUR 50 million. The new line will allow the company to increase its production capacity from 950 million to 1.55 billion cans per annum. The company...
Alba signs deal with Fluorsid for smelter grade Aluminium Fluoride
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) has secured a long-term agreement with Italian fluorochemicals producer Fluorsid S.p.A. for the supply of smelter grade Aluminium Fluoride (ALF3). Fluorsid will meet the bulk of Alba’s yearly ALF3 requirements for its annual metal production. Alba said the deal comes as...
Chalco starts construction work of its Boffa bauxite mine in Guinea
Aluminium Corporation of China Limited, known as Chalco, officially announced on its website on Monday, October 29, that it started the construction work of its Boffa bauxite mine in Guinea. According to the Reuters report, the company held the groundbreaking ceremony on Sunday, October 28, at...
Granges to invest SEK 400 million to improve efficiency and expand capacity at Finspång facility
Gränges,a global supplier of rolled aluminium products for heat exchanger applications and other niche markets, announced it will invest SEK 400 million to improve efficiency and expand the production facility in Finspång. Finspång facility, which produces advanced aluminium materials for heat...
JW Aluminum to install new 84 Inch Wide Tension Leveling and Slitting Line at its Goose Creek, South Carolina plant
JW Aluminum, a leading domestic manufacturer of flat rolled aluminum, is investing $8.5 million to install a new tension leveling and slitting line at its Goose Creek, South Carolina facility. The new coil processing equipment, custom built by Red Bud Industries and Machine Concepts, is designed to...
Odisha Govt Clears Hindalco’s Rs 5,000 Crore Investment Proposal
The Odisha government on Thursday cleared a big ticket project proposal of Hindalco Industries Ltd worth Rs 5,000 crore. The State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) in its meeting on Thursday recommended a proposal of Hindalco Industries Limited to set up an aluminum flat rolled...
Industrial Project Innovation (IPI) selected as construction manager for an aluminium rolling mill in US
Another step is taken to turn Braidy Atlas LLC $1.6 billion state-of-the-art aluminium rolling mill into a reality. The company has selected Industrial Project Innovation LLC (IPI) to serve as construction manager, with assigned roles like program planning, construction management, project cost,...
UTAS developing silver-based aluminium alloy for use in aircraft wheels for better strength and corrosion resistance
Aircraft wheels demand greater durability, robust corrosion resistance, low maintenance and lighter weight. But the wheels get affected from multiple corrosive elements like carbon dust and are susceptible to damage from high impact and fatigue loads. Dutch Kipp, engineering director for Landing...
Volkswagen starts construction of EV plant in Shanghai, expects to launch first EV by 2020
Volkswagen Group has started construction of its electric vehicles plant in a joint venture with SAIC Motor Corp. in Shanghai. The US$2.5 billion factory will start production of electric vehicles based on VW’s MEB platform in 2020. According to the company update, the plant will build EVs and...
Sundaram-Clayton inaugurates new machined castings foundry in Chennai
Automotive components manufacturer Sundaram-Clayton Ltd (SCL) has opened a new machined castings foundry at Oragadam, near Chennai, in Tamil Nadu. The new facility, which was inaugurated by Young Key Koo, Managing Director and CEO of Hyundai Motor India Ltd, has been established with an investment...
SeaLink’s first new lightweight aluminium vessel to start operating end 2019
The United Kingdom-based ferry company SeaLink said that it would build the first new vessel at Richardson Devine Marine (RDM) in Goodwood, Hobart, adding that the service of the new vessel would expectedly start in December 2019. The service of the second new vessel is expected to launch in 2021....
Braidy Industries aluminium rolling mill gets US$4 million grant from the federal government
The proposed Braidy Industries aluminium rolling mill complex near Ashland, Kentucky, will reportedly receive a US$4 million grant from the federal government to finance the construction process. An Associated Press news story says the money has been awarded by the Kentucky Energy and Environment...
ABx Announces Completion Of Design Phase In ALCORE Aluminium Fluoride Project
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) revealed yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidary ALCORE Limited recently completed the design phase of its Stage 1 project to produce aluminium fluoride (AlF 3 ), putting it ahead of the firm’s original production schedule. Per ABx’s press release, ALCORE is now...
Alba Chairman visits Line 6 Smelter Project as the commissioning comes closer
Alba’s Line 6 Expansion Project (Line 6 Smelter and Power Expansion Project) is brimming with all kinds of activities as the company progresses towards achieving the First Hot Metal on 01 January 2019, said the Chairman of Alba’s Board of Directors, Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa during...
Altus sells out 50% stake in Cameroonian bauxite JV
Project generator Altus Strategies has agreed to sell off its 50% stake in the Birsok bauxite project in Cameroon. The company generated £3 million (US$3.96 million) in shares and a US$1.50 per tonne royalty. Canyon Resources bought the 50% stake in the project and became the existing joint venture...
