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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Australian Bauxite estimates of Binjour Project Reserves double to 37 million tonnes
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) advised the global market yesterday that the reserves at the Binjour Project site are now estimated to total 37 million metric tons, 51 percent above previous estimates for the project. ABx says the results are gleaned from samples taken from over nine hundred drill...
JISCO to invest $3 billion to develop Gansu Industrial Park and Special Economic Zone
Gansu Industrial Park and Special Economic Zone in Nain, St. Elizabeth, where China-based Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO) operates the Alpart alumina refinery is going to get a facelift, as the company itself will invest over US$3 billion for the development. Pivotal to Jamaica’s Logistics...
Rio Tinto obtains infrastructure material for its $2.6 billion Amrun bauxite project
Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest metals and mining corporations, has reported the receipt of vital infrastructure pieces for its US$2.6 billion Amrun bauxite project on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. The infrastructure pieces include 550t stacker and 1700t reclaimer, which arrived after 16...
Sapa Building System supplies windows system to Newcastle’s student accommodation Verde
Sapa Building System, one of the largest suppliers of aluminium building systems in Europe, has supplied 770 windows to Newcastle’s latest student accommodation. Known as Verde, this is the fourth and final phase of the £250 million Downing Plaza development. Sapa systems were also used on the...
Constellations bags grand prize in Quebec aluminium design competition
Constellations and the Sans détour projects are the two winners of Quebec aluminium design competition “Architecture and community commitment: A tale of aluminium”, organised by the Centre d’expertise sur l’aluminium (CeAl) and Alcoa Innovation. The main motive of this competition is to promote the...
China to set up first aluminium factory in Ethiopia for US$13.8 million
Rifeng, the global leading piping system supplier in China is ready to build the first aluminium pipe factory in Ethiopia by spending US$13.8 million. The company’s aim is to expand its business by tapping into the existing market in South Africa. Till date, Ethopia, despite being a prime importer...
First Bauxite secures second bridge loan for Bonasika Bauxite Project
First Bauxite Corporation said that it has secured a second bridge loan for its Bonasika Bauxite Project located in Guyana. Resource Capital Fund VI L.P. (RCF VI) will provide additional financing under a second bridge loan facility to the company in the principal amount of up to US$10 million. The...
Altech Chemicals signs $60 million stream finance term sheet for its HPA project
Altech Chemicals announced yesterday, June 14, 2018, that it has signed a US$60 million stream finance term sheet with a US-based global alternative investment group for its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) project. Global HPA demand in 2016 was approximately 25,315 tonnes per annum and is likely...
East Cowes boat building firm to build an improved aluminium firefighting vessel
A boat building firm, based at East Cowes, has won a bid to build a new range of aluminium firefighting vessel. One of UK’s leading independent shipbuilders in East Cowes Aluminium Marine Consultants has partnered with firefighting equipment supplier Angloco and naval architect Walker Marine Design...
Showa Aluminum Can opens new aluminium can plant in Vietnam
Showa Aluminum Can Corporation (SAC), a consolidated subsidiary of Showa Denko (SDK), announced the completion of its subsidiary’s new aluminium cans facility in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam. The new Hanacans factory is its second production base in Vietnam, with an annual production capacity of 700...
Chalco targets Boffa bauxite project in Guinea by end-2019
According to the report by Reuters, Aluminium Corp of China (Chalco) has signed an agreement with Guinea government, on June 8 in Conakry, to develop the Boffa bauxite project in the west of the country. According to the agreement signed, Chalco Guinea Company would be granted mining licenses for...
Hazelett Casting Process Selected for JW Aluminum Expansion
Hazelett Corporation confirms that the Hazelett Twin-belt Continuous Casting Process will be utilized for the JW Aluminum expansion announced today. “This new facility will be a model for the most cost-effective and energy efficient sheet production in North America,” said Mr. David Hazelett,...
Australian Mines confirms partnership with Metalysis for aluminium-scandium alloy
With the aim to accelerate revenue generation and shareholder value at the flagship project Sconi in Queensland, the metals explorer Australian Mines (ASX: AUZ) confirms its partnership deal with UK-based technology company Metalysis. The company intends to commercialise the high-purity scandium...
JW Aluminum to invest $255 million in its Mount Holly flat rolled aluminium plant
JW Aluminum, a manufacturer of flat-rolled aluminium products used in a variety of consumer and commercial applications, has announced that it will invest $255 million in an expansion of its Mount Holly flat rolled aluminium plant in Goose Creek, South Carolina. The expansion includes the...
India will see threefold increase in aluminium consumption by 2030: NALCO CMD
NALCO Chairman cum Managing Director Tapan Kumar Chand said consumption of aluminium is set to triple by 2030 in India and aluminium producers have to increase its manufacturing capabilities to meet the demand. Dr. Chand said India will have more than double of the existing aluminium consumption...
China Hongqiao signs financing deal to upgrade manufacturing facilities
The world’s biggest aluminium producer China Hongqiao Group has signed a financing agreement with Industrial Bank Co Ltd for RMB 30 billion for the upgradation of its manufacturing facilities, Reuters reported. Industrial Bank will provide Group and its subsidiaries with services including...
ATEK Metal Technologies expands its plant to meet aluminium castings demand
ATEK Metal Technologies, a permanent mold foundry, is expanding its plant and technical capabilities to keep up with increasing demand for aluminium castings. The expansion is expected to be completed by the end of 2018.ATEK sells thousands of aluminium castings each day from its New Hampton plant...
Inductotherm - Banyard to supply 2x Banyard LFi Smart system to Hydro PTT plant
Inductotherm - Banyard has announced the successful contract for supply to Hydro Precision Tubing Tonder (HPTT) plant in Denmark, with imminent dispatch of 2x Banyard LFi Smart systems, which consists of 2x Zero Friction, Multi-layer, Multi Zone coil Induction Heaters for 9” aluminium billets, to...
