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 receives approval from Malaysian Government for its alumina plant in Johor
The Malaysian Government finally gives a nod to Altech Chemicals for initiating a high purity alumina plant in Johor, with production capacity 4,500 tonnes per annum. Johor is located at the southern tip of mainland Malaysia. This news arrived following the last week’s news of Altech which said the...
Nalco to invest Rs. 7000 crore to Rs. 12000 crore for alumina refinery in Vishakapatnam
Odisha-based Asia’s largest integrated aluminium complex National Aluminium Company’s (Nalco) business expansion is on a roll. It is ready to invest INR 7000 crore to INR 12000 crore to set up a 1.4 million tonne or 2 million tonne alumina refinery in Vishakapatnam, as disclosed in an exclusive...
Ivorian Miner is in talks with Sumitomo for bauxite deposit venture worth $375 million
Lagune Exploitation Afrique in Ivory Coast reported that it is in talks with a unit of Sumitomo Corp. to build a partnership and develop a bauxite deposit and two alumina plants for 218 billion CFA francs (US$375 million). More details are not available yet other than the fact that Lagune is...
Alba Line 6 reach major milestone with pot shells’ fabrication complete
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)’s Chief Executive Officer, Tim Murray paid a scheduled visit to Ahmed Mansoor Al Aali (AMA Group), one of the major Bahraini contractors for its Line 6 Expansion Project, to celebrate the successful fabrication of 427 Pot Shells in early-May 2018. Murray was...
Chinalco signs a deal with Yunnan government and secures more smelting capacity
China’s largest state aluminium producer Chinalco is all set to close the gap on privately run China Hongqiao Group, the world’s top aluminium producer, as it signs a deal with the Yunnan government, which will give access to the company to more smelting capacity of around 1.6 million tonnes, with...
Alba’s Line 6 Expansion Project to boost GCC’s total aluminium production on completion
According to CEO Tim Murray, Alba would be achieving the aluminium production capacity of 1.5 million tonnes or 25 per cent of total output across the GCC, on completing Line 6 Expansion Project worth US$3billion. In an interview with Oxford Business Group’s online broadcasting channel, Global...
First stage of aluminium hydropower project in Yunnan to begin operations this June
According to the latest update by Shanghai Metal Market, the first stage of a hydropower project to produce and process aluminium in Zhaotong, in Yunnan province, is expected to start from June 1, 2018. A large number of aluminium companies are keen to tap Yunnan’s extensive hydropower capacity to...
Australia Bauxite Ltd. to fund Stage 1 of its bauxite refining project ALCORE
After almost two months, Tasmanian miner, Australia Bauxite Ltd. has made a significant progress with its bauxite refining project ALCORE. In our previous news, we had reported that engineering and cost study for the first stage was finished, including the construction of an engineering validation...
Ducab holds ground-breaking ceremony on its new global headquarter in Dubai
The UAE-based world’s leading manufacturer of copper and aluminium wire and cable products, Ducab, has broken ground on its new global headquarter at Jebel Ali free zone in Dubai. The ground-breaking ceremony was attended by leading Ducab officials including Chairman Jamal Salem Al Dhaheri, the...
Granco Clark expands its Belding Michigan facility by 50%
Granco Clark, Inc. has announced through a press release that they are expanding its manufacturing facility by 50% at its single facility in Belding Michigan. The company says in its press release that they are expanding their operations to cater to the aluminium extrusion market growth driven by...
China-based Henan Shenhuo to transfer its aluminium smelting capacity to Yunnan
According to a provincial government notice, the China-based company Henan Shenhuo Coal and Power Co, which is primarily engaged in ferrous metal processing, the coal mining, and deep processing electrolytic aluminium, is about to transfer more than 450,000 tonnes per year of aluminium smelting...
Braidy Industries to break ground on $1.3 billion aluminium rolling mill next month
Braidy Industries, a manufacturer of metals for transportation and defense industries, announced that it will break ground on its $1.3 billion aluminium rolling mill on Friday, June 1. The project will position Braidy Industries as the low-cost provider of 370,000 annual tonnes of production-ready...
Chalco to invest in Guinea’s Boffa bauxite project
China’s Aluminium Corp of China (Chalco) said in an exchange filing that its Hong Kong unit will invest up to $163.8 million in the Boffa bauxite project in Guinea, which has a total cost of $706 million. The board has approved the investment and the final decision awaits shareholders’ review and...
Constellium to expand Decin operations to meet soaring aluminium profiles demand
Constellium has planned to expand its operations in Decin, Czech Republic, to support increasing demand for hard and soft alloy profiles and bars from automotive customers across Europe. The expansion, which is scheduled for completion by October 2019, will include a new casthouse and extrusion...
Tradelink Window Solutions doubles aluminium capacity with new dedicated facility
Tradelink Window Solutions has doubled its aluminium manufacturing capacity with the inauguration of new dedicated facility. The company said that the aluminium facility will deliver aluminium glazing products to local installers even faster. The new plant means that Tradelink can offer aluminium...
Austal to invest in commercial shipbuilding expansion for large, high-speed aluminium vessel contracts
Just a few days after missing out on a role in the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) project, Austal Limited took a great pleasure to announce the details of its capacity expansion plans at Henderson, Western Australia, and the Philippines on Monday, May 14, 2018. Started off in 2017, this expansion...
Nalco works towards achieving revenue of INR 93.5 billion from operations in FY19
National Aluminium Company (Nalco), a navratna firm under Union Mines of Ministry, sets a goal to achieve revenue of INR 93.5 billion from operations in FY19, 15 per cent higher than the previous financial year. The company’s chairman and managing director Tapan K Chand has signed off on a...
Novelis breaks ground on $300 million automotive aluminium facility in Kentucky
Novelis Inc. has broken ground on its $300 million automotive aluminium sheet manufacturing facility in Guthrie, Kentucky. The 400,000 square foot facility will create approximately 125 jobs and produce annual nameplate capacity of 200 thousand tons. Image Source: novelis.com The aluminium rolling...
