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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CMS Window Systems secures £10m contract for supply of aluminium windows & doors
CMS Window Systems has secured a contract worth over £10m for the Atlantic Square development in Glasgow, which is being built by BAM Construction. The company will design, manufacture and install a range of aluminium windows, doors and façade elements for the mixed-use development. “Atlantic...
EGA announces completion of calcination process facility of Al Taweelah alumina refinery
Emirates Global Aluminium announced the completion of the calcination process facility of Al Taweelah alumina refinery after more than 2.4 million hours of work. Al Taweelah alumina refinery is the first to be built in the UAE to secure alumina needs of the UAE’s aluminium industry needs. The...
Crown Holding reports net sales of 2,197m in Q1 2018, plans to build third beverage can line in Q4
Crown Holdings, Inc. announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018. The company reported net sales of $2,197 million in Q1 2018, from $1,901 million in Q1 2017, reflecting increased beverage can volumes, the pass through of higher material costs to customers, and $121...
Metalcorp plans to invest at its BAGR Berliner Aluminiumwerk
Metalcorp Group B.V., one of the leading manufacturers of secondary aluminium ingots in Europe, has planned to make investments in a second continuous casting line and a homogenisation plant at BAGR Berliner Aluminiumwerk GmbH. BAGR Berliner Aluminiumwerk GmbH specializes in producing rolling slabs...
Triangles Cycling starts aluminium frame production in Europe
Triangles Cycling Equipment has taken the next major step in its launch of aluminium frame production in Europe. After the initial start of the production in October 2016 with a small batch of test frames, the manufacturer gradually increased volumes as well as the complexity of frames produced,...
Alba receives the largest rectiformer in the world for Line 6 Expansion Project
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) kicked-off the 2nd quarter of 2018 with the safe delivery of two of six rectifier transformer units to Line 6 Expansion Project Site. The world’s largest rectifier transformer (rectiformer) rated at 120 kA at 1880V DC, is designed and built by Fuji Electric, Japan....
Magna to open its new aluminium casting facility in Telford this week
Magna International will open its new aluminium casting facility in Telford, United Kingdom on Thursday, April 19. The new castings facility will supply automotive aluminium products to Jaguar Land Rover. Image Source: www.shropshirestar.com The 225,000 square foot aluminium casting facility at...
Odisha to roll out integrated coach factory for aluminium-bodied train by 2020
News on aluminium-bodied train sets ‘Train 20’ is strolling on the internet since long while apprising us with all the latest updates that the train sets, estimated to cost INR 2,500 crore would start rolling out of the Railways’ Integrated Coach Factory (ICF) near Chennai by 2020, followed by...
Bauxite Angola’s mining project in Guinea-Bissau soon to restart
The prolonged wait of an Angolan company Bauxite Angola for resuming its cooperation project, particularly for exploring bauxite deposits seems to finally come to an end in 2018. In 2007, Bauxite Angola had secured rights to the bauxite reserves in Guinea Bissau and in April 2012, the project was...
Aeromet secures funding to further develop A20X aluminium alloy for AM
Aeromet International, a leading supplier of aluminium and magnesium castings and fully-finished, assembly ready cast parts for the aerospace and defence industries, has secured funding from the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (NATEP) to further develop the innovative A20X...
John Holland uses solid aluminium sheets in AutoHaus project to substitute aluminium composite cladding
Builder John Holland has ended an issue over aluminium cladding on its $100 million AutoHaus Newstead project in Brisbane by using a solid aluminium sheet that avoids flammability. AutoHaus project was getting delayed by a disagreement between its cladding fabricator and supplier over the fire...
Century Aluminum to invest US$116.5 million to upgrade Hawesville smelter and create new jobs
Century Aluminum, a global producer of primary aluminum has created a buzz with an announcement that it is going to invest US$116.5 million for the improvement of one of its smelters in Hawesville, Kentucky and offer jobs to 250 personnel. This announcement was made on Wednesday April 4, 2018 by...
Sanjeev Gupta's GFG Alliance to manufacture Formula 1-inspired EVs in India and Australia
Business tycoon Sanjeev Gupta's GFG Alliance, which has been on an acquisitions spree since 2013 including deals in Europe, the U.S. and Australia for steel mills, aluminium smelters, energy producers and auto- components manufacturers, will build EV plants as part of his venture into the auto...
EGA and Abu Dhabi Ports open dedicated container freight station at Khalifa Port
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, and Abu Dhabi Ports have opened a facility which will reduce trucking of EGA’s aluminium within Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD) by over 290,000 kilometres per year, reducing costs...
MMPIL IPO’s anchor portion oversubscribed; a turning point for aluminium products
Old Bridge’s Vantage Equity Fund and Raisonneur Capital jointly subscribed to the entire anchor portion of IPO, issued by Maharashtra based company MMP Industries Ltd. The company was formed in the year 1983 and primarily engaged in manufacturing aluminium powder and paste since then. The total...
ICF strikes 2,500th mark for the first time: aims to craft aluminium coaches from 2020
General Manager of Integral Coach Factory S. Mani declared on Saturday 31st March, 2018 that the company will start manufacturing aluminium coaches from 2020. This is going to be a significant step towards crafting light-weight rail coaches, at par with international standards. At an event to mark...
Australia Bauxite Ltd reports progress on ALCORE bauxite mining project
According to the report, Tasmanian miner, Australia Bauxite Ltd has pulled up its socks to inaugurate its bauxite refining project ALCORE, at Bald Hill near Campbell Town. The work is progressing in full swing and is expected to supersize the miner’s profits from bauxite once established. Chief...
Mechatherm International secures £25 million furnaces order
Kingswinford-based Mechatherm International has secured £25 million order to supply one of the largest aluminium producers in the Middle East with furnaces. Mechatherm International supplies furnaces and casting machines to the aluminium industry. The company plans to its first office in Dubai...
