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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Mytilineos looks to finalize alumina investment this month
Mytilineos, a Greece-based industrial group, will soon become Europe’s biggest alumina producer after finalizing a $400 million alumina investment at a meeting on December 22. The company is expected to start construction of new alumina refinery in 2018. Mytilineos' Chief Executive Officer...
Dutch lifeboat maker to deliver the world’s first aluminium freefall lifeboats
The Netherlands based lifeboat manufacturer Verhoef has won the first delivery contract of aluminium freefall lifeboats for the Valhall Flank West project in Norway. The lifeboats with electric propulsion named Valhall Flank West will be used for the first time on the Norwegian Continental Shelf...
Alba is the first aluminium smelter to use the GE 9HA GT
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), home-base of the Line 6 Expansion Project, set the benchmark for sustainable power generation with the successful installation of the first H-class General Electric (GE) 9HA Gas Turbine (GT) at its Power Station (PS) 5. With this, Alba has become the first aluminium...
Italy’s ASSOMET and AMAFOND to sign MoU for Angul aluminium park in January
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) CMD and Aluminium Association of India (AAI) Chairman Tapan Kumar Chand yesterday met the Italian Industry delegation at Bhubaneswar for a talk over prospective collaboration between Aluminium Industries of India and Italy. The Italian delegation was led...
SHoP extends Santa Fe art gallery with folded aluminium corner
For the renovation of contemporary art gallery SITE Santa Fe, New York-based SHoP Architects has added a pair of pointed courtyards wrapped with diamond-patterned perforated aluminium. SHoP Architects renovated and extended SITE Sante Fe's former beer warehouse building to create extra gallery...
Bauxite projected to bounce back in 2018
The bauxite industry is likely to see improvements in its performance with the increase in world demand for aluminum, and the construction of a new mine in 2018. The construction of a mine at Bonasika next year is anticipated to benefit the industry with added productive capacity, Minister of...
Aluminium product supplier receives funding for its exclusive rights technology
Advanced light-weighting technology developer Impression Technologies secured funding to develop and validate HFQ Technology. The project value is £ 9.5 million, with £ 4.8 million in funding through the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK Ltd (APC). Jonathan Watkins, Impression Technologies’ CEO said:...
JISCO exports its first alumina from Alpart Refinery
Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO) exported 35,000 tonnes of alumina from the Alpart Refinery for the first time on Thursday, November 23. The cargo is estimated to arrive in China by the end of the year. The company will spend around US$3 billion over a period of three years for upgrading the...
Scandium International advances Nyngan Scandium Project in Australia
Scandium International Mining Corp. (SCY) has instructed its EPCM contractor Lycopodium to commence critical path engineering on Nyngan Scandium Project in NSW, Australia. The company is expected to begin scandium production in first half 2019. SCY is focused on developing the Project into the...
Spectro Alloys to expand its Minnesota aluminium recycling facility
Spectro Alloys Corp has announced $5.5 million expansion at its Rosemount aluminium recycling facility in Minnesota. The expansion will not only boost recycling capabilities but also create jobs and improve melting safety and efficiency by reducing gas and electricity consumption. The company...
Waste recycling machines at Hyderabad International Airport to recycle aluminium cans
Waste recycling is to start right at the moment a passenger lands at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport. GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), which operates the airport, is readying to install waste recycling machines to motivate people to recycle used aluminium beverage...
Leicester university scientists win EU funding for their novel aluminium battery project
A team of researchers at the University of Leicester has won funding from the European Union for their work into a novel battery type based on aluminium and sulphur. Professor Karl Ryder and Professor Andy Abbott from the Materials Centre in the Department of Chemistry who are heading the team aim...
Arconic to install a new horizontal heat treat furnace at Davenport Works facility
Arconic announced Monday that it will install a new horizontal heat treat furnace at its Davenport Works facility in Iowa. Heat treatment is a step in the production of high-strength product intended for large aerospace and industrial applications. The construction on the $137 million furnace...
AB Glass secures contract to install aluminium systems for refurbishment
AB Glass, one of the UK’s leading architectural aluminium manufacturers and installers, has secured a contract for the installation of aluminium systems for Welsh school project in Neath Port Talbot. Nigel Harvey, Operations Director of AB Glass, said: “We are thrilled to be working with Dawnus on...
EBRD grants Alu Menziken loan to construct aluminium profile factory
Aluminium profiles and tubes manufacturer Alu Menziken has been granted a 25 million euro ($29.5 million) loan by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for the development of new aluminium profile factory in Romania. Matteo Patrone, Director of EBRD, Regional Head of Romania...
China to establish “joint Tajik-Chinese” facility for aluminium in Tajikistan
Tajik Aluminium Company (TALСO) official representative Igor Sattarov said Friday that the Yunnan Construction Engineering Group that provides construction services in China will construct a facility for the production of aluminium in the western city of Tursunzoda. China will invest $1.6 billion...
Canadian delegation shows interest in JVs for Angul aluminium park
A delegation of four Canadian aluminium companies and AluQuebec, the apex business cluster of Quebec in the Aluminium sector, yesterday met National Aluminium Company (Nalco) chairman and managing director (CMD) T K Chand at his office in Bhubaneswar to discuss business opportunities. Source: Nalco...
SLSWCA clears proposal to set up aluminium wire rod plant
JSK Industries Pvt Ltd, a manufacturer of aluminium wire rod and aluminium conductor in India, has received clearance from the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA) for setting up plant at Angul Aluminium Park, Odisha. The new facility will have capacity to produce 1,07,000 tonnes...
