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...
Aluminium eggshells take on space debris with nearly 65% impact reduction
Researchers at Dalian University of Technology in China have tested a spacecraft protection structure made from water-filled aluminium eggshells, with the design reducing the velocity of an impact projectile by nearly 65 per cent. The research, published in the Journal of Applied Physics , looked...
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Chinalco expects China's aluminium demand growth to surpass GDP
Ge Honglin, chairman of Aluminum Corp of China or Chinalco, China’s biggest state-run aluminium producer said that consumption of aluminium is set to increase by 9-10 per cent in 2017 on the back of strong downstream demand. Aluminium demand is expected to grow faster than the country’s gross...
Altech Chemicals finalises HPA plant capacity upgrade plan
Altech Chemicals Limited has announced finalisation of the design for the capacity upgrade of its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) plant in Malaysia. The company had got the German engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor SMS group GmbH (SMS) to do the project work for them....
ALTEK successfully installs the demonstration unit of a large capacity salt slag recycling plant
ALTEK has successfully installed a large capacity salt slag recycling plant, ALUSALT, as a demonstration unit, in Northern Europe at an aluminium recycling operation, where it is currently in the final stages of commissioning and optimisation, a press release from the company has confirmed. The...
Shandong aluminium enterprise to install four new Achenbach aluminium foil mills
According to a recent update from SMM, one of the large-scale aluminium enterprises in Shandong plans to launch four new Achenbach 1850 aluminium foil mills, with annual capacity of about 30,000 tonnes. After China has taken up measures to cut primary aluminium capacity across the country,...
Rockman Industries’ INR 652-cr aluminium alloy wheel project in AP gets govt approval
India’s Rockman Industries Limited has announced that it will invest INR 652 crore to set up an aluminium alloy wheels and die casting component manufacturing unit in Andhra Pradesh. The project, planned to come up in Chittoor district of Rayalaseema region of AP, is expected to create 1,000 direct...
Braidy Industries to shift its aluminium rolling mill location to EastPark
On Tuesday October 18, Braidy Industries announced that the location for its $1.3 billion aluminium rolling mill would shift from South Shore to the EastPark industrial site in Greenup and Boyd counties. As said by Braidy officials, this decision was based on an analysis of the South Shore...
Nalco to form JVs with Almex and Rusal for special grade aluminium
Nalco is in talks with Almex and Rusal to form joint ventures at the upcoming Angul Aluminium Park in Odisha for the production of high-grade aluminium. Nalco Chairman and Managing Director T K Chand told PTI that the aluminium will be used in in metro trains, e-vehicles, aerospace and automobile...
McMullen Facades lands £11m contract to supply aluminium doors & windows
McMullen Facades, a part of the Lakesmere Group, has won a £11m contract for The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust’s new specialist hospital in Liverpool. The company will undertake the design, manufacture and installation of the fenestration package, including both unitised and...
Final forest clearance received for Kodingamali bauxite mine development in Odisha
The ore-starved Lanjigarh refinery of Vedanta Aluminium finally has something to rejoice. The Ministry of Environment and Forests has granted the final clearance for developing a new bauxite mine in the forest land adjoining Odisha’s Kodingamali plateau area. A mining contractor has already been...
Hindalco Industries planning INR 4,000-cr expansion in Hirakud aluminium FRP unit
Hindalco Industries has drawn up plans to expand the capacity of its aluminium rolling mill at Hirakud, Odisha. The company will invest INR 4,000 crore to ramp up the capacity to 3,75,000 tonnes per annum from the current 1,35,000 tonnes per annum. It is looking for 100 acres of land in the...
Romanian aluminium company to invest $100 million to increase energy efficiency
Alro S.A., the largest aluminium producer in continental Europe (excluding Russia and the Scandinavian Peninsula), announced that the company will invest $100 million to increase the energy efficiency and specific consumption. The plan is a part of the "Green Factory" program.The "Green Factory"...
Puzzle-like prefab aluminium façade wraps National Academy of the Art in Bergen
Iconic design and architecture brand Snøhetta’s recently completed project- the National Academy of the Art, which opened its doors in Bergen, is cladded in a unique prefabricated façade made of raw aluminium elements. The new structure built to endure the rainy climate of Norway west coast...
Odisha gearing up to be the downstream aluminium hub of India
The Government of Odisha is intensifying efforts to build an inclusive environment for ancillary and aluminium downstream units in the state. Following the success of the last month’s meet organized in collaboration with Tata Steel and Jindal Stainless (JSL) in Kalinganagar, the state government is...
Bombardier supplies new aluminium INNOVIA Metro trains for Kuala Lumpur
Bombardier Transportation and Malaysian partner HARTASUMA SDN BHD have completed delivery of 14 new driverless BOMBARDIER INNOVIA Metro 300 trains for Kuala Lumpur. The lightweight aluminium four-car trains have been delivered to Prasarana Malaysia Berhad. Jayaram Naidu, Head of South East Asia,...
Sarawak Cable Bhd draws more sales revenue from new products with higher profit margins
Sarawak Cable Bhd (SCB) expects its manufacturing division to see improved margins this year, as the company targets higher sales of newly launched products. In H1 2017, the contribution of the group’s cable manufacturing business increased to 84% of total revenue from 52% in the same period of...
Metro Mining and Xinfa Group inspect Bauxite Hills Mine construction progress
Metro Mining Limited today announced the construction of the Bauxite Hills Mine is on time and within budget. The installation of marine infrastructure is ahead of schedule with marine pile driving complete. Xinfa Group, one of the largest integrated aluminium companies in China, recently visited...
Kalsun Aluminium secures £1 million contract as part of major renovation project
Kalsun Aluminium, a leading fabricator, supplier and installer of aluminium products, has secured £1 million contract for the supply of specialist windows for the renovation of Sunbeam factory. The company’s product range includes doors, windows, patios, bi-folds, conservatories and orangeries....
Minister of the Public Business Sector asks Egypt Aluminum to accelerate their projects
Minister of the Public Business Sector in Egypt, Asharaf El Sharkawy has asked Egypt Aluminum to expedite the implementation of their development projects. He has further directed the company to complete the necessary feasibility studies of the project and reduce the implementation time of the...
