$11.5b Adani-IRH aluminium project set to strengthen Odisha’s aluminium value chain
Odisha has handed over more than 7,000 acres of land for the Adani Group-International Resources Holding (IRH) joint venture’s proposed USD 11.5 billion integrated aluminium complex. This covers planned alumina refining, aluminium smelting and downstream manufacturing facilities across Sundargarh...
Dr Sanja Miskovic joins American Rare Earths to advance Halleck Creek processing
American Rare Earths has appointed Dr Sanja Miskovic as Chief Technical Advisor, with her work focused on process optimisation and recovery as the company advances the feasibility study for its Halleck Creek Rare Earths Project in Wyoming, USA. Miskovic will work on flowsheet development, mineral...
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ICRA projects demand for base metals to remain positive in India
<p>Rating agency ICRA projected that the long- term demand for base metal would continue to be positive in India. The government’s investment on infrastructure projects for the smart city plan would drive the demand for base metals such as aluminium, copper and zinc.</p> <p><img...
Midwest Steel and Aluminium to expand its operations to Rogers
<p>Midwest Steel and Aluminium is moving its operations to Rogers, Arkansas, USA in order to implement its $5.2 million expansion that will enable the company to double its space and hire 15 more people over its current capacity of 22 employees.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display:...
TALEX announces its expansion plan in Australia
<p>UAE-based Taweelah Aluminium Extrusion Company (TALEX), a joint venture between Abu Dhabi’s SENAAT and Gulf Extrusions has announced its expansion plan in the city of Melbourne in Australian with an initial investment of AU$500,000 with a plan to increase it to $40 million over eight...
Hydro to open EUR 130 million automotive line for aluminium parts on May 4
<p>Hydro, one of the largest aluminium companies worldwide, is set to open new automotive production line in Grevenbroich, Germany on May 4. The new state-of-the-art production line will manufacture aluminium parts with capacity of 150,000 tonnes of aluminium per annum for the automotive...
Italian shipyard launches its second all-aluminium superyacht
<p>Italian shipyard Rossinavi launched its second 49m Aurora superyacht in Viareggio. The Aurora, fast displacement moto yacht gets all-aluminium construction. The sleek and sporty exterior is designed by Fulvio De Simoni. The naval architects and the interior are designed by Arrabito and...
UACJ Automotive Whitehall Industries to expand its facility in Paducah
<p>UACJ Automotive Whitehall Industries Inc. is going to expand its plant in Paducah with a total investment of nearly $3.3 million. Paducah Economic Development has made an announcement that the expansions consists of a 56,000 sq. ft.</p> <p>The new expansions will have machining centres, robotics...
UC RUSAL and Runaya Metsource sign 50:50 JV to produce aluminium pastes and powders
<p>UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, and Runaya Metsource LLP, a company promoted by principal shareholders of Vedanta, have signed an agreement to create a joint venture on an equal basis in India (JV).</p> <p>The JV will set up a world class facility which specializes in the...
Altech Chemicals takes high purity alumina to European investors
<p>Altech Chemicals has dual listed shares trading under the ticker A3Y on Germany’s Frankfurt Stock Exchange.</p> <p>The dual listing supports Altech’s strategy to broaden its European investor base, particularly in Germany where there is growing interest in the company’s high...
GARMCO to start $ 55 million recycling and cast house facility
<p>Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill (GARMCO), one of the largest downstream aluminium facilities in the Middle East for rolling, cutting and fabricating aluminium, plans to set up a new recycling and cast house facility worth $ 55 million.</p> <p>Mahmood Alkooheji, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company...
Japan's Showa Denko inks agreement with Carabao Group for aluminium can plant
<p>Showa Aluminium Can Corporation (SAC), a consolidated subsidiary of Showa Denko (SDK) yesterday signed a partnership agreement with Carabao Group Public Company Limited (CBG), a beverage maker in Bangkok, with an investment of 700 million bahts to manufacture and sell aluminium cans in...
Dulsco starts construction at Dubai recycling facility putting Dubai 2021 Plan on the fast-track
<p>The UAE based environmental waste management company Dulsco-the Dubai recently broke ground at its new 500,000 square-foot recycling facility Dubai Industrial Park (DIP). The ceremony was attended by the top executives from both Dulsco and DIP. The recycling plant, being built at a total cost of...
Dutch yard Royal Huisman unveils aluminium hull Ngoni yacht
<p>Dutch yard Royal Huisman has revealed 58-metre sailing yacht known as “Ngoni” for the first time outside its build shed since the construction started in January 2015. The yacht first introduced as The Beast. </p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block;...
Almex USA to supply casting technology to Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions
<p>Almex USA Inc. has announced its selection as the technology and equipment provider for a U.S. subsidiary of the Kobe Steel Group. The new greenfield facility, presently under construction in Bowling Green, Kentucky, will be owned and operated by Kobelco Aluminum Products & Extrusions Inc....
T&T in talks with Alutech to produce aluminium downstream products
<p>Finance Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Colm Imbert said that the government is in talks with Alutech representatives to set up a plant that will manufacture aluminium downstream products in the Caribbean. The downstream products include aluminium sheets for the vehicle industry and wheel...
Australian Defence Force to use Vitracore G2 aluminium composite panels
<p>Vitracore G2, a BCA compliant range of aluminium composite panels, was recently installed in the Australian Defence Force Helicopter Aircrew Training System for $190-million redevelopment project at HMAS Albatross defence base Nowra.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block;...
Volvo Auto India to set up an assembly facility in Odisha
<p>Odisha government has invited Volvo Auto India for the installation of its assembly plant in the state as the company was looking for setting up plant in India in order to cut down import cost. The state government wanted Volvo to select Odisha as the preferred plant location as the state...
UC RUSAL expands value added products output at KAZ
<p>UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, has launched a “Properzi” rolling mill into operation at Kandalaksha Aluminium Smelter (KAZ) as part of the casthouse modernization project at the smelter. The project investments total USD 19.8 mln.</p> <p> <img...
India’s Sudal Industries to build INR250-cr aluminium extrusions plant in Dhule, Maharashtra
<p>Sudal Industries, an India based manufacturer aluminium extrusion and alloys, has announced plans to invest INR 250 crore in setting up a new facility for aluminium products manufacturing at Naradana industrial estate of Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) near Dhule. The...
