$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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Laminazione realizes future concepts with Achenbach OPTIFOIL technology
<p>Laminazione Sottile, a major producer of aluminum, located in Caserta, Italy, has just placed an order for a new OPTIFOIL® HeavySlit foil slitting machine, type HGS 18/08 with Achenbach Buschhütten.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
EGA’S net profit increases by 10 percent in 2016
<p>Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), one of the largest aluminium producers in the world, announced on Tuesday 28 February, its 2016 net profit reports indicating a hike of 10 per cent with 2.1 billion dirhams ($572 million) profit despite of low in the revenue.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align:...
UK’s aluminium systems company invests to double its production capacity
<p>Reynaers, a developer of aluminium products for the building sector, has made an investment of £6 million for its new headquarters in Hollymoor Way, Northfield, UK. The investment for expanding office facilities will now help the company to increase its production capacity.</p> <p><img...
Kentucky Government approves US$1 million grant to Hansens Aluminum
<p>The state of Kentucky has approved a grant of about $1 million to Hansens Aluminum, a South African aluminum company that plans to open a plant in Henderson.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"...
Press Metal to expand its downstream aluminium portfolio
<p>Malaysian-based aluminium company Press Metal Bhd is proposing to invest worth RM100mil for the production of new aluminium products in 2017. The company is planning to manufacture higher margins aluminium products like billets and to expand export facility in the European market.</p> <p><img...
Rio Tinto’s Amrun bauxite project to create 300 local jobs
<p>Rio Tinto, one of the leading metals and mining conglomerate in the world says that with the beginning of construction of its $2 billion dollar Amrun bauxite project in Far North Queensland, it will create about 300 jobs for the local people.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle;"...
Orbite Approaching 1 tonne per day of HPA production
<p>Further to its February 2nd press release, Orbite Technologies has provided an update on the Company's progress on its high purity alumina ("HPA") production.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"...
Italian yard launches Endeavour II made from all-aluminium
<p>Italian yard Rossinavi has unveiled its new superyacht Endeavour II made from all-aluminium. The superyacht comes with a 49.9-metre and it is knowns as project FR032. The Endeavour II is designed by Team 4 Design, the luxury yacht designer.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display:...
Metro Mining set to raise $52M for Bauxite Hills Mine
<p>Metro Mining Limited has launched a $52.4 million equity raising to advance its Bauxite Hills Mine 95 km north of Weipa. The company also plans to repay loan facilities that supported its recent acquisition of neighbouring Gulf Alumina Ltd (December last year.)</p> <p><img style="vertical-align:...
Hindalco plans big investment on its Utkal alumina refinery
<p>Aditya Birla Group owned Hindalco Industries has planned big investment worth INR 500-700 crore on de-bottlenecking its Utkal alumina refinery project in Odisha's Rayagada district. The company has now applied for clearance up to 2.25 mtpa from 1.5 mtpa for its Utkal alumina...
Alba signs MoU to support Bahrain's Economic Vision 2030
<p>Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the Bahrain-based international aluminium smelter, has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Joint Co-Operation with Bahrain Polytechnic to support Bahrain's Economic Vision 2030.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto;...
Italian shipyard unveils all-aluminium superyacht in Miami
<p>Italian shipyard Benetti has unveiled the new Benetti Now Fast designs to their existing fleet of Now superyachts. The company had already announced yachts at the recent Yachts Miami Beach boat show. The superyachts runs at a top speeds in excess of 20 knots.</p> <p><img...
Hindalco to invest INR 1,000 cr to increase value added aluminium products
<p>Hindalco Industries, an aluminium manufacturing company and subsidiary of the Aditya Birla Group, have decided to invest INR 1,000 crore in order to expand their downstream business in next term. The company took the decision to boost overall sales of aluminium and copper value added...
Altech plans fixed price contract for HPA plant construction
<p>Altech Chemicals Limited has announced that it has reached an agreement with its appointed engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor M+W Group on a framework for a fixed price EPC contract for the construction of the Company’s proposed Malaysian high purity alumina (HPA)...
Danieli Fata Hunter installed aluminium rolling plants in Europe
<p>Danieli Fata Hunter, a manufacturer of machinery for the production of aluminium strip and foil, has supplied and installed a cold rolling mill and a tension leveling line at the new Eurometal greenfield plant located in the new Kleszczow Industrial Park in Poland. </p> <p><img...
Nalco to purchase 80% power for its greenfield aluminium smelter
<p>National Aluminium Company (Nalco), one of the major primary aluminium producers of India, has decided to acquire 80 per cent of the power from the coal-based power station proposed at Kamakhyanagar in Dhenkanal district, Odisha.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block;...
India's Aequs with Al-alloy forging capabilities to set up aerospace engineering facility in Goa
<p>India's leading aerospace precision engineering and manufacturing company Aequs announced at the recently ended Aero India 2017 in Bengaluru that it will invest INR500 crore for setting up a dedicated facility for Indian defence production at Tuem, Goa. The multi capability manufacturing...
Emirates Global Aluminium orders seventh Hertwich batch homogenizing unit
<p>Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has placed an order for the supply of an additional batch homogenizing furnace for the heat treatment of billets with Hertwich Engineering, a company of the SMS group. Including this new unit, which will go into operation at the end of 2017, a total of five batch...
