$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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Govt of India to set up Aluminium Development Council: union mines secretary
The Centre on Thursday, July 30, announced to set up Aluminium Development Council in the lines of Steel Development Council to address various issues of aluminium industry including effect of global slowdown, promoting per capita use and raw material linkage. "The proposed Aluminium Council...
Vedanta eyes 1.7 mt aluminium output this fiscal
Vedanta Limited is chalking out plans to produce 1.7 million tonne of aluminium this fiscal through a capacity ramp-up at Balco and Odisha's Jharsuguda plants. "Ever since April 1 this year, we have been ramping up our aluminium lines at Balco and Odisha. We would expect that all the Balco lines...
GAIL begins gas supplies to Chinese automotive wheel producer Wanfeng
GAIL India, the nation's biggest natural gas transporter, has begun supplying gas to the India unit of the world's largest automotive aluminium wheel producer Wanfeng Group. Gas supplies to Wanfeng Aluminium Wheels (India)'s plant at Rewari in Haryana commenced on June 27, company sources said. The...
Australian Bauxite Ltd: Large sale concluded and new opportunities initiated
Australian Bauxite Limited is selling bauxite into fertiliser and cement markets at prices higher than the currently over-supplied metallurgical bauxite market. ABx's maiden shipment of 5,557 tonnes occurred on 28 April and a second sale of 5,000 tonnes was announced on 31 May. ABx is pleased to...
China Zhongwang to spend big money in buying aluminium extrusion equipment
China Zhongwang Holdings, Asia’s top aluminium extrusion manufacturer, announced that two of its fully-owned subsidiaries will buy 99 sets of aluminium extrusion production equipment. The purchase will cost a total of 3.13 billion yuan ($470 million), and these two subsidiaries are Panjin Zhongwang...
French entrepreneur exploring prospects of 'responsible mining' in Guinea's bauxite hub
Mining, as an industry, has always been associated with a history of exploitative social practices and environmental degradation, particularly in Africa. Various treaties and organizations have made efforts to clean up mining practices over the years, but very few could smell success out of it....
Passenger coaches with aluminium bodies, made in India, to arrive in Dhaka by December
All passenger coaches for the Bangladesh railway under the Indian line of credit will arrive in Dhaka by December, the Indian High Commission has said. Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina on Saturday launched a new train—‘Sonar Bangla Express’—between Dhaka and Chittagong. She also...
POWER Engineers help AEP replace 240 circuit-miles line with energinzed aluminium conductor
POWER Engineers Inc. has helped American Electric Power successfully complete the longest replacement of energized conductor (with aluminium composite core) in the United States and bring more reliable power to the residents of South Texas. Now that landmark project has earned AEP the electric...
Rare earth-high iron aluminium alloy cable production starts in China
Gansu Xibeizhiguang Cable Co. has begun producing rare earth and high iron aluminium alloy cables at their Lanzhou city facilities in China, reported industry sources. Rare Earth Elements make the world’s strongest permanent magnets. These magnets are utilized in electric motors to produce greater...
Andhra CM hardsells business avenues in the state on Day1 of his China visit
N Chandrababu Naidu, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India is making the most of his visit to China. On the very first day of his tour on Sunday, Naidu went scouting for investments in tourism, mineral exploitation and infra projects like Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor (VCIC)....
BAE, IBC sign beryllium-aluminium components development pact
BAE Systems and IBC Advanced Alloys have signed a joint development agreement to produce components based on the latter company’s beryllium-aluminium alloys. IBC said on June 22, it will initially develop prototype components to demonstrate the characteristics of Beralcast casted products for...
Maxion Wheels opens new aluminium wheel plant in Brazil
Maxion Wheels, a division of Iochpe Maxion S. A., marked the opening of a new light vehicle aluminium wheel plant in Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil, this week with an inauguration celebration. The new plant, adjacent to the company's existing steel wheel plant, will add two million aluminium wheels per...
Kirkby Tyres launches Accuride forged aluminium wheels for the European market
Kirkby Tyres, “one of the largest stockists of truck trailer and industrial wheels in the UK and Ireland," is introducing Accuride forged aluminium wheels for the European market, a brand that occupies top supply positions to American OEMs. The long established brand, manufactured in USA for over...
Aluminium Bahrain seeks $750 mln loan for expansion
Aluminium Bahrain has approached banks for a $750 million loan towards the financing of its Line 6 expansion project, reported industry sources on Tuesday, June 21. Alba will become the world's largest single aluminium smelter complex, boosting its annual output by 540,000 tonnes to 1.5 million...
EGA to launch construction of 12 mtpa bauxite mine in Guinea
Emirates Global Aluminium (“EGA”) will begin construction on a major bauxite mine in the Republic of Guinea, to secure supply of the high-quality raw material for its primary aluminium production facilities in the United Arab Emirates and create a new, substantial revenue stream through significant...
South Africa's City Power to replace copper cables with aluminium cables to curb cable theft
In an effort to address the growing frustration of the residents over the recent bout of power outages, City Power, the electricity provider of South Africa, has developed a contingency plan that would help curb both cable theft and network overloads. City Power acting spokesperson, Yumna Sheik...
Matalco opens new secondary aluminium plant in Lordstown, Ohio
Matalco, a sister company to the recycling firm Triple M Metals, headquartered in Brampton, Ontario, held the grand opening ceremony at its new secondary aluminium plant in Lordstown, Ohio. The company has been in a start-up mode since this past March, and has been producing aluminium billet....
Inner Mongolia to deepen coal-electricity-aluminium industry chain
Coal-electricity-aluminium industry has been booming in Holingola city, Inner Mongolia, one of China’s major aluminium producing regions, in recent years thanks to rich coal resources there, reported industry sources. The city hosted 148 coal-electricity-aluminium projects during the 2011-2015,...
