$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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NALCO to buy back 25% stake from government
State-controlled National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) has agreed to buy back 25 per cent of its shares from the government, Indian Mines Secretary Balvinder Kumar said after a meeting with the company on Monday to discuss pricing. The buyback, initiated by the finance ministry earlier this year, is...
JNARDDC to develop aviation grade aluminium alloys for IAF
The Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC) is working towards development of aviation grade alloys for the Indian Air Force (maintenance command) as a part of the indigenization process and the 'Make in India' initiative of the government. It will also be setting up an...
Balco plans to enhance capacity to 1 MTPA
Vedanta-controlled Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (Balco) would be expanding its production capacity to 1 million tonne per annum (MTPA). The proposal for the expansion and modernisation of Balco facility located in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district was designed in 2013. It was however put on hold...
Rico Auto sets up manufacturing plant in Chennai
Rico Auto Industries Ltd stock was higher by 5 per cent at INR 40. The company has set up a manufacturing plant at Chennai for supply of High Pressure Die Casting Aluminium Auto Components to Renault-Nissan. The scrip opened at INR 40 and has touched a high and low of INR 41.1 and INR 39.7...
UC RUSAL, Guinea agree on partnership development terms for Friguia bauxite complex
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, and the Republic of Guinea have signed an annex to the Dian-Dian concession agreement and also reached an agreement on resuming operations at the Friguia bauxite and alumina complex. The newly signed annex to the Dian-Dian concession agreement splits...
NALCO to go for toll-smelting of aluminium in Iran
Taking advantage of availability of cheap gas based power in the Gulf region, National Aluminium Company (Nalco) plans to go for toll-smelting arrangement soon with three Iranian companies to produce aluminium. Nalco CMD, T K Chand, who was in Iran recently as part of an Indian business delegation,...
Baosteel to put online 700 mln aluminium can project
Baosteel will put online its aluminium can project in Heilongjiang province next month and plans to more than double the capacity in the future, cnmn.com reported. The project will produce 700 million aluminium zip-top cans in the first phase. The company plans to expand total capacity of the...
Henan begins building large-scale aluminium alloy wheel project
Henan Energy Sanmenxia Dicastal Wheel Manufacturing Co. broke ground on its aluminium alloy wheel rim project several days ago, industry sources reported. The project is designed to produce 4 million aluminium alloy wheel rims each year. Planned investment for the first phase of the project totals...
Orbite announces a $15 mln financing from the govt
Orbite Technologies Inc. announced yesterday that it has entered into a letter of intent with Investissement Quebec, acting as mandatory of the Government of Quebec, whereby Investissement Quebec has agreed to provide the company with an aggregate financing of $15 million. The Financing is expected...
Altech signs off take sales agreement with Mitsubishi for all HPA production
Altech Chemicals Limited has announced the execution of a 10 year off take sales arrangement (Agreement) with Mitsubishi Corporation’s Australian subsidiary, Mitsubishi Australia Ltd (Mitsubishi) for 100 per cent of the high purity alumina (HPA) production from the company’s proposed Malaysian HPA...
MWSD launches forged aluminium wheel option for Euro 6 tractor units
Motor Wheel Service Distribution (MWSD) has unveiled the latest Xlite and Xbrite+ forged aluminium wheels, designed predominantly for DAF vehicles and petrol and powder tractor units with a weight saving axle. The official UK distributor of Wheels India’s Xlite range has made two eight stud...
Canadian firm OpenAire to build giant aluminium skyline for UAE mall
OpenAire, a Canadian designer of eco-friendly roof structures, said it has won a contract to manufacture a huge, aluminium elliptical-shaped dome for a 280,000-sq-ft shopping mall in Sharjah, UAE. Located less than 10 km from Dubai, the 31-storey complex will rise from the city's waterfront like an...
Downstream aluminium hub planned for Richards Bay in SA
The Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone (RBIDZ) in South Africa wants to establish an aluminium metals hub comprising downstream product manufacturers in the KwaZulu-Natal city to tap into the growing use of aluminium instead of steel by the automotive sector. Aluminum has become the second...
Bechtel selected by Aluminium Bahrain for major project
Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement and construction, has been selected by Aluminium Bahrain, B.S.C. (Alba) to build the sixth potline for their Alba aluminium smelter in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Upon completion, Alba will become the world's largest single-site aluminium smelter....
Vedanta seeks extension of aluminium SEZ
Aiming to ramp up capacity of the idle aluminium smelter lying within its product specific Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Vedanta has sought extension of the formal approval for the SEZ beyond May 22 this year. The Board of Approvals (BoA) under Union commerce and industry ministry will consider...
Alba hosts VIP delegation from SABIC
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), a leading aluminium smelter in the world, welcomed on Thursday April 14, 2016 a high level delegation from the Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) led by the Vice Chairman and acting CEO Mr. Yousef Abdulla Al-Benyan, Alba Board member Mr. Abdul Aziz...
Aluminium pressure diecasting maker JVM pumps £1m into Tamworth operation
The British aluminium pressure diecasting manufacturer JVM Castings has invested more than £1m into its Tamworth site in a move that has will create 14 jobs. The business has installed additional machinery and invested in sustainable processes at its facility on the Lichfield Road Industrial...
Vedanta kicks off ramp up of second aluminium smelter at Jharsuguda
Diversified metals and mining major Vedanta Resources has initiated the ramp up of its second aluminium smelter at Jharsuguda. Vedanta aims to commission two potlines of the smelter to reach a capacity of 0.6 million tonne per annum (mtpa) by the end of this financial year. The second smelter with...
