Rusal nears final approval for new bauxite-to-alumina project in Kalimantan, Indonesia
Russian aluminium producer Rusal is nearing the final stage of the permitting process for a planned bauxite-to-alumina processing project in Kalimantan, Indonesia, according to Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia. The project will process bauxite into alumina as part of...
$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...
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Constellium to build manufacturing facility for automotive structures in Georgia
Constellium N. V. announced today that it will construct a new manufacturing facility in Bartow County, Georgia, in response to growing demand for its automotive structures in North America. This project represents a $20 million investment by Constellium and an additional $12 million investment by...
Wanji Aluminum mulls over 600,000-tpy alumina expansions
China's Luoyang Xiangjiang Wanji Aluminum Co. plans to expand its annual alumina capacity by 600,000 tonnes. Annual alumina capacity of the company is 1.4 million tonnes at present. Expansions by the company are in contrast with others who cut output against losses from falling alumina prices.
Downstream units 'crucial for aluminium sector,' said EGA officials at Arabal 2015
Development of the downstream aluminium industries in the region will have positive implications for the aluminium sector as a whole, said a senior Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) official. Abdulla Jassem bin Kalban, managing director and CEO at EGA, was speaking at the annual Arab International...
Gulf Industry Fair to showcase aluminium sector's potential
The importance of the aluminium sector and ‘value added’ products will be showcased at the upcoming Gulf Industry Fair 2016, which will take place in February 2016, in Bahrain. The event will take place from February 9 to 11, at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre. Led by...
Midas secures four aluminium alloy extrusion supply contracts worth RMB.5 million
Midas Holdings Limited announced today that its subsidiary, Jilin Midas Aluminium Industries Co., Ltd has secured four contracts totalling RMB72.5 million for the supply of aluminum alloy extrusion profiles for metro trains and airport rail trains in the People’s Republic of China and Malaysia...
UACJ Group to open aluminum plant in Rayong
UACJ Group, the largest aluminum manufacturer in Japan, announced on Thursday, last week that it would be officially opening an aluminum rolling plant in Rayong. The plant will be the first of its kind in the Southeast Asia region, and will cost Bt21 billion. The plant began operations in August,...
Emirates Global Aluminium picks arrangers for $4.9 bln loan
State-owned Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), one of the largest aluminium firms in the world, has picked seven banks to raise a $4.9 billion loan to refinance debt taken on for some of its projects. EGA, created by the merger of two state-owned aluminium companies Dubai Aluminium (Dubal) and Abu...
Nalco's Damanjodi alumina refinery expansion plan forwarded to HLCA
The State Government on Friday, last week, approved five projects with an investment proposal of `635 crore in various sectors to create more employment opportunities at a time when the number of unemployed has crossed 10 lakh in Odisha. The five projects were accorded in-principle approval at the...
Aluminium firm set to complete £1.2m contract at state-of-the-art research facility
Aluminium fabricators Dudley’s Aluminium is set to complete work on a landmark contract, supporting the construction of Cardiff University’s Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC). CUBRIC will open in spring 2016, and the £44m centre will become one of Europe’s top facilities for brain imaging. The...
High-traffic aluminium door debuts in City of London
One of the first applications of the Technal brand’s new SOLEAL aluminium door system is a prestige office and apartments scheme at Clifford’s Inn in the City of London, which has been extensively refurbished. The SOLEAL door has been developed to deliver outstanding thermal efficiency, stringent...
Novelis opens new aluminium automotive heat treatment line in Europe
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today celebrated the opening of a state-of-the-art aluminum automotive heat treatment line in Nachterstedt, Germany, to serve European and global automotive customers. Located adjacent to Novelis' existing rolling mill and the world's...
Mumtalakat-Synergies Castings JV to set up aluminium plant in Bahrain
Mumtalakat and Synergies Castings have formed a Joint Venture to build a downstream aluminium facility in Bahrain, the chief executive of the kingdom's sovereign fund said on Wednesday, November 18. The $150 million worth aluminium casting and specialty alloy wheel manufacturing plant will take...
Altech Chemicals receives financing interest for high-purity alumina
Altech Chemicals has attracted interest in its high-purity alumina (HPA) project from a major German bank experienced with similar investments in the Asia-Pacific region. Altech’s HPA operation encompasses mining properties 130 kilometres from Fremantle port in Western Australia and a proposed...
Dubai Cable building $60 million aluminium plant
Dubai Cable Co., the second-largest cable manufacturer in the Middle East, is building its first aluminium plant as customers in Saudi Arabia to the US seek cheaper alternatives to copper for power transmission. The $60 million factory in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates will have capacity to...
Aluminium Bahrain to begin process to issue bond in Q1 2016 - CEO
Aluminium Bahrain ( Alba ), owner of one of the world's largest smelters of the lightweight metal, will start the process for a potential bond sale in the first quarter of 2016, the company's chief executive said on Wednesday, November 12. In June, the state-backed company received government...
GKN Sinter Metals plans $19.8 million expansion at its North Carolina aluminum plant
GKN Sinter Metals plans to invest $19.8 million to expand its state-of-the art aluminum manufacturing plant in Conover, North Carolina. Post expansion, the company expects to create 55 new manufacturing jobs during the next five years in Catawba County. Abdul Butt, President of GKN Sinter Metals,...
Emirates Global Aluminium sees Guinea feasibility study ready by Q1 2016
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) expects to complete a feasibility study for its bauxite mine and alumina refinery project in Guinea by the first quarter of next year, its chief executive said on Sunday, November 15. "We are already in, we just need (to know) how much we are going to budget, how...
Ma’aden aspiring to be world’s largest integrated aluminum industry in 5 years
Eastern Province Emir Prince Saud Bin Naif inaugurated the Arab International Aluminum Conference (ARABAL) at Dhahran Exhibition Center in Dammam Sunday in the presence of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Ali Al-Naimi, CEO of Ma’aden Khaled Bin Saleh Al-Mudaifer, leading businessmen, top...
