Inola aluminium smelter timeline stretches to April 2027 after new moratorium, US capacity push continues
The proposed USD 4 billion aluminium smelter in Inola, Oklahoma, has entered another review phase as the US continues efforts to strengthen domestic aluminium production. Inola town trustees have unanimously extended the moratorium on the project through April 7, 2027, giving the proposed...
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...
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Utkal Alumina's Project Saksham: Empowering women in a meaningful way
Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL), a unit of Aditya Birla Group, has launched Project Saksham, an advanced training-cum-garment manufacturing unit, at Tikiri in Rayagada district, to help unemployed rural women eke out a sustainable livelihood and become self-reliant. Commenced in February...
Rio Tinto doubles capacity at its Yarwun alumina refinery
Rio Tinto Alcan, one of the world's leading mineral and metal conglomerates, is in the process of doubling the capacity of the alumina refinery at Yarwun. The construction work is almost near completion. The official opening ceremony of the upgarded section took place recently. Campbell Newman, the...
India primary aluminium output to hit 2.5 mt in FY2015-16
India’s primary aluminium output will hit 2.5 million tonnes in fiscal 2015-2016, observed Nalco’s managing director T K Chand. India’s demand for the light metal grew significantly in 2014 due to increasing investment by the central government in power transmission, a trend that is likely to...
MAN Industries' shares surge on bagging orders worth INR 700 crore
MAN Industries shares surged over 7 per cent in the morning trade on September 8, Thursday, after the company informed Bombay Stock exchange (BSE) on Wednesday post market hours that it has received orders worth approximately INR 700 crore from international and domestic customers for supply of...
American Specialty Alloys continues with aluminium alloy project as Revolution Aluminum
Construction and installation work at the $2.4 billion aluminum alloy plant in the Pineville area, Louisiana, will still continue, but it will do so under a new name. American Specialty Alloys has changed its name to Revolution Aluminum LLC, although its original name is yet to show up on its...
Singapore’s Winning International invests US$200 million in bauxite mining in Africa
Singapore-based Winning International Group (Winning) has invested USD 200 million in a bauxite mining project in the Boke region of western Guinea of Africa, through its formed consortium. The company along with its consortium partners- Weiqiao Pioneering Group, headquartered in China’s Shandong...
Important milestone reached in ¡VAMOS! mining project
¡VAMOS!, the Viable Alternative Mining Operating System, a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, has reached a major milestone with the successful delivery of conceptual design plans of the prototype and all associated equipment. The work was carried...
CM Truck Beds announces new aluminium truck bed manufacturing plant
America’s fastest growing truck bed manufacturing company in America, CM Truck Beds, announced the retooling and opening of the new aluminum truck bed manufacturing plant. Located in Madill, OK, CM Truck Beds’ new facility is equipped to produce our unsurpassed, top-quality aluminum truck beds....
Aluminum plant EIR expected by mid-November
The Environmental Impact Report on a proposed 964-acre aluminum direct chill billet casting facility in Lenwood is expected to be released by November, officials say. Economic Development and Planning Manager Gaither Lowenstein confirmed recently that he anticipates releasing the public review...
Multi Mech targets 600 forklift order for aluminium smelters in 3yrs
Multi Mech is targeting three regional aluminium operations with its smelter-customised forklifts, which are manufactured by Doosan and distributed exclusively by Multi Mech in the region. The company is hoping to replace much of the 200-machine fleets of a couple of existing smelter operations in...
Up to $2.48 billion worth aluminium project kickoffs expected in U.S. in Q4 2015
According to a study conducted by the Industrial Info Resources, Sugar Land, Texas, aluminium smelters across the United States have gone through a distressed phase of cutbacks and closures, amid a global oversupply and resultant price decline. Even so, downstream aluminium-related projects in the...
Utkal Alumina updates on its recently approved expansion plans
The High Level Clearance Authority (HLCA), the highest body to approve investment proposals, has approved seven projects with investments totaling to INR 41,900 crore. The projects that got the HLCA's nod include a mix of new as well as existing projects that proposed to ramp up their capacities....
Constellium-UACJ joint venture to start mid-2016
The $150 million Constellium/UACJ Corp. joint venture under construction at the 4,000-acre Kentucky Transpark is 80 percent complete and on schedule, said Markus Wild, chief executive officer. The first 300-meter-long production line at the 225,000-square foot aluminum facility should be...
Heathrow Terminal 2 receives UK’s largest aluminium outdoor advertising screens
UK-based aluminium structures manufacturer Boldman and AJAR-tec have successfully installed the UK's largest outdoor advertising screens for advertising at Heathrow Terminal 2. Deployed at the Terminal 2 building facade, at departure level, the screens are used for advertising to 55,000 passengers...
Ball opens aluminium aerosol can plant in India
Ball Corporation today opened an aluminum aerosol can plant in India, located in the northwest city of Ahmedabad. With this new plant, Ball will meet the region's increasing demand, and continue the company's Drive for 10 vision of entering into new geographic regions and remaining close to...
Alba on track to meet its production growth targets
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the world’s leading aluminium smelters, is on track to exceed its annual production growth targets according to a statement issued by the Chairman of Alba’s Board of Directors, Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa. The statement was made following the...
Jinfei Group to invest $157 million in aluminum alloy wheel project
Jinfei Holding Group Co. Ltd recently signed an agreement with the government of Fuyuan County, Yunnan to build aluminum alloy wheel project there.The 1 billion yuan ($157.4 million) project is designed to have a capacity of 5 million pieces of aluminum alloy wheels per annum. Headquartered in the...
Altech Chemicals secures Johor land for its High Purity Alumina plant
Altech Chemicals Limited announced that it has now secured land in the Tanjung Langsat Industrial Complex, Johor, Malaysia for its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) plant. The company has reserved a ~4 hectare site in a section of the industrial complex that is set aside for chemical facilities....
