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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Welsh aluminium firm working on major Newport regeneration project
Specialist aluminium fabricators Dudley’s Aluminium has secured a £400,000 contract to provide essential glazing and fixtures for the Friars Walk project in Newport. The company are creating and installing custom-made aluminium curtain walling and glazing at the new Friars Walk shopping centre. To...
Nigeria's GZI and SA's Golden Era Packaging form aluminium beverage can making JV
GZ Industries, the aluminium can maker from Nigeria and Golden Era Packaging from South Africa have entered into a joint venture to set up a can manufacturing plant in Johannesburg to meet the rising packaging demand in southern Africa. Valued at R1 billion, the newly formed Gayatri GZI Beverage...
Rio Tinto-ARENA's new Solar Plant for Weipa mine starts operation
Rio Tinto and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) have announced the Weipa Solar Plant will generate electricity for the mining conglomerate’s bauxite mine, processing facilities and the township. At peak output, the 1.7 megawatt plant can generate sufficient electricity to support up to...
Insimbi eyes exports with new smelter
Alloys supplier Insimbi said the commissioning of its new aluminium plant was "imminent" and it expected the smelter to be fully operational by "no later than November". The Johannesburg smelter is set to improve operational efficiencies and recoveries, helping the group capture foreign revenue it...
GARMCO signs Re-melt expansion contract with Fives
GARMCO, the Bahrain-based international aluminum rolling mill and one of the largest downstream aluminum facilities in the Middle East, has awarded today a contract worth $47 million to Fives, an industrial engineering group and supplier of machines, process equipment and production lines for the...
Crown Holdings to increase beverage can capacity in Turkey
Crown Holdings, Inc. a leading supplier of metal packaging products worldwide, announced it is investing in a second line at its Osmaniye plant, in central southern Turkey, to produce aluminum beverage cans. The plant currently produces 800 million beverage cans, serving customers in Turkey and...
Cheap power could attract India's Nalco to set up $3bn aluminium smelter in Oman
Indian aluminium giant National Aluminium Co Ltd (Nalco) is exploring opportunities in Oman, Iran and Indonesia to set up an aluminium smelter plant with an estimated investment of around US$3bn. The company would finalise the location for the plant after examining factors like availability of low...
Alcoa’s Value-add Company to focus on high-performance multi-material products
Alcoa, the lightweight metal leader, announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to separate into two independent, publicly-traded companies. The separation will launch two industry-leading, Fortune 500 companies- the Upstream Company and the innovation and...
Nalco plans INR 5,500 crore expansion at its Damanjodi alumina refinery
Armed with two coal blocks the National Aluminium Company (Nalco) is planning to go for third phase expansion of its refinery at Damanjodi with an investment of nearly INR 5,500 crore. The Navratna PSU is waiting for the state government's consent for allocation of Pottangi mines, company CMD T K...
Bahrain's Midal Cables to set up aluminium conductor unit in Odisha
Bahrain based Midal Cables will set up an aluminium conductor unit in Odisha at a cost of INR 358 crore. The project was recently cleared by the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA). The facility with a production capacity of 60,000 tonne per annum (tpa) would come up at the...
A 700,000-tpy aluminum project to settle in Yunnan
Yunnan Metallurgical Group signed an agreement with the government of Zhaotong, Yunnan, to build a 700,000-tpy aluminum project there, hexun.com reported. The project is scheduled to enter into operations in October 2017, with construction scheduled to begin in October 2015, the media added. The...
Weak prices, Chinese exports might fuel capacity cut in aluminium: Nalco
Subdued prices and higher Chinese exports might curtail capacity and hinder new expansion projects in the aluminium sector globally, despite strong production levels in India and West Asia, said a top executive at National Aluminium Company (Nalco). “Global prices of aluminium have remained under...
ThyssenKrupp looks to source aluminium, zinc from India
Germany-based diversified industrial group ThyssenKrupp plans to set up a resource office in India for sourcing of metals such as aluminium and zinc for its projects related to aerospace and defence among others spread across the globe. The group has 1,55,000 employees across 80 countries with a...
Nalco to start coal mining, increase alumina and bauxite production - CMD
The public sector National Aluminium company limited (NALCO) has planned to increase the existing metal, alumina and bauxite production and start a coal mining. Disclosing this at the 34th annual general body meeting of the company today NALCO CMD T K Chand said the value-chain has shifted in...
Nalco committed to setting up second smelter unit in Odisha
The State-run National Aluminium Company Limited on Saturday reaffirmed its commitment on setting up of the second smelter and power complex at Odisha’s Sundargarh at estimated cost of Rs. 22,000 crore. “A smelter unit of 0.5 MTPA with a power plant of 1050 MW capacity at a cost of Rs.22,000 crore...
Lightweighting Metals Institute looks to toughen up aluminum
The Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT) consortium has announced its first two technology accleration projects to develop lighter cast iron and harder die-cast aluminum. The consortium is operated by the public/private American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute...
Top African beverage can producer targets 100% market share
The Johannesburg-based Nampak Ltd., Africa’s largest maker of beverage cans, said it is considering an expansion to a drinks container plant in Angola as part of a program to generate more income outside its domestic market. In its new plan, the company is targeting 100 percent market share in...
Altech Chemicals signs High Purity Alumina sales agreement with Mitsubishi
Altech Chemicals Limited has signed a sales and distribution agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation's Australian subsidiary, Mitsubishi Australia Ltd for its proposed high purity alumina (HPA) product. The Agreement appoints Mitsubishi as the exclusive seller and distributor of Altech's final HPA...
