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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Metro Mining to seize benefits of upgraded mining approvals
Metro Mining says a decision by the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protections (DEHP) requiring a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for its Bauxite Hills Project is a setback but will provide considerable side benefits. Metro Mining had submitted a detailed application...
Novelis to increase number of scrap metal suppliers within the UK
Novelis, the frontrunner in aluminium recycling, is seeking expansion in its global presence. It is considering strategic tie-ups with more number of scrap metal suppliers from the UK. The recycler had been working on a closed loop creation encompassing its automotive customers such as Jaguar and...
Aludium installing new recycling technology in Amorebieta
With operations in Spain and France, Aludium is now installing new recycling technology in Amorebieta that, by the end of 2016, will increase the production volume of this plant substantially. The new technology will melt down and recycle lacquered aluminum and aluminum cans, profiles, and slag,...
Aluminium projects valued at around $490 million planned in Shandong
The government of Binzhou City in China recently inked three agreements pertaining to aluminium projects in various parts of Shandong Province. The three projects include a prebaked anode project with 1.2 million tonnes per year (tpy) capacity in Huimin Country, a 60,000-tpy aluminium wafer and...
Rusal plans more JVs with Chinese companies
United Company Rusal Plc, a leading aluminum producer, is setting up more joint venture with its Chinese partners in Russia to make high value-added, greener aluminum products. "Rusal has a clear advantage in aluminum technologies, and hydropower resources are abundant in Russia," Oleg...
Guinea banks on top-quality bauxite to spur economic growth
Bauxite mined by Guinea’s biggest producer Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee- a company owned by io Tinto Plc, Alcoa Inc., Dadco Alumina & Chemicals Ltd. and the government, has been the country’s steadiest source of income since it first produced the ore forty years ago. The company is all set to...
Nalco to spend INR 1,000 cr on developing coal blocks
Indian aluminium major National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) will spend around INR 1,000 crore for developing Utkal D and E coal blocks allocated to it recently. Both the coal blocks are located in the vicinity of Nalco's 0.46 million tonne aluminium smelting facility at Angul. "The company will...
Orbite Technologies updates on HPA construction
Orbite Technologies Inc. today provided an update on the construction of its High Purity Alumina (HPA) Plant located in Cap-Chat Quebec. The company said since commencement in Q3 the commissioning of the project is right on schedule and will be ready for commercial production in Q4. Below are a few...
Synthesis Energy updates on Tianwo-SES JV projects in China
Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., a global energy and gasification technology company enabling clean, high-value energy and chemical products from multiple feedstocks, reports a progress update from its Tianwo-SES Clean Energy Technologies Company Joint Venture in China. The second of three...
HTA's new automated fibre laser cutter expedites aluminium sheet processing
Coventry-based HTA Group has invested over £2 million in automated laser profiling technology in an installation that is said to be unparalleled in the UK. The equipment comprises two 5kW TRUMPF TruLaser 5040 fibre laser cutting machines (4m by 2m format) with BrightLine fiber technology and...
Nalco decides not to shift smelter out of Odisha
After threatening to pull its proposed INR 30, 000 crore project for setting up an aluminium smelter and a power plant at Darlipali in Sundargarh district out of Odisha, public sector behemoth Nalco has now come back from the brink and agreed to have it at the place decided. The rapprochement came...
Kitimat smelter expansion to be reviewed
Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, has successfully argued before the BC Supreme Court that Rio Tinto’s Kitimat aluminum smelter must reviewed by the Environmental Assessment Board (EAB). The project, to be built without a sulphur dioxide scrubber, had been approved by the province’s...
East Hope to put online huge integrated aluminum project in 2016
East Hope Group will bring online its vertically-integrated aluminum project in Lingshi County, Shanxi Province, next year. The project covers 3 million-tpy aluminum hydroxide , 300,000-tpy primary aluminum, 300,000-tpy carbon, 300,000-tpy aluminum semis, etc., the media said. Shanxi is rich in...
Indonesian president visits Dubai seaport and aluminum processing plant
President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) visited a container seaport and an aluminum processing plant in Dubai during his recent visit to the Emirates. The president closely evaluated the seaports management, which is run in an efficient and timely manner. "We have prepared the guidelines for...
Altech Chemicals makes key appointment for HPA Project
Altech Chemicals is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Jingyuan Liu as General Manager Operations for its high purity alumina (HPA) project. This key executive appointment marks an important step as the Company progresses its HPA project to detailed plant design and subject to funding...
China's automotive aluminium alloy market size slated for 20% per annum growth
In a recently published report, aluminium and aluminium alloy has been together termed as the future of China automotive lightweight material (metals) industry. The key findings of the report are: - China's consumption of automotive aluminium alloy hit 300,000 tons in 2014. The supply and demand of...
Vedanta to invest INR 6,000cr, restart Mettur aluminium plant
Vedanta Group is getting aggressive with capacity expansion in Tamil Nadu. The company, which has its copper smelter in Tuticorin and an aluminium factory in Mettur, has drawn up a INR 6,000-crore investment programme to be spent over the next 12 to 24 months. It is also planning a foray into solar...
Alstom to supply key equipment to DUBAL’s aluminium smelter
Alstom has signed a contract, worth approximately €36 million, with Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) to supply equipment on a turnkey basis for Potlines 1 & 3 at EGA’s core operating subsidiary, Dubai Aluminium (“DUBAL”, also known as EGA Jebel Ali), in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). The project will...
