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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Rio Tinto’s modernised Kitimat smelter begins production
Rio Tinto is preparing its first shipments of metal from its world-class Kitimat aluminium smelter in Canada following an extensive modernisation of the facility. The modernisation of the aluminium smelter will increase production capacity by 48 per cent and result in Kitimat becoming one of the...
Pakistan Aluminium Beverage Cans Limited moves ahead
Pakistan is a country with a population of just over 185 million and is the sixth most populous place in the world. Mainly a minimally tapped market by the foreign investors, it has shown steady growth in the last five years with 4 percent GDP growth seen in 2014 only. The middle class, as per...
Altech commences permitting for Meckering
Altech Chemicals Limited is pleased to announce that it has submitted a project application with the Western Australian Department of Environment Regulation (DER) as part of the permitting requirements for its proposed aluminous clay (kaolin) mine and associated beneficiation plant, at Meckering,...
Press Metal's capacity expansion likely to translate into superior earnings growth for FY16
Press Metal Bhd’s (Press Metal) capacity expansion of its Samalaju plant in Bintulu has been viewed positively by analysts as the expansion will likely translate into superior earnings growth in the financial year 2016 (FY16). Following a visit to the plant, Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd’s research...
Aluminum remelt and casting plant faces zoning hurdle in Lenwood
A zoning ordinance that includes approval of an industrial designation for properties located in the Lenwood area to allow for a proposed aluminium casting facility will go before the City Council during a 7 p.m. Monday meeting. The zoning ordinance amendment is required as part of an effort by...
ALRO Slatina continues investment in aluminium
The Slatina-based plant was built 50 years ago and, all this time, has produced over 9.5 M tons of aluminium. The highest production was recorded in 2008 - 265,000 tons of primary aluminium. The crisis caused a notable decrease of production, but, in the last 2-3 years, the company has managed to...
AMC boosts production
UK’s Aluminium Marine Consultants (AMC) celebrated its acquisition of ISO 9001 quality management certification in June by placing four High Speed Support Vessels (HSSV) under build simultaneously in its new Isle of Wight building hall. By mid-June, the hull of the first 21m vessel for wind farm...
Imperial Innovations and Mercia Technologies invest in aluminium business
AIM listed firms Imperial Innovations and Mercia Technologies have together provided £4m to aluminium business Impression Technologies. The duo invested £2.5m and £1.5m respectively in the firm which makes aluminium components for the transport sector. The investment brings Imperial Innovation’s...
New aluminium smelter could be on the way
A partnership between a Chinese and an Icelandic company has been struck to build an aluminium smelter in north Iceland. Kjarninn reports that Klappir Development ehf. and China Nonferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign Engineering and Construction (NFC) have signed an agreement to build a smelter in...
Altech Chemicals MD Iggy Tan to present at Proactive's Sydney, Melbourne Luncheons
Altech Chemicals is securing required equity and debt funding to advance its High Purity Alumina (HPA) project towards final design and development. This follows completion of the Bankable Feasibility Study that demonstrated that the project offers a real alternative to current Chinese and Japanese...
Expansion complete for U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence - the leading architectural hardware manufacturer and supplier to the glass and glazing industry - has announced the completed expansion of its U.S. Aluminum Division headquarters in Waxahachie. The renovated facility will enhance production and distribution processes resulting in...
AlumaBridge's first aluminum bridges go up in Quebec, Florida
AlumaBridge's big claim to fame is creating a better bridge, made out of aluminum, which is lighter, stronger, and more durable than traditional options. Travelers should get their first chance to test it out later this summer. The Ann Arbor-based company’s first bridge is being built in Quebec,...
Oman firm on track to double aluminium production
Oman-based National Aluminium Products Company (Napco) said its expansion plan to double capacity is on track with equipment beginning to arrive in the sultanate ahead of schedule. The premier extruder of aluminium profiles in the GCC is planning to launch new products and services, in a bid to...
Sapa Extrusion France invests in Puget
Sapa Extrusion France is investing EUR 2 million in casthouse and fabrication equipment at its extrusion plant in Puget-sur-Argens. At the same time, the plant will adjust production capacity to improve its efficiency in a competitive French market. “The new investment will help Sapa strengthen its...
CastAlum to process 700,000 castings per year for automotive customers
Aluminium diecaster CastAlum has invested in machining capability to process 700,000 castings a year for automotive customers. The contracts are for the supply of machined steering gear housings and transmission cases. It won the contracts shortly after a management buyout in 2009 and before that...
Philippe Couillard launches the first Québec Aluminium Development Strategy
Québec Premier Philippe Couillard, accompanied by Minister of the Economy, Innovation and Exports Jacques Daoust and the Parliamentary Assistant to the Premier for the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region and Member for Dubuc Serge Simard, has announced the launch of the Québec Aluminium Development...
Bankable feasibility study confirms Altech’s high purity alumina (HPA) project
Altech Chemicals Limited announces the positive results of its Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) for the development of a 4,000tpa high purity alumina (HPA) processing plant at Tanjung Langsat, Johor, Malaysia and an associated kaolin beneficiation plant at Meckering, Western Australia to provide...
GAC, Government of Guinea sign four agreements on infrastructure development projects in the region of Boke
Guinea Alumina Corporation SA, a mining development company wholly owned by Emirates Global Aluminum PJSC, signed a series of four agreements in Paris, France, with the Government of the Republic of Guinea - the latter represented by the Ministry of Mines and Geology and the National Agency for...
