India's hidden urban mines are going to landfills: Why e-waste needs a second life
As smartphones, laptops, televisions, electric vehicles, and household appliances become an integral part of modern life, electronic waste (e-waste) is emerging as one of the world's fastest-growing waste streams. Yet, every discarded electronic device contains more than just obsolete technology—it...
Coal-heavy Australian aluminium vs renewables-led New Zealand: How Oceania is balancing decarbonisation
Oceania’s primary aluminium industry is facing a fragmented energy transition. While Australia, the leading aluminium producer of the continent, has abundant renewable resources and a well-established aluminium value chain, its smelters remain significantly more dependent on fossil-fuel-based...
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Capral Aluminium pledges to achieve net zero emission by 2050
Capral Aluminium has pledged to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. In order to make this happen, Capral will have to achieve net-zero emissions in Scope 1 and Scope 2, with the support of new and breakthrough technological alternatives. The scientific community has said unequivocally that net-zero...
Primary aluminium weekly recap: EGA meets and greets global aluminium industry leaders to discuss decarbonising electricity generation; Aluminium association reports 5.3% growth in domestic aluminium demand in 1Q2022
The aluminium industry is slowly taking its step toward a greener and more sustainable environment. For example, to minimize greenhouse gas emissions, GE Power had signed a contract to upgrade Emirates Global Aluminium’s (EGA) Al Taweelah power plant gas turbines. This idea will assist the UAE to...
EGA collaborates with American University of Sharjah to re-use food waste to enrich manufactured soil made from bauxite residue
UAE’s largest industrial organisation, excluding gas and oil, Emirate Global Aluminium (EGA), has declared today a venture with the American University of Sharjah’s College of Engineering to study the beneficial qualities of re-using food waste to enhance the soil manufactured from bauxite residue....
Ford associates with ‘First Movers Coalition’ to promote zero-carbon technologies
The American automobile megacorporation, Ford Motor Company has joined hands with First Movers Coalition, a worldwide initiative to yield buyable power and create supply chains to initiate early markets for ingenious clean energy innovations, like green aluminium. The company is responsible for...
EGA meets and greets global aluminium industry leaders to discuss decarbonising electricity generation for net-zero by 2050
On Wednesday, May 25, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) greeted aluminium industry leaders from all over the world in Dubai at the 50th-anniversary meeting of the International Aluminium Institute (IAI). The International Aluminium Institute brings together the global aluminium industry to promote...
GE signs a contract to modernize EGA's Al Taweelah power plant gas turbines to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
The Gulf aluminium giant, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and the American energy technology company, GE Power, have successfully collaborated on the up-gradation of four readily installed GE 9F gas turbines at the EGA’s Al Taweelah power plant. This notion will help contain the severity of the...
Rio Tinto aims to reduce carbon emission from its marine fleet, teams up with British Petroleum on a sustainable bio fuel trial
Rio Tinto and British Petroleum (bp) have agreed to collaborate on a one-year biofuel trial to assist Rio Tinto's marine fleet to reduce carbon emissions. British Petroleum will supply marine biofuel to Rio Tinto as part of the trial for approximately 12 months. The findings from the trial will be...
Aluminium packaging leader Ball Corp. signs VPPA to procure new wind energy in Texas
The American company headquartered in Colorado, Ball Corporation announced that it has inked a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) to procure 151 MW of wind energy from a new project in west Texas. The global leader in aluminium packaging Ball Corporation further added that upon purchase,...
Imerys to build a 4.67-MWp solar plant at its alumina refinery in Bahrain, a step towards 36% carbon cut by decade-end
Paris-headquartered industrial minerals manufacturing company Imerys S.A. has reportedly collaborated with Yellow Door Energy to build a 4.67-MWp solar plant at its white fused alumina refinery in Bahrain. As per the report, more than 8,500 solar panels will be installed in the plant located across...
Scott Morrison announces a $50 million investment in research of green industries including aluminium
On 11th May 2022, Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison visited Hunter to acknowledge the $50 million investment for a new business and research coalition with the University of Newcastle and the University of New South Wales. Hunter is a town located in Greene County, New York, United States....
Novelis to build the largest aluminium rolling plant in US to serve the rising beverage cans market
On May 11, Novelis, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group firm Hindalco, announced a $2.5 billion investment in new low-carbon recycling and rolling factory in Bay Minette, Alabama. This state-of-the-art factory will be able to manufacture 600,000 tonnes of aluminium sheets per year. Site...
Vytas and Accelerate Resources consort for the JORC Tambellup kaolin project focusing on HPA production
The JORC resource is being considered by the two companies, Vytas Resources and its 33% partner Accelerate Resources for their joint venture, the Tambellup kaolin project in southwestern parts of Western Australia, keeping in mind that during this quarter, Vytas is planning an entry in ASX IPO. In...
Dudley Aluminium collaborates with ISG and BAM to build sustainable schools in UK
Dudley Aluminium is going to join hands with ISG construction Ltd and BAM Construction for building sustainable school complexes in various parts of the UK. The First school will be situated in Rhydyfelin, in the Pontypridd area of Wales and the second school is planned to be in North Brent,...
Japan’s Sumitomo to contribute a green hydrogen unit for the Gladstone Hydrogen Ecosystem
Australian mining giant Rio Tinto will collaborate with Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation to construct a 2MW green hydrogen production facility at the former’s Yarwun alumina refinery located in Gladstone. The proposed pilot project is going to yield 300 tonnes of green hydrogen to sufficiently cater to...
Sunshine Hydro plans world’s first super-hybrid green hydrogen project in Queensland
Sunshine Hydro and Energy Estate have proposed the construction of the “world’s first,” super-hybrid green hydrogen project in Central Queensland, valued at $5.5 billion with massive wind and pumped hydro facilities. The unit also underlines its plans for hydrogen technologies. The project is...
Aluar Aluminio Argentino selects Vestas for Llano wind energy complex expansion
The sole aluminium smelter in Argentina and one of the largest in South America, Aluar Aluminio Argentino has awarded Vestas, the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions for the 81 MW Llano IV Wind Farm in the province of Chubut in Argentina. However, it has been reported...
MRAI’s premier event to highlight the importance of recycling
Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) to host the 9th IMRC conference from 5th – 7th May 2022 in Delhi at Leela Convention Centre, Shahdra, Delhi to address the growing concerns and discuss the roadmap to make India a green superpower by 2030. The conference is meticulously planned to...
Enray Solutions introduces self-powered dry-cleaning robots for solar panels
Enray Solutions from India has evolved a sovereign, dry cleaning robot which gains power from an attached PV panel and battery to maintain huge ground installed solar panels. Co-founder Rishabh Bhardwaj’s Enray Solutions offers the service of a self-sufficient, user-friendly robot to cleanse the...
