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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Primary Aluminium Weekly Recap: Vedanta Aluminium becomes India’s largest green power purchaser; QAMCO reports a net profit of QR 288 million for H1 2021
Primary aluminium sector witnessed some major developments last week. The week saw some of the biggest aluminium producers- Hindalco, NALCO and Qatalum announcing their financial results. Let's explore: Vedanta Aluminium Business purchased 354 million units of solar and non-solar renewable energy...
Vedanta Aluminium Business wins three Gold Awards at SNEMA 2020
Vedanta Aluminium Business has won three Gold Awards at the SEEM National Energy Management Awards (SNEMA) 2020 for excellence in energy management at its Aluminium Smelters I & II and 1215MW Captive Power Plant at Jharsuguda, Odisha. Vedanta’s 1215MW Captive Power Plant and 2400 MW Thermal Power...
Podback teams up with ODS and Oxford City Council to launch kerbside recycling collection service
Podback has teamed up with ODS and Oxford City Council to allow residents to recycle their coffee pods using their kerbside recycling collection service. Oxford residents can recycle both plastic and aluminium coffee pods using free collection bags provided by Podback, which will commence on 9th...
Fortescue monitors New Zealand hydrogen venture, hope raises for Tiwai aluminium smelter operations beyond 2024
The fourth-largest iron ore producer globally with its headquarter in Australia, Fortescue Metals has inked a partnership agreement with a tribal group in New Zealand to evaluate the possibilities of developing a hydrogen project fuelled by renewable energy with the first production as early as...
Vedanta Aluminium procures 354 million units of renewable energy, becomes India’s largest green power purchaser
Vedanta Aluminium Business purchased 354 million units of solar and non-solar renewable energy primarily from Green Term-Ahead Market (GTAM) at IEX. The renewable energy will be used for its aluminium production unit at Jharsuguda, in Odisha. With this acquisition, Vedanta Aluminium became India’s...
Altech Chemicals settles $195 million green bond offering to finance HPA plant in Malaysia
The high-purity alumina provider, Altech Chemicals, who aims to become the world’s largest supplier in its segment has entered the conclusive stages of a $195 million listed green bond offering to dispense additional financing for the construction of a planned $400 million high purity alumina (HPA)...
Mytilineos SA owned Aluminium of Greece commits to switch green by 2030
The Greek industrial conglomerate Mytilineos SA owned Aluminium of Greece has committed to switching to green for all of its power requirements from renewable energy by 2030. In a bourse filing, the aluminium metal producer has inked a power supply agreement with Greek utility Public Power...
Norsk Hydro posts record results for Q2 2021, confers credit to continued positive market sentiment
The Norwegian Aluminium company and renewable energy company and also one of the largest aluminium companies worldwide, Norsk Hydro ASA posted Q2 2021 adjusted EBITDA of NOK 6,598 million, up from NOK 2,794 million in the same quarter previous year. The continued global economic recovery is...
Moving towards green industry, Mytilineos signs final contract with PPC for power supply to Aluminium of Greece
The Greece-based industrial conglomerate MYTILINEOS made public the signing of the agreement with PPC for power supply at its metallurgy business unit Aluminum of Greece. The agreement denotes the magnificent liaison of the two leading companies of Greece and their commitment to competitive...
Century Aluminium extends power supply contract by 3 years to 182 MW for its Iceland smelter
Century Aluminum Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Norðurál Grundartangi ehf, has reportedly reached an agreement with Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company in Iceland, to extend its 161MW power contract for the next three years till 2026. The extension of contract will increase the power...
En+ Group reveals 2020 sustainability report
On 20 th July, the world’s largest producer of low carbon aluminium, En+ Group published its 2020 sustainability report. The report is stuffed with details of achievements over the 12 months to 31 December 2020, tracks the progress of ongoing initiatives and programmes, and delineate significant...
Recycled Aluminium Weekly Recap: Every Can Counts survey indicates Ireland ranks high for environmental concerns; Shawinigan Aluminum Inc. rolls-out its aluminium recycling center
The aluminium recycling segment is playing a vital role, as the recycling process creates high-quality aluminium that loses none of the physical properties of primary aluminium and also uses just 5% of the energy it takes to create primary aluminium. The most happening news which came up this week...
Hydro plans to build an aluminium recycling plant in Michigan for the production of extrusion ingot
The Norwegian aluminium company, Hydro’s Aluminium Metal unit has inked a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire land to develop a “state-of-the-art aluminium recycling plant” in Cassopolis, Michigan, that will produce aluminium extrusion ingot. The European company said: “The planned facility in...
Rio Tinto examines technical implications of using hydrogen to produce green alumina
The Anglo-Australian multinational and the world's second-largest metals and mining corporation Rio Tinto is examining the technical implications of using hydrogen as a form of renewable energy in place of natural gas to reduce emissions from refining alumina. The feasibility study amounting to...
Chinese carbon emission peak by 2030 needs renewable energy adaption for aluminium industry: CRU
According to a team of analysts at London-based business intelligence company CRU, China will need to shift to renewable energy for achieving carbon neutrality, particularly for the aluminium industry, where renewable power is expected to rise from the current 16 per cent to 27 per cent by 2030....
Alcoa details decarbonise plans for alumina refining; $2-5 billion investment by all Australian refineries will cut 70% emissions
Alcoa Corporation has laid out a detailed plan of leveraging renewable energy to refine alumina in an attempt to cut 70 per cent of carbon emissions. Among Australia’s emissions-intensive exports, alumina and aluminium are the highest at risk for carbon border tariffs that the European Union is set...
Crown Holdings publishes sustainability report for 2020; plans to launch new program
Crown Holdings has released an interim sustainability report titled "Enduring Values, Continuous Progress”. The report indicates the completion of its first sustainability goals and plan for future performance based on five pillars of action with the launch of its Twentyby30 program. The Twentyby30...
Rio Tinto teams up with ARENA to reduce carbon emissions in alumina refineries
Rio Tinto has teamed up with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to study using hydrogen in alumina refineries to cut carbon emissions. The project involves a feasibility study into using clean hydrogen to replace natural gas in the calcination process of refining at the Yarwun alumina...
