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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Northvolt and Norsk Hydro joining hands to set-up car battery recycling plant
The World’s Greenest battery maker Northvolt and the Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company Norsk Hydro are joining hands to recycle batteries from Norway’s hundreds of thousands of electric cars as part of Europe’s effort to build a green battery industry to take on Tesla and Asian...
Nexans secures major sub-sea HVDC cable contract from Greece’s Ariadne Interconnection S.P.S.A
Nexans has secured a major contract to design, manufacture and install a 335 km subsea high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable system for Ariadne Interconnection S.P.S.A, owned 100% by IPTO, Greece’s state grid operator. The interconnection will link the electricity network on mainland Greece to...
Solar-mounting systems manufacturer Schletter Group moves to larger site in China
Schletter Group, the international manufacturer of solar-mounting systems, made of aluminium and other metal components remains on a growth course. With the relocation of its Shanghai site to a new plant, the company is remarkably expanding its production capacities in China. Florian Roos, CEO of...
AAI seeks price correction in REC to shun burden on Aluminium Industry
The Aluminium Association of India (AAI) seeks the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to at once look into the distorted market of Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) which, according to it, is stemming an artificial demand and price surge in the power exchange. AAI vice-chairman...
Why buy AlCircle’s Report on “Energy Consumption in Aluminium Smelting and Changing Technologies Towards Gas Emission?
As aluminium enters markets that had earlier been dominated by traditional metals, especially steel, competition and comparisons on energy consumption have caught the eyes of end-use sectors across the world. In 2019, to produce one tonne of aluminium, the average total energy (AC) intensity across...
Yunnan Aluminium’s 500,000 tonnes per year smelting and hydropower project comes online
Yunnan Aluminium’s 500,000 tonnes per year smelting and hydropower project in China’s new smelting hub of Wenshan has officially started its operation, said the local government on Monday, May 19. The launch ceremony of the project, held on Friday, May 15, was attended by Yunnan province vice...
World Bank: Green energy roar will demand switch to ‘climate-smart’ mining
According to World Bank: “Climate-smart principles must steer the global search for the minerals and metals required by the green energy boom to make sure the process remains sustainable.” As per the new study, the global monetary body concluded that sourcing of non-metals, metals, and others for...
Launched! AlCircle’s new report “Energy Consumption in Aluminium Smelting and Changing Technologies Towards Gas Emission”
AlCircle has added a new Sector Focus Report - “Energy Consumption in Aluminium Smelting and Changing Technologies Towards Gas Emission” to its 2020 portfolio. The report promises to provide a deep insight into energy consumption by the primary aluminium sector and various technological...
China’s new energy passenger vehicle sales expand growth in April by 15% M-o-M: CPCA
According to the latest report from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) on Monday, May 11, China’s wholesale deliveries of new energy passenger vehicles in April came in at 64,000 units, down 30 per cent from the same period last year but up month-on-month by 14.8 per cent as the business...
Rio Tinto: To test zero-emission aluminium bus in Quebec
The metal and mining giant, Rio Tinto, has joined hands on a project to develop a zero-emission bus made of aluminium that will be tested in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada in 2021. The bus is fully electric and made with aluminium and it is named as the Electrip. Emmanuel...
Ball Corporation gets approval for its 2030 targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Ball Corporation announced that the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved its targets to reduce absolute carbon emissions. The company targets to reduce emission within its operations by 55 percent and within its value chain by 16 percent by 2030 against a 2017 baseline. Ball becomes...
Rio Tinto boosts effort to achieve emission targets; aluminium businesses will play a vital role
Jean-Sébastien Jacques, CEO, Rio Tinto has stated that meeting the company’s ambitious emission targets would not be possible without using its impact on the downstream customers. Jacques, while speaking in Rio Tinto’s climate and water seminar, said that achieving the targeted zero net carbon...
China’s new energy passenger vehicle sales in March quadrupled from last month: CPCA
According to the latest data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) on Thursday, April 9, China’s wholesale deliveries of new energy passenger vehicles totalled at 56,000 units in March, down 49.2 per cent from the same period last year but grew by about three times from the last month....
The US’ first hydrogen powered electric ferry’s aluminium construction contract secured by AAM
All American Marine (AAM) has secured a contract from Switch Maritime to complete the aluminium construction and outfitting of a 21-m, 84-passenger, zero-emissions, hydrogen-powered, electric-drive ferry that will operate in the California Bay Area. The project to build the vessel – both project...
Nordex secures mega-corporate wind order for aluminium giant Alcoa
Nordex, the European company that designs, sells and manufactures wind turbines has secured an order for the 400 MW Øyfjellet wind farm in northern Norway from a un-famed German investment house linked to a corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) with metals group Alcoa. Electricity generation...
Damco Aluminum Delfzijl Coöperatie seeks refuge in green electricity but Covid-19 creates uncertainty
Karel Oldenburger, General Manager, commented “If those piles have just been produced and lifted out, they have another dangling point. That is aluminium at its best.” Oldenburger has been working at Damco Aluminum Delfzijl Coöperatie, or Aldel for more than a decade. He has the experience of...
Fortum, BAF and Nornicket plan a recycling centre to recover metals from electric car batteries
Fortum, BAF, and Nornicket have signed a letter of intent to plan a recycling centre in Harjavalta, Finland to recover metals from electric car batteries. This would enable a successful “closed-loop” cycle to re-use the critical metals present in used batteries. “The combination of battery...
Azelio establishes recycled aluminium as an energy storage medium at Morocco's Noor solar complex
Azelio, the Swedish renewable energy firm has completed its renewable energy storage solution, with 24-hour clean power production, at the Noor Ouarzazate solar complex in Morocco. Azelio has designed a solution to adequately store renewable energy from solar and wind power and make it obtainable...
