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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TES to set up a new $20 million lithium-ion batteries recycling facility in Singapore
TES, the global electronic waste recycler, will reportedly open a new facility for recycling lithium-ion batteries in Singapore, said Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Koh Poh Koon on Wednesday, October 30. "This is an exciting development as the use of batteries for grid-related...
A niche market for green aluminium is on the card; say industry players and traders in unison
As the focus on environment is growing urging manufacturers for using sustainably sourced materials, aluminium industry is actually heading towards an exclusive premium market for clean and green aluminium. Though lightweighting and easy recyclability make aluminium a more thoughtful choice, its...
Aditya Aluminium installs new solar power plant in Sambalpur for smelting process
According to a recent report, the metal unit of Aditya Birla Group, Aditya Aluminium, has built a 24-MW solar power plant worth INR 151 crore at Lapanga in Sambalpur district. Spread across 144 acres of ash-filled land, the plant is expected to contribute to the State Government’s goal of...
Log 9 Materials receives a $3.5 million funding for aluminium fuel batteries development
The trial conducted by 25-year-old Akshay Singhal on his electric car Mahindra e2o Plus to run on water and aluminium had done several round ups on the internet last year, and now its receipt of a $3.5 million funding is drawing attention. The news came on Monday, October 21, when the company Log 9...
China Hongqiao plans hydropower based “green aluminium” industrial park in Yunnan
China Hongqiao Group is planning to set up a “green aluminium” industrial park in Southwest China’s Yunnan capitalizing on the hydropower resources of the province, a statement from affiliate firm Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering says. A number of Chinese aluminium producers, including Aluminum Corp of...
IOC developing metal-air batteries from indigenous metals; In talks with Hindalco to source aluminium
Indian state government-owned oil and gas company, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC), is reportedly developing metal-air batteries that will produce energy by oxidising metals such as iron, zinc and aluminium. This is to forestall dependence on lithium imports once electric vehicles and...
BlackRock starts a circular economy fund that bets on sustainable business and focused on scrap recycling
BlackRock (BLK.N), the world’s largest asset manager, is actively investing in companies including Adidas (ADSGn.DE), Tomra (TOM.OL) and Ball Corp (BLL.N) through a new circular economy fund that bets on sustainable business. BlackRock, which has $6.84 trillion in assets under management, is the...
Scientists from Sweden and Slovenia create aluminium batteries with two times higher energy density
Scientists from Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology and Slovenia’s National Institute of Chemistry have claimed to have created aluminium batteries with higher energy density and wide renewable energy storage applications. Conventional aluminium batteries use aluminium anode and graphene...
China's Henan Shenhuo postpones commissioning of the first phase of its Yunnan aluminium smelter
According to a Reuters report, China’s Henan Shenhuo Group has postponed commissioning of its new aluminium smelter in Yunnan province as the construction could not be completed due to poor weather. The 6.75 billion yuan ($952 million) project in Wenshan prefecture included an integrated hydropower...
Team of engineers finds solution to turn aluminium waste into clean energy source
74-years old pensioner Alan Smith, along with his team has reportedly built an environmentally friendly hydrogen reactor, a mini plant that can circumvent conventional shortcomings in hydrogen production while producing aluminium oxide and heat as valuable by-products. As per the report, Smith...
Demand for photovoltaic-use aluminium extrusion to stay strong in China in H2 2019:
According to Shanghai Metals Market, demand for photovoltaic-use (PV-use) aluminium extrusion is likely to stay strong across China in the second half of the year, as the National Energy Administration (NEA) released on Thursday, July 18, the remaining quotas for residential solar qualifying for a...
“The electricity generated by Tonstad Vindpark will allow for Norsk Hydro to produce approximately 50,000 tons of aluminium,” Henriette Sarah Holberg, Head of Communications, TONSTAD Vindpark
Project Tonstad is an under construction wind farm in the south of Norway and will be one of the largest in the country. Once complete, the project will supply all electricity generated, to the Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro through an off-take agreement. Henriette Sarah Holberg is the Head of...
YCM’s first zero emission committee boat with aluminium to be delivered in 2020
At the sixth annual Monaco Solar & Energy Boat Challenge on July 6th to 7th, the Yacht Club de Monaco (YCM), in presence of HSH Prince Albert II - the yacht club's President, revealed that it was planning to construct the first Zero Emission Committee Boat. The size of the boat will be11.5-metre...
China’s NEV sales up 38.7% YoY in June; Total sales in H12019 stand at 577,000 units
China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) data shows that China’s new energy vehicle (NEV) sales in June recorded month-on-month growth by 38.7 per cent and year-on-year by 98.7 per cent to stand at 134,000 units. In the previous month as well, China’s new energy vehicle (NEV) sales had registered a...
Project Tonstad, a 208 MW wind farm in Norway to start commercial operation and supply electricity to Hydro from 2020
In July 2018, ENGIE and SUSI signed the financing agreements for Project Tonstad , a 208 MW wind farm in Norway to supply power to the aluminium sector. The project, which is currently under construction in the south of Norway will be one of the largest in Norway, and will supply all electricity...
Fortum signs project with Hindalco to reduce air emissions at Mahan aluminium smelter
Finnish clean energy company Fortum announced that it has signed its first commercial project with Hindalco to reduce air emissions at aluminium smelter in Mahan, Madhya Pradesh. The project is expected to be completed in mid-February 2020. Fortum will cut nitrogen oxide (NOx) through combustion...
Dongfeng Automobile plans to set up NEV supply chain fund of RMB 1.2 billion
Chinese automaker Dongfeng Automobile Co. Ltd. (DFAC) is reportedly planning to set up an industrial fund, focusing on new energy vehicle supply chain, in association with Beijing Ruihe Xinye Investment Co., Ltd. (R&H) and the state-owned Hanjiang Investment Holding. The fund, referred to as...
High cost electricity threatens future viability of Portland aluminium smelter
A major shareholder of the Portland aluminium smelter has reportedly revealed that the high cost of electricity is threatening the future viability of the plant. According to Alumina Limited managing director Mike Ferraro’s report to The Australian Financial Review , “Prices (for electricity) have...
