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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Chinalco signs a deal with Yunnan government and secures more smelting capacity
China’s largest state aluminium producer Chinalco is all set to close the gap on privately run China Hongqiao Group, the world’s top aluminium producer, as it signs a deal with the Yunnan government, which will give access to the company to more smelting capacity of around 1.6 million tonnes, with...
First stage of aluminium hydropower project in Yunnan to begin operations this June
According to the latest update by Shanghai Metal Market, the first stage of a hydropower project to produce and process aluminium in Zhaotong, in Yunnan province, is expected to start from June 1, 2018. A large number of aluminium companies are keen to tap Yunnan’s extensive hydropower capacity to...
China-based Henan Shenhuo to transfer its aluminium smelting capacity to Yunnan
According to a provincial government notice, the China-based company Henan Shenhuo Coal and Power Co, which is primarily engaged in ferrous metal processing, the coal mining, and deep processing electrolytic aluminium, is about to transfer more than 450,000 tonnes per year of aluminium smelting...
Hydro signs power supply contract with Blakliden Fäbodberget for its Norway aluminium plants
Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company Norsk Hydro ASA’s wholly-owned subsidiary Hydro Energi AS has signed a long-term power contract with a Swedish wind power company Blakliden Fäbodberget Wind AB for an annual baseload supply of 0.66 terawatt hours (TWh) in the period between 2022 and...
Enhanced aluminium batteries could provide 'perfect' renewable energy storage
Aluminium batteries enhanced with cheap and abundant materials could provide the perfect low-cost storage for renewable energy, researchers have claimed. While lightweight lithium-ion batteries are ideal for electric cars, they are also quite expensive – and therefore unsuitable for large-scale,...
Hydro signs new long-term power contract for Norwegian aluminium portfolio
Norwegian aluminium company Norsk Hydro ASA's wholly-owned subsidiary Hydro Energi AS has signed a long-term power contract with Norwegian power producer Statkraft, for annual supply of 0.75 terawatt hours (TWh) from 2021 to 2030 and 1 TWh from 2031 to 2038. The contracts will contribute to...
EGA recycled over 96 thousand tonnes of waste in 2017, and marks first Global Recycling Day
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, today announced that it recycled over 96 thousand tonnes of waste in 2017, up from over 77 thousand tonnes in 2016. Today is the first Global Recycling Day, which is being marked worldwide to...
Al Abbar Aluminium signs solar system agreement with SirajPower
SirajPower has signed an agreement with Al Abbar Aluminium to finance, build and operate a solar system at Al Abbar’s steel and aluminium facility in Jebel Ali. SirajPower will deliver almost 1MW solar energy and help the company to save nearly 40% of its expected consumption at the facility. David...
Trina Solar announces new efficiency record of 25.04% for a large-area
Trina Solar announced that its State Key Laboratory (SKL) of PV Science and Technology (PVST) has set a new record of 25.04% total-area efficiency for a large-area (243.18 cm2) n-type mono-crystalline silicon (c-Si) Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC) solar cell, with open-circuit voltage up to 715.6...
Scientists build flexible solar panel with aluminium components for next-gen IoT devices
To overcome the structural rigidity and weight issues in traditional solar panels that restrict their use in flexible electronics, researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia have built rigid silicon segments joined by aluminium contacts. The lightweight,...
Masdar’s unveils aluminium body Eco-Bus at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2018
Masdar, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, on Monday unveiled the all-electric Eco-Bus at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2018. A template for future sustainable public transport solutions, the working prototype was jointly developed by Masdar and Abu Dhabi-based Hafilat Industry in collaboration with...
Vestas to construct second phase of wind park for Aluar aluminium smelter
Vestas, a Danish manufacturer and installer of wind turbines, has signed a contract with Aluar Aluminio Argentino S.A.I.C, Argentina’s leading aluminium producer, for the construction and installation of the El Llano wind park’s second phase. “The contract to build El Llano wind park’s second phase...
NALCO Bags National Energy Conservation Award in Aluminium Sector
The Smelter Plant of National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), located at Angul, has bagged the National Energy Conservation Award in Aluminium Sector for the year 2017. On behalf the company, Dr. P K Pradhan, Regional Manager (Northern Region), NALCO, received the award from Shri Abhay Bakre,...
Technology using aluminium scrap and sea water helps cleanse CO2 from atmosphere
A team of researchers at the University of York has developed a novel solution for capturing atmospheric, undesirable carbon dioxide using sea water from Whitby in North Yorkshire and aluminium scrap. The technology could help capture 850 million tonnes of the greenhouse gas responsible for global...
Hydro signs energy contract for Norwegian aluminium portfolio
Norsk Hydro ASA announced on Tuesday that its fully owned subsidiary Hydro Energi AS entered into a long-term contract with Markbygden Ett AB to supply power to company's aluminium plants. Markbygden Ett AB, a Swedish wind power company, will provide an annual baseload supply of 1.65 TWh in the...
Electricity regulator sees long future for Tiwai Point aluminium smelter
New Zealand's abundant renewable electricity may be the saviour of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, attract energy-intensive industries to New Zealand and eventually see electricity exported across the Tasman Sea to Australia, the chair of the Electricity Authority, Brent Layton, says. In a...
Rio Tinto in talks with GFG Alliance for the sale of Pacific Aluminium smelters
The global mining giant Rio Tinto Group is mulling sales of its aluminium operations in Australia and New Zealand, reported the Financial Times. The sale of assets includes Pacific Aluminium and a power station at Gladstone, for which the group is in talks with Sanjeev Gupta owned Gupta Family...
India’s EV dream to boost renewable energy and aluminium demand in next decade
Electrification of all the vehicles in India within financial year 2016-17, would result in an incremental electricity demand of around 50,000 crore units, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) estimated. This is in comparison with the actual electricity output of 1.43 lakh crore units, including...
