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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Deripaska to list Russia’s largest power and aluminium producer En+ on London Stock Exchange
Billionaire Russian industrialist Oleg Deripaska is set to list Russia’s largest independent power and aluminium producer En+ on the London Stock Exchange and in Moscow. The industrialist hopes to raise $1.5bn through the dual listing of the power and aluminium producer En+ to help to lower its...
Fortress Recycling receives £100,000 grant to improve productivity levels
Fortress Recycling and Resource Management on the Heathcote Industrial Estate, which recycles aluminium cans paper, cardboard and glass, has obtained a £100,000 grant in order to minimize carbon emissions. The company received investment from the Coventry and Warwickshire Green Business Programme...
Aluminium major Nalco to tap renewable energy for power requirements
Nalco has commissioned its wind power plants with 50 MW and 50.4 MW capacity in Rajasthan and Maharashtra, respectively, at a cost of Rs 669 crore. The company plans to set up another wind power plant of 50 MW capacity and looking at suitable location in the country. Techno-commercial bids for...
Army engineers use aluminium powder to make new energy sources
<p>Army engineers at the Aberdeen Proving Ground facility in Maryland has discovered a new energy source by mixing nano-galvanic, aluminium-based powder with water, or with any liquid containing water. According to them, this technology produces high amount of energy for fuel and fuel cells.</p> <p...
“Green” aluminium produced using renewable energy gets costlier
<p>The demand for “green” aluminium is on the rise. Global automotive, electronics, and packaging industry players who are fiercely competing to occupy a piece of mind-space of today’s environment-conscious consumers while getting a quick go-ahead from the regulators and investors...
Aluminium foil waste can be converted into biofuel catalyst, says Queen’s Univ
<p>A researcher at Queen’s University in Belfast, has developed a technique to convert dirty aluminium foil into a biofuel catalyst. The technique would help in solving waste and energy problems. Around 20,000 tonnes of aluminium foil packaging is wasted every year in the UK, a...
China dumping solar panels hurts aluminium frames market; India launches AD probe
<p>In response to a petition by the Indian Solar Manufacturers Association (ISMA) the Directorate of Anti-Dumping & Allied Duties, India, has initiated an investigation against solar equipment imports from China. The solar cell and equipment imports, the Association claims, are hurting the...
Aditya Aluminium installs solar-powered streetlights in Odisha villages
<p>Aditya Aluminium, a unit of AV Birla group company Hindalco Industries, has initiated a project in a partnership with the Odisha government to provide an uninterrupted supply of electricity to the villages of Sambalpur district.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display:...
Rusal to convert all its smelting power plants to hydroelectricity by 2020
<p>Oleg Mukhamedshin, deputy chief executive of Rusal has said to media that Rusal, the world’s second-largest aluminium producer, will stick to its target of converting all of its electricity sources to clean energy or hydropower by 2020. It is noteworthy that President Donald Trump early...
Adani Group inks MoU with East Hope Group to set up manufacturing units
<p>According to a statement by the Indian Consulate in Shanghai, Adani Group inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with East Hope Group, one of China’s largest private companies, to build manufacturing units in Mundra special economic zone in Gujarat.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align:...
World Environment Day: A new India wakes up to the benefits of aluminium recycling
<p>Aluminium recycling is still a fledgling industry in India. The lack of a proper ecosystem and a weak legal structure has stopped the hitherto ‘unorganized sectoral practice’ from growing into a full-fledged industry. However, considering the fact that India’s per capita...
Southwire introduces aluminium cable for down-tower applications
<p>Southwire Company, LLC, North America’s leading manufacturer of wire and cable used in the distribution and transmission of electricity, has introduced a new multi-strand aluminium cable that would be used for down-tower wind turbine applications. The USP’s of the new product...
Sunshine Coast Solar Farm installs Trina Solar panels
<p>The 15 megawatt (MW) Sunshine Coast Solar Farm project in Valdora, Australia, powered by Trina Solar panels is going to be fully operational by mid-2017.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"...
"A flourishing downstream industry, economical aluminium prices and improving aluminium usage can only increase aluminium consumption in India," - Mr. BD Garg, Executive Director, Jindal Aluminium Limited
<p>Jindal Aluminium Limited is a leading aluminium extruder in India and the largest aluminium product manufacturer with above 35% of the market share. Leading the company from the forefront is a group of stalwarts among whom B.D. Garg deserves a special mention. A veteran in the Indian aluminium...
Apple intends to end reliance on mining and use recycled aluminium instead
<p>An American multinational technology company Apple released its annual environmental responsibility report on Thursday, April 20, stating the company’s intention of ending reliance on mining altogether and instead shifting to recycled aluminium for making its gadgets.</p> <p><img...
Suzlon commissions two renewable projects for Nalco
<p>Suzlon Group, one of the leading renewable energy solutions provider worldwide, has Installed and commissioned two renewable projects of 50.40 MW each for NALCO. Bothe the wind power plants are situated at Gondikota in Andhra Pradesh and Jath in Maharashtra.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align:...
Vishay Intertechnology extends useful life of its power aluminium capacitors
<p>Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., the American manufacturer of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components, announced recently that the company has successfully extended the useful life of 500 V devices in its key offering 159 PUL-SI series of snap-in power aluminium capacitors. Vishay...
Nalco signs MoU with MIDHANI to produce high- end aluminium products
<p>Aluminium major Nalco signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Defence ministry PSU- Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd (Midhani) for manufacturing high-end aluminium products in order to reduce imports of such items.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto;...
