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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Hydro to introduce solar-inspired edition of its extrusion-design manual
Hydro, a global supplier of aluminium and aluminium products based in Norway, will introduce a solar-inspired edition of its popular extrusion-design manual at Solar Power International 2012 on 10-13 September at the Orange County Convention Centre (booth 1063) in Orlando, Florida (US). “It is a...
Alcan Cable Launches U.S. Mobile Website
Alcan Cable, a business unit of Rio Tinto, introduced the mobile version of its U.S. website today. The mobile site features product descriptions, applications, technical data, videos and project profiles highlighting the company's aluminum utility cables and STABILOY brand of aluminum alloy...
Nalco to invest on energy sector
Poised for a big leap in its diversification plan, aluminium giant NALCO is all set to invest around Rs 40,000 crore to make a foray into energy sector besides implementing a host of new projects and expansion works. "The company has taken up several greenfield projects. As part of this drive,...
Bauxite companies in Jamaica warn against sole dependence on LNG for fuel
Jamaica's powerful bauxite/ alumina partners have warned that it would be a mistake for Government to rely solely on natural gas as an alternative fuel source, and is urging the Government to adopt a diversification strategy that includes coal, compressed gas and renewables. Further diversification...
DUBAL joins the cause of environmental sustainability
The inclusion of environmental sustainability in the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals highlighted the importance of taking measures to protect and restore the environment. After all, a cleaner environment makes the earth more habitable for the current and succeeding generations....
Hydro considers aluminum as the ‘metal of the future',
Hydro Aluminum will put aluminum in the spotlight at its Intersolar North America exhibition stand, booth 9129. The company says many of the technical qualities of the light metal are relevant for a range of applications linked to the solar industry, making aluminum highly competitive in comparison...
Reward program to boost recycling
The company that handles garbage collection for most of Brevard County has started rolling out a program to reward customers for recycling more. Waste Management is offering the program through Recyclebank, a New York-based company that gives people points for their recycling efforts that can be...
Alcoa to sell its 351-MW Tapoco Hydroelectric Project to Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners
Alcoa, a leading manufacturer of alumina, fabricated aluminum and primary aluminum has agreed to sell its 351-MW Tapoco Hydroelectric Project to Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners. Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners handles one of the largest pure-play and publicly-traded renewable power...
Alcoa to sell hydropower project to Brookfield
Aluminum company Alcoa Inc said on Friday it will sell its Tapoco hydroelectric project in Tennessee and North Carolina to Canada's Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners for $600 million. Tapoco, a 351-megawatt project located on the Little Tennessee and Cheoah Rivers in eastern Tennessee and...
Aluminum Giant Alcoa Finds New Markets In Green Tech Economy
It may not be the plastics of the 21st century, but aluminum demand is growing along with the need for lighter, more fuel efficient cars, lightweight laptops and tablets like the iPad I’m writing this post on as well as futuristic products such as self-cleaning, smog-eating building panels. Which...
Landsvirkjun makes energy deal with Geothermal Metal Recycling
Landsvirkjun and Geothermal Metal Recycling (GMR) announced on Monday June 25 that the two companies have agreed on terms for a new power purchase agreement (PPA). Under this new contract, Landsvirkjun will provide clean, renewable energy to power a steel and scrap metal recycling plant at the...
Hydro presents Powerhouse project at Rio+20
Aluminium in energy-efficient buildings and Hydro’s Powerhouse project were on the agenda when world leaders gathered in Rio de Janeiro this week to discuss social and economic development and the environment concerns. During the “Rio+20 Business day,” Johnny Undeli, head of Hydro’s Bauxite &...
University of Bahrain gets Alba donation
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) recently presented the second instalment of BD50,000 ($132,655) to the University of Bahrain (UOB) that will go towards the purchase and installation of eco-friendly LED lights at its Sakhir campus. The instalment is a part of Alba’s BD150,000 ($397,877) donation to the...
Rio Tinto Alcan CEO focusses on Alumina and Bauxite to help cut production costs
Rio Tinto Alcan, one of five operating groups operated by Rio Tinto PLC, is focusing its investment and development on bauxite and alumina, Jacynthe Cote, chief executive of Rio Tinto Alcan, said Tuesday at the American Metal Market Aluminum Summit. "Remember that it all starts with bauxite and...
Targray to launch new aluminium paste for solar cells
Targray Technology has chosen Intersolar Europe as the platform upon which to launch its new aluminium pastes, the M7 range, which is designed for rear-side passivated and locally contacted solar cells. The paste, suited to PERC- and PERL-based manufacturing technologies, is designed for use on...
Aluminium can plant benefits from the Australian government's grants
The first businesses to benefit from the federal government's $1 billion grants program to help manufacturers cope with the carbon pricing include an insulation maker, an aluminium can plant and a number of wineries. Manufacturers awarded grants of up to $500,000 under the clean technology...
Greanbean engineer turns recycling into a game
Whoever says that the reverse vending concept is boring clearly hasn’t met Shanker Sahai yet; the founder of Cambridge start-up Greenbean Recycle. The high-tech machine of his design, which is an arcade game just as much as a recycling depot, attempts to provide the public with with a more...
Stop bauxite mining to save eco-system, says expert
Ecological balance is crucial to sustainable development and unless the government and people themselves stick to stringent norms of not violating the eco-norms, it will be a planet difficult to live on said speakers at awareness programme for faculty members of PVP Institute of Technology. The...
