Carbonation curing could extend the field life of red mud-based backfill, new study suggests
Chinese researchers show that a few extra hours of CO2 curing can roughly double the wet-dry service life of red mud–CFB ash–MgO backfill, while keeping leaching of hazardous elements low even after weeks of exposure to alkaline red mud liquor. Red mud remains one of the aluminium industry’s...
CFMoto’s 2027 Ibex 800 E combines aluminium components with radar safety technology
CFMoto's 2027 Ibex 800 E combines an aluminium swingarm and forged aluminium pistons with radar-based safety technology, while starting at USD 9,799 in the US. The Ibex also comes with an 8-inch touchscreen, adjustable KYB suspension and several touring features as standard. The Ibex 800 E comes...
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Altech at Germany continuing research on lithium-ion battery separator for HPA battery
Altech Chemicals is reportedly continuing its research on high purity alumina battery applications with a focus on lithium-ion battery separator technologies and the impact of alumina impurities on battery safety. The research is being performed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies...
Why buy AlCircle’s Report on "Industry 4.0 in Aluminium"?
After the success of the E-Magazine “Aluminium Industry 4.0: Drivers & Change Makers” last year, AlCircle has come up with a report on the same topic, but with more information and awareness on Industry 4.0. The report titled "Industry 4.0 in Aluminium" is an attempt to highlight how the...
Launched! AlCircle’s Report on "Industry 4.0 in Aluminium"
Building on the success of the E-Magazine “Aluminium Industry 4.0: Drivers & Change Makers” last year, AlCircle this time has again come up with a report on “ Industry 4.0 in Aluminium ” on readers’ demand, but with more insightful information. Since the Industry 4.0 is one of the most talked about...
Lightweight aluminium swing-arm equipped Hellcat likely to roll out in 2020: Confederate Motorcycles
Confederate Motorcycles LLC will execute its high end and high-powered big V-Twin motorcycles production in Birmingham, Alabama. The company after being revived by Ernest Lee capital, it has been communicated that the firm will be back on track and will continue to sell the remaining Confederate...
Outotec to deliver technology and services to NALCO for refinery expansion
According to a recent report, Outotec has bagged a contract to deliver technology and services to National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) for its alumina refinery expansion in Damanjodi, Odisha. The order is worth EUR 15 million and is booked in Outotec’s 2020 first quarter order intake. As per...
B&O launches new Smart Home Assistant Speakers featuring aluminium chassis
Bang & Olufsen, a high-end Danish audio maker, has reportedly released new Smart Home Assistant Speakers – the Beosound Balance. Available in two colours, the speakers are equipped with seven different internal speakers to give users a stereo sound effect as well as an overall louder experience....
Magna BDW technologies GmbH joins ASI as new Industrial User member
Magna BDW technologies GmbH has become a new Industrial User member of Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI). This brings the total number of members working toward a responsible aluminium value chain to 116. Magna BDW technologies GmbH, a subsidiary of the Magna Group manufactures die-cast...
Honor debuts MagicBook 14 and 15 notebooks with Aluminium chassis
Huawei’s subsidiary company Honor debuts its own MagicBook 14 and MagicBook 15 notebooks with aluminium body. The Honor notebooks look quite similar to Huawei’s machines, though the newborn is tooled up exclusively with AMD Ryzen APU. Generally, Honor is known for stylish designs of their products,...
“I believe China will continue to invest but not necessarily increase its overall production”- Antti Koulumies, Vice President, Aluminium Business Line, Outotec
Outotec provides industry benchmark technologies and life-cycle services for their customers in metals and mining, industrial water treatment, alternative energy, and chemical sector, helping them improve their profitability in a sustainable way. Outotec possesses over a century of experience in...
“2020 will be a year of transition during which producers are likely to behave prudently, looking for productivity gains and decisions based on long term investment strategies” - Louis Bouchard, P. Eng. Executive President, STAS Inc
STAS Inc. is a Canadian company specialised in the development, fabrication and commercialisation of process equipment for the global aluminium industry. Aluminium producers that can benefit from STAS technologies range from primary smelters to secondary foundries to aluminium mills and extruders....
“2020 will definitely be a key milestone in the deployment of the Fives digital solutions in various sectors,” - Mr Sébastien GAUGUIER, Head of Fives, Aluminium Division
Fives is an industrial engineering group specialised in designing, supplying machines, and processing equipment and production lines for the world’s largest industrial groups, including the aluminium, steel, glass, automotive, aerospace, logistics, cement, and energy sectors. Located in nearly 30...
COIL launches a new website to expand direct sales under the brand ALOXIDE® and provide e-commerce services for new users
COIL, the world leader in aluminium anodising, has launched its new website, to upgrade direct sales of premium quality products marketed under the ALOXIDE® brand and to deliver e-commerce services for new user experience. The new ALOXIDE® website www.aloxide.com provides a new showcase for the...
BMW implements new system at Dingolfing press shop for fully recycling aluminium sheet waste
German automaker BMW AG has reportedly invested 6.5 million euros in the technical retrofitting of its Dingolfing press shop for the implementation of a new system to accomplish the goal of fully recycling its scrap aluminium waste. The new system enables the press shop to separate and recycle...
GE to install digital smelter solution at Vedanta’s aluminium plant at Jharsuguda
According to a recent report, GE has signed a contract with Vedanta to install its digital smelter solution at the latter’s aluminium plant at Jharsuguda in Odisha to enhance productivity. The news came after the two companies jointly announced on Monday, February 17, that “GE and Vedanta Ltd.’s...
BS6 Suzuki Burgman Street 125 with all Aluminium engine launched In India
Suzuki Motorcycle India has today made public the launch of its BS6 compliant Burgman Street 125. The starting price will be INR 77,900 (ex-showroom, New Delhi), the 2020 Suzuki Burgman Street comes with a new colour option along with other amazing features. The Japanese manufacturer asserts that...
STAS to commercialize Rio Tinto aluminium filtration technology
STAS and Rio Tinto publicised on 13 th February’20 an agreement for commercially viable of an advanced compact filtration technology (ACF) for aluminium cast houses. The ACF technology built by Rio Tinto and it will be now manufactured and sold under license by equipment manufacturer STAS...
India should get ready to travel in world-class Aluminium coaches: Indian Railways to acquire new technology
Indian Railways braced for world-class aluminium coaches. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Commerce, India, led the occasion to award a Transfer of Technology (ToT) contract to a Korean company for the development of potentialities for production to the commissioning of aluminium-bodied...
Spherical Alumina Production to get enhanced by AI-Based Image Analysis: Showa Denko develops system
Showa Denko (SDK), a major manufacturer of chemical products, serves a wide range of fields from heavy industry to electronics and computer industries, has developed an artificial intelligence-based image analysis system for spherical alumina production in a combined effort with BLUE TAG. In...
