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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GDU Mini V-Lock batteries with Aluminium back: Pioneer in Camera Industry
Global Dynamics United (GDU) is a camera Accessories Company based in Los Angeles. In a way, it is connected to the RED digital cinema. The majority of their products are photographed with RED cameras including the new RED Komodo. GDU Mini V-Lock batteries are new 98Wh batteries with machined 6061...
Apple to use Daisy robot for recycling minerals used in iPhone
For reducing the dependence on the mining industry for recycling, Apple Inc. will reportedly use a new technology called Daisy robot that will disassemble iPhone parts to recover and reuse the minerals used in making products. Apple says the robot is part of the plan to make the manufacturing...
EGA and INALUM sign MoU for licensing UAE-developed EGA technology and developing Greenfield aluminium smelter
Emirates Global Aluminium and PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (INALUM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for licensing the UAE-developed EGA technology to INALUM, upgrading an existing INALUM smelter, and developing a new aluminium smelter in Indonesia. The MoU was signed by Abdulla...
ThinTech® Aluminum casting technology succours General Motor to win Award
Shiloh Industries, known for an environmentally focused global supplier of lightweight, noise and vibration solutions and proud supplier for the redesigned Corvette Stingray congratulates General Motors on the car being named the 2020 Free Press Car of the Year. The vehicle’s new design attributes...
Revolutionary Aluminium Alloy wheel debuts: Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto, the global mining and metals production firm says it has started securing orders for its new aluminium alloy wheel known as Revolution-AI. As per the company’s communication, researchers at its Arvida Research and Development Centre in Quebec, Canada, have spent more than 5 years in...
Log9 Materials bets on aluminium fuel cells, 1000 km range electric car battery
Log9 Materials, a Bengaluru-based start-up, believes that the fundamental is to focus on the generation of energy, in place of energy storage. It says that a car powered by aluminium fuel cells can have a drive of 1000 km, post which the aluminium plates can be replaced within minutes. The contest...
Aluminium encased laptop is the future: Asus Zenbook Pro Duo (UX581)
Today everybody enjoys having a laptop which is oblique, decent display, good-pace processor to be placed on their work table. Asus Zenbook Pro Duo (UX581), the full aluminium encased laptop delivering the superior look and feel, with its logo surrounded by concentric circles on top of the...
Aluminium chassis Acer Spin 5 convertible tightens belt and added stylus pen for 2020
Acer has announced its Spin 5 convertibles with slimmer forms and rapid charging active stylus pen by using Wacom technology as a part of its Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020 casting. The Acer Spin 5 comes with magnesium aluminium chassis, which assures it weighs only 1.2kg. The Acer Spin 5...
AL alloyed Mantour X, lightest e-scooter
A superior designed to deliver lightweight foldable self-balancing e-scooter made from aluminium alloy and carbon fibre by Mantour X is being marketed as the lightest e-scooter to hit the market as on date. There are e-scooters and now there is Mantour X with just 16lbs in weight has set a new...
ZENS Aluminium Apple watch USB-Stick, an add-on for ZENS Liberty
The ZENS Aluminium Apple Watch USB-stick is a flawless add-on for the ZENS Liberty or any other device with a USB-A relevance such as a laptop or power bank. The Apple Watch stick can be attached to any USB-A-port to charge an Apple Watch anytime, anywhere. The small and compact design powered...
Aluminium case variant Apple’s watch series 5 coming up in Red version
Apple has been frequently launching the Red models of iPhone nearly every year and has been donating a portion of the sales amount to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Apart from iPhones, there has been RED version of the iPad as well. But now the range is expanding further...
Xiaomi launches second generation Yuemi mechanical keyboard with aluminium alloy body
The Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has recently unveiled the second-generation 87-key Yuemi mechanical board featuring aluminium alloy body. It comes with a price tag of RMB 299 price tag ($42). The first generation of Yuemi mechanical board launched in October 2016 had also come with 87 keys and price...
iPad Pro-2020 get set with Aluminium back and glass panels
Technology giant Apple is working on the updated 11 and 12.9 inch iPad pro models. 11 inch iPad Pro is probably ready with an aluminium back, whereas the 12.9 inch iPad Pro is expected to debut with a glass back panel. The gadgets are said to be launched in the market with an iPhone 11 pro-style...
EGA accomplishes its first run for the UAE industrial technology project export
Emirates Global Aluminium, which is the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, on 29 th December’19, announced the accomplishment of its historic project to export the UAE developed industrial technology, with the statement of performance guarantee tests at...
Alba partners with Regain for its Spent Pot Lining Treatment Plant
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the world’s largest aluminium smelter ex-China, has signed Regain as the technology partner for its Spent Pot Lining (SPL) Treatment Plant. In September, Alba announced the establishment of the first-of-its-kind SPL Treatment Plant in the GCC and Bahrain. The company will...
FYI bags $250,000 R&D incentive rebate for developing process design to refine HPA
FYI Resources Limited has reportedly received R&D tax incentive rebate payment of $250,000, which is meant for the expenditure on the development of innovative process design to refine high purity alumina (HPA) from aluminous clay known as kaolin. Kaolin for the proposed high purity alumina (HPA)...
Alcoa-Rio Tinto venture sells first-ever commercial batch of carbon-free aluminium to Apple
According to Reuters report, Apple Inc has purchased the first carbon-free aluminium from a joint venture of Alcoa Corporation and Rio Tinto. The carbon-free aluminium was produced at the Alcoa Technical Center in Pittsburgh. Apple will take the delivery of the first batch of aluminium this month....
China continues it push on electromobility; EVs to account for 25% of annual new LCV sales in 2025
Despite the continuous drop in sales of electrified vehicles after the subsidy cut in June, Beijing continued its push on the automakers towards building more electric vehicles. The message was conveyed in the draft “development” plan of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for the...
