New Roeslein AI camera brings real-time spoilage tracking to canmaking
Roeslein & Associates has introduced the R.U.D.I. AI Vision Camera, a new tool for aluminium beverage and food canmakers designed to track can counts and identify production losses in real time. The camera expands Roeslein’s R.U.D.I. AI platform, which has previously focused on data management and...
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...
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Rio and Alcoa form JV for world’s first carbon-free aluminium smelting process
Alcoa Corporation and Rio Tinto, supported by technology giant Apple, will develop and commercialise a new aluminium smelting process that eliminates all direct greenhouse gas emissions from the traditional smelting process. Alcoa and Rio Tinto are forming Elysis, Montreal-based joint venture...
AlCircle presents industry 4.0 features and digitization of aluminium sector at Future Aluminium Forum
The Future Aluminium Forum opened its door to industry delegates in Milan yesterday, May 8, at Hotel Michelangelo. The Forum intends to discuss what industry 4.0 means to the future of the aluminium industry and how it can assist in its quest for greater efficiencies. Delegates from major aluminium...
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,...
Future Aluminium Forum to highlight Industry 4.0 application in the aluminium sector
Industry 4.0 or the fourth industrial revolution is a name given to the current systems and technologies for automation and data exchange in the manufacturing sector. It includes cyber-physical systems, the Internet of things, cloud computing and cognitive computing. Industry experts and solution...
Alba receives the largest rectiformer in the world for Line 6 Expansion Project
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) kicked-off the 2nd quarter of 2018 with the safe delivery of two of six rectifier transformer units to Line 6 Expansion Project Site. The world’s largest rectifier transformer (rectiformer) rated at 120 kA at 1880V DC, is designed and built by Fuji Electric, Japan....
PyroGenesis looks at maximizing aluminium recovery from dross in India through DROSRITE™
According to a recently published report by AlCircle on Aluminium Dross Processing , the aluminium industry comprising primary, recycled and downstream sectors generated approximately 3 million tonnes of dross in 2017. Near 50% of the total dross generated still finds its way to land fill. The Asia...
Aeromet secures funding to further develop A20X aluminium alloy for AM
Aeromet International, a leading supplier of aluminium and magnesium castings and fully-finished, assembly ready cast parts for the aerospace and defence industries, has secured funding from the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (NATEP) to further develop the innovative A20X...
JNARDDC develops process to recover strategic rare earths from red mud
The Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC) announced the development of a technology for the recovery of strategic rare earths from the waste generated from aluminium industry. The new process will recover rare earth metals (REMs) from red mud which can be...
Aluminium China 2018 marks new industry chapter following positive performance indicators
This year’s Aluminium China exhibition and conference in July will provide a platform for China’s rapidly changing and expanding aluminium industry and showcase new state-of-the-art processes and products. Since the launch of the ‘Made in China 2025’ strategy more than two years ago, China has made...
AAI seminar presents aluminium alloy technologies developed by DMRL, DRDO
A one day National Seminar on Development of Special Alloys and Composites of Aluminum for New India took place in Mumbai on 16th of March, 2018. The seminar was organized by Aluminium Association of India (AAI), an apex body for the Indian aluminium sector, in association with the primary...
UC RUSAL developed unique scandium alloys for the shipbuilding industry
UC RUSAL announced that new high strength wrought scandium aluminium alloys have entered the test phase that is held in cooperation with customers from the shipbuilding industry. The unique Al-Mg-Sc composition of the new alloys was developed by UC RUSAL and the Institute of Light Materials and...
HP launches Spectre x360 with aluminium body in India
HP has announced the launch of the next-generation Spectre x360 laptop in India. The model comes with a CNC machined aluminium body in dark ash silver colour. The company claims that new HP Spectre x360 is one of the thinnest convertible notebooks currently available in the market. Vickram Bedi,...
Porsche designs its new 911 flagship in aluminium and advanced steel
The next generation 992 Porsche 911 is all set to make its debut later this year. Auto industry reports say the German automaker has used aluminium and high-strength steel in construction of its new flagship. Source:www.auto.ndtv.com The new generation 2019 Porsche 911 is based on an evolved MMB...
Altech lodges new provisional patent application for high purity alumina technology
Altech Chemicals Limited has lodged a new provisional patent application with the Australian Patent Office (IP Australia). This incorporates the finished product high purity alumina technology developed by it for its HPA project. The new patent application incorporates various refinements made to...
EGA reduces PFCs emission to record level in 2017 by successfully controlling Anode Effects
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, today announced that its emissions of perfluorocarbons were a record low for the company in 2017, and that EGA has signed an agreement with the University of New South Wales to research...
Notion VTec secures RM5.7 million for aluminium extrusion technology
Notion VTec, a manufacturer and seller of high precision components for consumer electronics, digital imaging, and automotive industries, announced RM5.7 million of new investment in its aluminium extrusion technology. The company has received the grant assistance from the government. Image source:...
UC RUSAL appoints new CEO and President following sudden exit of Oleg Deripaska from his post
President of Rusal and En+ Group Oleg Deripaska has stepped down from his post and Vladislav Soloviev, the previous CEO of Rusal has been appointed as the CEO of En+ and the President of RUSAL. Alexandra Bouriko, previously Chief Financial Officer of RUSAL will take up the position of the Chief...
European project develops 3D-printing process for applying aluminium stiffeners to aerospace fuselage panels
A consortium of four European organizations has developed a method for producing self-reinforced fuselage panels by applying aluminium wire to said panels via additive manufacturing. Firms Stelia Aerospace and CT Ingénierie, and École Centrale de Nantes, all of France, and Constellium of the...
