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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RUSAL invests RUB 250 million to produce an innovative material at Achinsk Alumina Refinery
RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer is mastering a new product at its Achinsk Alumina Refinery – fine precipitated aluminium hydroxide (FPAH). Company's proprietary technology allows keeping the production cost of the FPAH below the world’s average price for this product. The total amount of...
Ashok Leyland signs LoI with Phinergy to use their aluminium air battery technology for electric CVs
In another step towards electrification of commercial vehicles in India, Ashok Leyland Limited, one of the largest commercial vehicle manufacturers in India, has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Israeli firm Phinergy to use their aluminium air batteries for electric CVs in India. The...
Danieli awarded supply contract for research rolling mill by RUSAL
Danieli, one of the leading suppliers of equipment and plants to the metal industry, has announced that it will supply a rolling mill specifically for conducting research to RUSAL. The company will install the new rolling mill at RUSAL’s Engineering and Technology Center in Krasnoyarsk, Russia....
RUSAL invested over USD 30 mln in launching its first new generation RA-550 pots
UC RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, is pleased to announce the launch of pilot operation of eight new generation RA-550 pots at Sayanogorsk Aluminium Smelter. The total amount of investment in the project amounted to USD 30 mln. The project to develop the technology and launch the RA-550...
“At STAS, we sustain our company in a fiercely competitive industry by believing in our people, who in turn ensure our performance exceeds all competitors’,” Louis Bouchard, P. Eng. and Executive President at STAS
AlCircle team visited Québec Aluminium Cluster on invitation of Quebec’s Ministry of Economy, Science and Innovation in the last part of 2017. AlCircle Content Head Beethika Biswas visited the office and plant of STAS at Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada, one of the world leading equipment manufacturers...
Masdar’s unveils aluminium body Eco-Bus at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2018
Masdar, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, on Monday unveiled the all-electric Eco-Bus at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2018. A template for future sustainable public transport solutions, the working prototype was jointly developed by Masdar and Abu Dhabi-based Hafilat Industry in collaboration with...
Mercedes-Benz unveils 2019 G-Class featuring whole steel-aluminium construction
Mercedes-Benz finally got the veils off from its highly awaited luxury car 2019 G-Class. The SUV made from whole steel and aluminium arrives in a lighter avatar with a modern independent front suspension. Source: www.auto.ndtv.com What’s new in Mercedes 2019 G-Class? Well, almost everything- right...
CES 2018: Acer unveils world’s thinnest laptop wrapped in aluminium chassis
Taiwanese hardware and electronics brand Acer has unveiled Swift 7 laptop at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018.The Acer Swift 7 sports a 14-inch full HD resolution with an all-aluminium chassis. At 8.98-mm thickness, Swift 7 is powered by 7th gen Intel Core i7 processor. This updated laptop...
EGA wins awards for its employee improvement suggestions scheme in 2017
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest aluminium company in the United Arab Emirates has announced that a record 34,419 ideas were submitted by individual employees through its suggestion scheme in 2017, leading to AED 36 million in cost savings in the year. EGA has been operating an employee...
Materion secures aluminium beryllium AlBeMet supply contract from UTC Aerospace Systems
Materion Corporation has secured a contract from UTC Aerospace Systems for the supply of AlBeMet for MS-177 long-range, multi-spectral imaging (MSI) sensor. “The MS-177 sensor gives the U.S. military long-range capabilities to see with greater clarity than previous technologies”, Materion said....
Nokia 6 (2018) built out of 6000-series aluminium launched in China market
HMD Global, Finnish company that secured Nokia branding rights in late 2016, has launched second generation of Nokia 6 (2018) after some upgradations. The phone that is crafted from 6,000 series aluminium has been launched in China at a price of CNY 1499. The new model has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 630...
Dell announces new aluminium exterior XPS 13 2018 laptop ahead of CES 2018
Dell has updated its XPS line by announcing new XPS 13 laptop ahead of the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 which is set to officially kick off January 9. With CNC machined aluminium body, new XPS 13 is claimed to be the smallest and most powerful laptop for its size and class. The...
Danieli to supply new billet and slab homogenizing furnace to Rusal smelter
Rusal’s Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Smelter in Russia has ordered a new billet and slab homogenizing furnace from Danieli Olivotto Ferrè. Danieli will facilitate engineering, supply and delivery of the equipment and supervision of the erection and commissioning. The new furnace would be designed for...
Panasonic introduces new aluminium electrolytic capacitor for automotive ECUs
Panasonic Corporation, which develops diverse electronics technologies and solutions for customers in the consumer electronics, housing, and automotive, announced that it has commercialized an anti-vibration, surface-mounted conductive-polymer hybrid aluminium electrolytic capacitor. The new...
Alba enhances its employee productivity through customised training
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the Bahrain-based international aluminium smelter, teamed-up with Fives Solios and Fives ECL to deliver key training workshop for Alba employees. The trainings “Carbon Plant Process & Equipment” and “Reduction Plant PTA Crane Maintenance” were held in October 2017...
Dell launches ultra-slim notebooks with aluminium body in India
Dell has expanded its Inspiron series with the launch of ultra-slims notebooks. The company has launched three notebooks- “Inspiron 13 7000" 2-in-1 (7373), "Inspiron 15 7000" (7570) and "Inspiron 13 5000" (5370) for the Indian market. Alen Joe Jose, Product Marketing Director, Consumer and Small...
Chinese University creates aluminium-graphene battery for fast-charging
China’s Zhejiang University announced that they have created a new type of aluminium-graphene battery that can be charged in seconds rather than minutes or hours. The new aluminium-graphene battery was developed by researchers from the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering of Zhejiang...
Ball Receives Multiple 2017 Canmaker 'Can of the Year' Awards
Ball Corporation recently won silver and bronze at this year's Canmaker "Can of the Year" Awards for its L'Oréal Men Expert Antiperspirant can in the "Aerosol Cans" category and its Tactile can in the "Prototype" category. Ball utilized its innovative ReAl technology to make the new silver...
