Smaller grain sizes, smarter separation: At ALUMINIUM in Düsseldorf, STEINERT presents technological advances in LIBS and X-ray sorting
From October 6 to 8, 2026, STEINERT will provide a comprehensive insight into the future of aluminium sorting. Closing the aluminium loop requires both high throughput and melt-ready quality. As demand for high-grade recycled aluminium continues to grow, STEINERT is advancing its sorting systems on...
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...
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Granco Clark supplies oldcastle building envelope two hot log saws and transport equipment.
Oldcastle Building Envelope of Terrell, Texas has selected Granco Clark to upgrade the log cutting systems on both of their existing press lines. They purchased (2) Model HBCS 69 Hot Log Saws to replace the existing shears. Transport equipment to deliver the billet to the press is also included....
UC RUSAL to invest USD10 million in silicon production used for making aluminium alloys
Rusal, a leading global aluminium producer, announces plans to invest over USD10 million in the modernization of silicon production in 2015. The investment program will enable RUSAL to increase production of high quality grades of silicon needed for production of aluminum alloys to 23,820 tonnes...
Microwaves can turn muck into aluminium
Researchers have devised a way to use microwaves to turn aluminium-laminated plastic waste into aluminium for smelting and hydrocarbons for fuel in just three minutes. It started with a bacon roll and a microwave oven, and now it's poised to transform the recycling of a packaging material that has...
Ultrasound cuts costs in producing aluminium alloys
Molten aluminium alloys at 700 °C naturally contain a high percentage of dissolved hydrogen, left untreated, the resulting solid metal is highly porous. The most widely- used method of hydrogen removal – argon rotary degassing - is energy intensive and requires costly components. In pilot scale...
AUC Professor researches using carbon nanotubes to strengthen aluminium
As aluminium becomes more popular in industries like aviation and automotive, Amal Esawi, a professor of mechanical engineering at the American University in Cairo (AUC) is researching ways to make aluminium stronger using carbon nanotubes, retaining its lightweight. Esawi has already won the...
Rio Tinto committed to materially increase cash returns to shareholders in a sustainable way
Rio Tinto today demonstrated how its superior portfolio of world-class operations, with industry-leading EBITDA margins and significant growth potential, are positioned to generate healthy free cash flow and shareholder returns. Citing sector-leading tier one assets, a relentless focus on financial...
Orbite Aluminae to take brick and mortar approach for HPA plant
Orbite Aluminae, the Canadian technology development firm has decided to take the brick-and-mortar route to build the decomposer and calcinator for their high purity alumina (HPA) product plant at Cap-Chat, Quebec. The company had started out with the HPA pilot project and is now planning to expand...
Emirates Global Aluminium showcases novel technology
Emirates Global Aluminium showcased its DX+ Technology and highlighted its benefits to Aluminium Bahrain’s (Alba) management team during a visit recently. Alba has used the technology in its Line 6 Bankable Feasibility study, said a statement. Its management team, that visited the EGA, included...
Orbite selects refractory materials
Orbite Aluminae Inc. announced today that the Company has selected the refractory materials system for completion of its decomposer and calcinator. “We have selected the brick and mortar approach instead of a castable monolith for the inner lining of the decomposer and calcinator. The extensive...
Alcoa unveils next-generation aluminum materials through breakthrough manufacturing technology
Lightweight metals leader Alcoa today unveiled breakthrough manufacturing technology, the Alcoa MicromillTM, that will manufacture the most advanced aluminum sheet on the market. The Micromill will enable the next generation of automotive aluminum products, and equip Alcoa to capture growing...
Alba Chairman and CEO visit Emirates Global Aluminium
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)’s Chairman of Board of Directors, Sheikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa and Chief Executive Officer, Tim Murray visited Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) on November 20, 2014. During the visit EGA showcased the company’s DX+ Technology, which was used in Alba’s...
IBAAS conference concludes successfully with positive notes for the bauxite & aluminium sector
The 3 day IBAAS Symposium at Vizag comes to an end on 29th November with a number of eminent speakers presenting their technical and marketing papers covering both the upstream and the downstream sector of the aluminium industry. A number of significant issues have been highlighted like the Raw...
GE signs a CSA with EGA for the maintenance of its turbines
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) today signed a long-term contractual agreement (CSA) with GE Power & Water, to insure that the GE turbines installed in the Tasweelah smelter continue to run smoothly. The CSA will strengthen the special partnership GE already has with EGA as Tasweelah smelter is one...
I-CAR launches 2015 trends course
The new I-CAR course, Vehicle Technology and Trends 2015 (NEW15), is now available industry-wide. This course brings the excitement of the auto show to the classroom and provides a preview of the latest trends expected to impact the collision repair inter-industry. Vehicle Technology and Trends...
Innovations in pot tending at the Qatalum smelter
Qatalum’s vision to install and operate the world’s most advanced Pot Tending Machines (PTM’s) has resulted in the 14 units functioning with over 95% efficiency, directly contributing to increased safety and productivity. In the early 2000's, when Qatalum was still in its planning stage, equipment...
General Motors adopts a new welding system for aluminium
General Motors is also joining the aluminium bandwagon but quietly unlike Ford Motor Co., who has spent millions of dollars for the complete restructuring of its assembly plants. Ford has come up with rivets and industrial adhesive to join its aluminium parts but General Motors is adopting a new...
Emirates Global Aluminium receives top team from Aluminium Bahrain BSC
Abdulla Kalban (Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer) and the executive team of the UAE's industrial giant Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC ("EGA") hosted H E Sheikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa (Chairman) and Tim Murray (Chief Executive Officer) of Aluminium Bahrain BSC ("Alba") at EGA...
Sapa publishes technical manual for HVAC&R aluminium heat exchangers
Sapa’s HVAC&R Applications Manual is the first in the industry with documented test results and technical argumentation supporting aluminium as the preferred metal to meet the future demands and legislation of the HVAC&R market. The objective of the new 88-page manual is to educate the...
