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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Significant cost savings identified by high purity alumina (HPA) integrated plant study
Australia Minerals and Mining Group Limited announces the successful completion of an integrated plant study (Study), which was based on the kaolin to high purity alumina (HPA) process flow sheet specifically researched and developed by AMMG. The Study was conducted by AMMG’s specialist engineering...
Alcoa & Phinergy to develop aluminum-air EV battery
Alcoa Ltd. and Israeli firm Phinergy are working together to commercialize an aluminum-air battery they claim can extend the range of an electric vehicle by about 1,600 kilometres. According to Alcoa and the electric vehicle battery maker, they are collaborating on new materials, processes and...
Constellium to showcase its innovative solutions at the Automotive Interiors Expo at Stuttgart
Constellium presents the whole range of its aluminium functional surfaces including the latest developed STAYBRIGHT® as well as the innovative 3D surfaces at the 2014 Automotive Interiors Expo from June 24 to 26 in Stuttgart, Germany. Constellium will as well take this opportunity to highlight its...
Hertwich Engineering will be supplying Ecomelt PS-250 melting furnace to AMAG
Hertwich Engineering will be supplying Braunau’s AMAG Ecomelt PS-250 melting furnace as well as a casting furnace. The company will be installing the furnaces at AMAG, Ranshofen works. Ecomelt PS-250 is considered the largest aluminium melting furnace that has preheating shaft. The design...
Hebei’s Shijiazhuang will build the largest Aluminum Power Cable Production Base in the world
Shijiazhuang in Hebei is planning to build the largest aluminum alloy power cable production base in the world, with expected annual output value to reach 100 bn yuan ($16 billion), reported the local media today. Joy Sense Cable Co., a company leading in manufacturing of aluminum cable replacing...
Alcoa reports safest, most environmentally efficient year on record; delivers breakthrough sustainability innovations
Achievements Highlighted in Newly Released 2013 Sustainability Report 2013 Sustainability Report Highlights • Safest year on record, with 30 percent reduction in workplace injury rate • Reduced greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 25.5 percent from the 2005 baseline, and lowered absolute emissions...
Ess Dee Aluminium ties up with Chemnitz University
Ess Dee Aluminium, the Mumbai-based specialist in primary packaging for FMCG and pharma, has entered into a technical collaboration with the Chemnitz University, Germany, to develop innovative packaging solutions for pharmaceutical and food industries. The collaboration was signed by Sudip Dutta,...
Aluminium In Road Transport Conference to take place from 11 and 12 Nov 2014 at ThinkTank Science Museum, Birmingham, UK.
Supported by Jaguar Land Rover and SMMT, this event follows the success of ALFEDs 2013 conference, building on the key themes and featuring the latest thinking and innovations. The role of aluminium in lightweighting road transport vehicles is pushing designers and materials technology to new...
Alcoa Chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld named Platts CEO of the year as company transformation accelerates
Alcoa Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Klaus Kleinfeld was named CEO of the Year at the 2014 Platts Global Metals Awards ceremony held today in London. The recognition caps off a transformational year for Alcoa, as it pivots from a commodity-centric focus to become a diversified lightweight...
Alro Slatina continues its strategy to reduce the production costs
Alro SA, one of the largest aluminium producers in Central and Eastern Europe, continues the strategy of increasing the energy efficiency, by testing new technologies in the electrolysis sector. These could decrease the energy consumption with 100 kWh/tonne of electrolytic aluminium. “Alro focused,...
Energy saving benefits for aluminium smelters
A sustainable cost effective energy supply, the increasing costs of maintenance and the high cost of steel shots used in shot blasting machines are just a few of the concerns aluminium smelters are facing nowadays. With technical assistance from Rockwell Automation, a new Stub Cleaning Technology...
Eco-friendly technology poses great energy saving benefits for aluminium smelters
A sustainable cost effective energy supply, the increasing costs of maintenance and the high cost of steel shots used in shot blasting machines are just a few of the concerns aluminium smelters are facing nowadays. With technical assistance from Rockwell Automation, a new Stub Cleaning Technology...
Fata Aluminum will be at the 71st World Foundry Congress 2014 to be held in Bilbao, Spain
Fata Aluminum’s range of products goes from Automated casting plants for aluminum castings (automatic carousels, casting machines, Pouring robots, etc) to an environmentally friendly Sand Regeneration technology that reduces cost and improves the quality of the sand. Fata Aluminum will present the...
Ess Dee Aluminium enters into tie-up with Germany’s Chemnitz University for R&D in packaging
Ess Dee Aluminium, a leading manufacturer of primary packaging material for pharma and FMCG segment has entered into an agreement with Germany's Chemnitz University of Technology for co-operation in research in the field of packaging and aluminium foils. The tie up aims to improve the existing...
AlumaBridge offers advanced aluminum bridge decking to solve bridge crisis in North America
AlumaBridge, LLC announces the availability of advanced design aluminum bridge decking to address the North American bridge crisis. To meet the goals for Accelerated Bridge Construction, AlumaBridge is building upon the latest technologies and proven designs to perfect aluminum bridge deck...
NALCO to source green technology for 10 TPA gallium plant
National Aluminium Company (NALCO) has invited expression of interest (EoI) for sourcing an environment-friendly technology for a gallium plant it is planning to set up in Odisha. The aluminium major has plans to set up a 10 tonnes per annum (TPA) gallium extraction plant at its Alumina Refinery in...
Materion partners with Aristo Cast on Aluminum-Beryllium line
Materion Brush Beryllium & Composites, a Materion Corp. company based in Elmore, Ohio, has entered into a strategic manufacturing and marketing partnership with Aristo Cast Inc., Almont, Mich., for its proprietary AlBeCast aluminum-beryllium investment castings product line. The two companies...
Vimetco narrows FY pretax loss
Vimetco narrowed its FY pretax loss to $0.16m, from a loss of $0.19m. Revenue was $2.2m, from $2.3m. The total production of electrolytic aluminium decreased to 869,000 tonnes, from 925,000 tonnes in 2012, and the production of processed products increased at 189,000 tonnes, up from 171,000 tonnes...
