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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Novelis' Karen Renner named Georgia CIO of the year
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, announced today that Karen Renner, Novelis Vice President and Chief Information Officer, was named Georgia CIO of the Year® by the Georgia CIO Leadership Association. Renner was presented with the award for top technology executive in...
Pouches recycling plant to start commercial operations
The first commercial scale plant dedicated to recycling laminated plastics and aluminium packaging has entered the final stage of commissioning. The Alconbury facility has been built by Enval, a spin-off of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge. Enval’s business...
Aluminum cars lightweight in more way than one
So the auto industry is going to use aluminum to make autos lighter to increase gas mileage. That sounds like some things the government would do, like raise the taxes to help the people. In the early 1930s that was tried by a auto(maker) named Pierce Arrow. A big beautiful auto, and it had a lot...
“An online platform for the aluminium industry can help to get in touch with new customers”: Louis Bouchard, General Manager, STAS Inc.
STAS, a world leader in design and fabrication of equipment for the aluminium industry participated in Aluminium India 2013 Exhibition from September 12 to 14 in Mumbai, India. As a media partner and exhibitor, Team AlCircle had an opportunity to interact with Mr. Louis Bouchard, General Manager,...
DUBAL to participate at ARABAL 2013
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Dubai Aluminium (" DUBAL ") - the state-owned corporation that owns and operates the world's largest primary aluminium smelter using pre-bake anode technology - will again express its commitment to the development of the Middle East as a global aluminium hub by...
Krasnoyarsk scientists propose RUSAL to transfer the bauxite residues to them for processing
Siberians are ready to build furnaces and recycle the red mud remaining after the processing of bauxite. The new technology, they argue, will produce cheap iron, rare earth metals and silica foam, which enjoys popularity in Europe throughout various industries. The project was supported by the...
Unlocking policy for technological devices to boost recycling
At its fall board meeting earlier this month, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) approved a new policy supporting the ability of recyclers and refurbishers to unlock technological devices such as cell phones, tablets and other electronics, and return reusable electronics products to...
Breakthrough in study of aluminum to yield new technological advances
Researchers at Oregon State University and the University of Oregon today announced a scientific advance that has eluded researchers for more than 100 years – a platform to fully study and understand the aqueous chemistry of aluminum, one of the world's most important metals. The findings, reported...
Apple launches lightweight, greener iPad Air with just 86gs of aluminium
Apple last week unveiled the lightest full-sized tablet computer in the world, hailing the device as a major milestone in its drive to produce more resource and energy-efficient products. The company said the new iPad Air, unveiled last week, is thinner, faster and more energy-efficient than all of...
ALEXASIA 2013 meet concluded successfully in Mumbai on 19th Oct
ALEXASIA 2013 meet was organised by Arkey Conference Service Cell from 17th Oct to 19th Oct at Nehru Centre Mumbai. Two concurrent International Conferences, one about Aluminium Extrusion Technology and other about Gravity Die Casting Technology also took place during the event. Dr. M. Nilmani,...
SECO/WARWICK gets order for innovative aluminium annealing furnace system
SECO/WARWICK has received an order for an aluminium annealing furnace that features a simple, compact design and an innovative loading system that does not require power. The furnace is for an Italian company operating in the heating market. The contract includes the supply of a furnace for...
New Aluminium Alloy from Novelis enables remote laser welding
The new laser remote weldable alloy is a patented multi-layer aluminium sheet product based on Novelis Fusion. This breakthrough delivers a solution to the industry’s long-time challenge of joining aluminum in automotive production. One of the latest Novelis’ innovations is the remote weldable...
Nokia 515 feature phone with anodised aluminium body launched in India
Nokia has launched its latest feature phone in the Indian market, the Nokia 515. The Nokia 515 is now available on Nokia's online store; however, the device is currently out of stock. The Finnish handset maker unveiled the 515 back in August, earlier this year. The Nokia 515 was launched in two...
Alcoa, U.S. Army to develop world’s largest single-piece aluminum hull
Alcoa and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have launched a cooperative effort to develop an aluminum solution to a grave threat to soldier safety: Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The solution, a single-piece aluminum hull for ground combat vehicles, would replace today’s assembled hulls and...
Alcoa introduces new aluminum wheel alloy
Alcoa Wheels rolled a new aluminum wheel alloy, its first in 45 years, at the American Trucking Associations Management Conference and Exhibition on Sunday in Orlando, Fla., and will introduce its first new truck wheel featuring this alloy early next year. Called MagnaForce, Alcoa says it is 16.5%...
Aluminium studs can improve efficiency of solar panels by 22%
Most solar cells used in homes and industry are made using thick layers of material to absorb sunlight, but have been limited in the past by relatively high costs. Many new, lower cost designs are limited as their layer of light-absorbing material is too thin to extract enough energy. In new...
Nalco Australia introduces new foam control technology for alumina processing
Nalco Australia has released its new FoamGuard antifoam technology, which it says provides improvements in operating and cost efficiencies, as well as benefits for plant and operator safety. Available for either hot-end or cold-end applications, and developed to prevent the formation and...
UC Rusal to invest in environmental upgrade
UC Rusal plans to invest RUR 367.9 million modernising gas treatment equipment at the Irkutsk aluminium smelter (IrkAZ). According to the emissions reduction plan, approved by the Ministry of natural resources of the Irkutsk region, between 2013 and 2015, seven electrostatic precipitators in the...
