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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Norsk Hydro contemplates building new aluminium plant in Norway
Norwegian aluminium maker Norsk Hydro said on Thursday it may build a new test plant at its site in Karmoey in western Norway with a capacity of 70,000 tonnes per year. If built, the firm plans to test new, more energy-efficient production technology at the plant. It said conditions for producing...
Catwalk, the successor to the Lumia 920 to use aluminium to cut weight
Mobile World Congress yielded up everything from Gigatowers to 4K mobile video – and in one room tucked away from the show floor, Nokia revealed some tantalising details on the Catwalk, the successor to the Lumia 920. Now Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin has spilled the beans on the closed-door...
UAE smelters set for big Texas show
The UAE’s two primary aluminium smelters – Dubai Aluminium (Dubal) and Emirates Aluminium (Emal) – will be showcasing its key technology and present technical papers at the TMS annual meeting and exhibition (TMS 2013) in Texas. The expo, which runs till March 7, will focus on providing materials...
Comprehensive insight needed for bauxite project in Vietnam
The Government is continuously pushing for the application of advanced technology in bauxite mining in a bid to make the process more environmentally friendly and to enhance socio-economic efficiency, the head of the Government Office Vu Duc Dam has confirmed at his monthly press briefing. He told...
Australia Minerals & Mining Group seeks patent for alumina processing technology
Australia Minerals & Mining Group has filed a new patent application with the Australian Patent Office for its unique acid-based alumina processing technology. The technology produces alumina from its aluminous clay material with purity levels greater than 99.95% purity. It also benefits from a low...
World's first full Aluminium-bodied mobile phone launched by HTC
Aluminium is a popular metal of choice for mobile phone and car manufacturers due to its light weight properties.Now, HTC claims to have come out iwth the world's first full aluminium bodied phone without any plastic elements Launched in London and New York, the phone is unlike any of its...
Imperial Innovations invest on aluminium forming technology business
Imperial Innovations Group, a leading technology commercialization and investment group, has invested £0.5m in Impression Technologies, an aluminium forming technology business based on intellectual property developed at Imperial College London. The new funds will be used to support the development...
Orbite gets patents for producing alumina
Montreal’s Orbite Aluminae Inc. has received Russian and Chinese patents for producing alumina from aluminous clays found in Quebec’s Gaspé area and from other ores. Both countries are among the world’s largest producers of alumina, the intermediate material used in smelting aluminum metal. The...
AMMG technology produces 99.9% high purity alumina
Australia Minerals and Mining Group (AMMG) has successfully produced over 99.9% (3N) of high purity alumina (HPA) using its own unique aluminous clay (kaolin) to alumina processing technology. Using samples from all four of AMMG’s South West HPA projects in Western Australia, the material presented...
Honda reveals new technology for joining steel and aluminum
Japan’s Honda Motor Corp. revealed on Monday that it has developed a new technology that will allow steel and aluminum to be joined together, and thus used in new applications in car manufacturing. One of the first places the technology will be put to use is in using aluminum for a car’s outer door...
Year review published for Chinese secondary aluminum industry
On 5th Jan.,2012,Ministry of industry and information department published “the multipurpose use of bulk industrial solid waste’twelfth Five-Year’ ”,in which the comprehensive utilization rate of bulk industrial solid waste is requested to reach 50%.Red mud is the largest solid waste in aluminum...
Commercial test of using the gangue for extracting alumina came out successful in China
A few days ago,the commercial test of using the gangue for extracting alumina came off all right in the comprehensive utilization model park of gangue in Liulin country. The comprehensive utilization of gangue is a major transition project of Liulin Country,researched and developed by the...
Ess Dee Aluminium surges on strategic alliance news
Ess Dee Aluminium has surged 15% to Rs 338 after the company said it is exploring new strategic options including joint ventures, partnership as well as technology upgradation. “The company’s strategic initiatives will yield results in the coming months and will create long term value,” Ess Dee...
Gershow Recycling Donates Aluminum Scrap to Pat-Med Robotics Team
For the fourth year in a row, Gershow Recycling opened its Medford facility to local high school robotics teams participating in the School-Business Partnerships of Long Island’s (SBPLI) upcoming Long Island FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition to...
New Apple antenna patent hints at all-aluminium Iphone
Apple has won a new patent covering "microslot antenna" technology that could enable the next iPhone, iPad or MacBook to be thinner, or could leave more space within the device's housing for internal components. The technology could also allow Apple to make an all-aluminium iPhone. Apple Insider...
AmeyCespa opens new Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
AmeyCespa has opened a 60,000 tonne-a-year capacity materials recycling facility (MRF) at Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire, where it will sort dry recyclables from South Cambridgeshire district council. The MRF, which is located at the firm’s existing site, contains state-of-the-art equipment to...
GKN Sinter Metals to display new sintered aluminium materials in Strategies in Light conference
GKN Sinter Metals will be exhibiting at the Strategies in Light conference, February 12-14th in Santa Clara, California, USA. GKN Sinter Metals plans to highlight its new ‘Thermal Series’ of sintered aluminium materials with the capability of 50% higher thermal conductivity over traditional...
EMAL uses World Future Energy Summit to lead way on global sustainability
One of the key outcomes from the sixth World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in Abu Dhabi last month was the contribution of leading UAE companies towards sustainable development. One local company investing significant efforts in sustainability is Emirates Aluminium (EMAL). EMAL has been committed to...
