Norsk Hydro Teams Up With Shell Energy To Decarbonize UK Operations
Norway’s Norsk Hydro has entered into a strategic partnership with Shell Energy to steer its UK operations toward decarbonization. The...
The International Aluminium Institute (IAI), the prime representative of the worldwide primary aluminium industry, publicized its partnership with the International Committee for Study of Bauxite, Alumina & Aluminium (ICSOBA) to champion technical progression. The collaboration reinforces IAI’s pledge to disseminate top-tier practices...
Norway’s Norsk Hydro has entered into a strategic partnership with Shell Energy to steer its UK operations toward decarbonization. The...
Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical is introducing ultra-fine alumina products using new production technology. The move aims to open new avenues for...
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) debuted a new aluminium alloy this week. Alba’s new 6060.HE joins its AA6060 aluminium alloy line,...
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) announced last week the completion of its artificial intelligence program Green Anode Density Prediction, developed in conjunction with the Nasser Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Centre. The project involves an artificial intelligence model that predicts green anode density based on process variables. It also features a dashboard that allows users to enter […]
In an effort at reducing its carbon footprint, Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group and Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation are teaming up on a groundbreaking hydrogen plant to power the Gladstone alumina refinery. Earlier this year the Yarwun Hydrogen Calcination Pilot Demonstration Program was awarded a A$321 million grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), […]
Researchers in Australia and the People’s Republic of China have taken the first step in developing the first-ever safe, efficient, and non-toxic aqueous aluminium radical battery. In an article in the Journal of American Chemistry, scientists from Flinders University and Zhejiang Sci-Tech University announced the completion of the first stage of developing such a battery. […]
Canadian plasma tech firm PyroGenesis Canada Inc. signed a pair of contracts with Aluminerie Alouette worth $2.7 million aimed at reducing the latter firm’s process residue streams for aluminium production. One of the contracts is meant for advancing Aluminerie Alouette’s spent pot lining valorization technology, while the other is expected to develop a new valorization […]
Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis commissioned its new roll forming development line at its Automotive Customer Solution Center outside of Detroit, Michigan this week. Novelis says the new cutting-edge roll forming development line will allow the firm to conduct year-round, full-scope research and development on roll forming within its own plant. This gives the firm […]
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...