Innovation

Australia’s Collerina Cobalt Develops New Cheaper And Faster Method For Production Of High-Purity Alumina

Australia’s Collerina Cobalt Develops New Cheaper And Faster Method For Production Of High-Purity Alumina

Sydney’s Collerina Cobalt Limited revealed on Monday that it has developed a process for producing high-purity alumina (HPA) in a cheaper and faster manner than has yet been done, yielding a significant opportunity for the firm to enter the HPA production marketplace....

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Events

Purdue Researchers Develop New High-Strength Aluminium Alloy

Purdue Researchers Develop New High-Strength Aluminium Alloy

Researchers at Indiana’s Purdue University say they have developed a new high-strength aluminium alloy coating for use in the aerospace and automotive industries. The research team, headed up by by professor Xinghang Zhang of the university’s School of Materials Engineering, says the work is an extension of a breakthrough announced earlier this year regarding the […]

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ABx Forms ALCORE Limited to Manage Aluminium Fluoride Project

ABx Forms ALCORE Limited to Manage Aluminium Fluoride Project

Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) announced yesterday the incorporation of the next step in its aluminium fluoride project – the incorporation of ALCORE Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary for housing the ALCORE Project. ABx says it will transfer ownership of the method for producing aluminium fluoride (AlF3) to the entity, with plans for it to begin immediately […]

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Alcoa and Rio Tinto Announce Breakthrough Carbon-Free Aluminium Smelting Process

Alcoa and Rio Tinto Announce Breakthrough Carbon-Free Aluminium Smelting Process

Calling the breakthrough “the most significant innovation in the aluminium industry in more than a century,” American smelter Alcoa Corp and Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group say they have developed a revolutionary new method for smelting aluminium that produces oxygen rather than greenhouse gases. Press releases by both companies announced the breakthrough yesterday, as […]

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Altech Mulling Mezzanine Debt Package And Joint Venture to Fund High-Purity Alumina Project

Altech Mulling Mezzanine Debt Package And Joint Venture to Fund High-Purity Alumina Project

Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. announced a quartet of positive financial and business-related developments in an update the firm released to investors earlier this week. The firm advised that it continues to work toward completing certain conditions precedent to closing upon a US$190-million senior-debt package to which it agreed with German state-owned bank KfW IPEX-Bank […]

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Rusal Developing New, More Economical Scandium-Aluminium Alloy for Shipbuilding Industry

Rusal Developing New, More Economical Scandium-Aluminium Alloy for Shipbuilding Industry

Russian Federation aluminium behemoth U.C. Rusal announced yesterday that a revolutionary new scandium-aluminium alloy intended for shipbuilding has broken free of the laboratory and entered the testing phase. According to Rusal’s scientists, the alloy, which is a unique mix of aluminium, scandium, and magnesium, was developed to meet the unique needs of the shipbuilding industry. […]

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