Cutting Edge Siemens Gas Turbine Installed At EGA Power Project
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) last week announced the successful transport from port and installation of the biggest gas turbine...
Asia
Alba Sells Record High 1.3 Million Metric Tons Of Aluminium In 2019
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. set a record last year for aluminium sales volume, moving over 1.3 million metric tons of aluminium in 2019. According to a press release, Alba’s aluminium sales volume rose by one-third over the prior year, reaching a total of...
Alba Wins CSR Award From EcoVadis
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. said earlier this week that it is the recipient of an award lauding it for its corporate...
Altech High-Purity Alumina Plant In Malaysia Aims For Spring Completion
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. updated investors regarding the progress of construction at its high-purity alumina plant in Johor, Malaysia....
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Alba Becomes Second Mideast Smelter To Win Certification Under Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Performance Standard
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced earlier this week that prominent Middle East smelter Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. has been certified under the ASI Performance Standard. The new certification by ASI covers Alba’s aluminium smelter as well as its calciner. Activities covered by the certification include production and marketing of primary aluminium from alumina, calcinations of […]
Inalum To Build 500 Thousand Metric Ton Per Annum Aluminium Smelter In North Kalimantan
PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) said earlier this week that it will increase production three times over by expanding to Borneo and utilizing the bauxite ore resources found there. Inalum will increase its current nameplate capacity of 250 thousand metric tons per annum with a new, 500 thousand metric ton per annum aluminium smelter in […]
Emirates Global Aluminium Ships One Millionth Metric Ton Of Bauxite Ore From Guinea Operations
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced last week that its subsidiary Guinea Alumina Corporation has shipped one million metric tons of bauxite ore from the west African nation since production began in August. Per the firm, the US$1.4-billion project is continuing to ramp up production at the site. Though they did not mention the project’s […]
US, EU, and Japan Aluminium Associations Laud Agreement To Strengthen WTO Rules Against Subsidized Capacity
The Aluminum Association, European Aluminium, and the Japan Aluminium Association released a joint statement yesterday hailing an agreement among their respective governments to cooperate on strengthening World Trade Organization rules on industrial subsidies. Citing an agreement among trade ministers from the three jurisdictions that the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures should be amended […]
EGA and INALUM Ink Agreement To Cooperate On Two Aluminium Smelters In Indonesia
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) announced this weekend a partnership with PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (INALUM) to cooperate on improvements to an existing smelter and the construction of a new smelter in Indonesia. The two firms signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore forming a joint venture to build a greenfield aluminium smelter, with EGA […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
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 ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
