Vedanta To Deploy GE’s Digital Smelter Technology At Jharsuguda Aluminium Smelter
London-based metals miner Vedanta Ltd. and American multinational conglomerate General Electric Company (GE) jointly announced yesterday that they have agreed...
Asia
Lotte Aluminium To Build Anode Foil Plant In Hungary
South Korean packaging firm Lotte Aluminium announced earlier this week its plans to construct an aluminium anode foil production plant in Hungary. Per the firm, the ₩110 billion (US$90.6 million) plan will involve the construction of an industrial complex in Tatabanya, Hungary...
Alba Reports Gross Profit Increase Of 6 Percent In 2019
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. released results for the final quarter and full year of 2019 on Thursday. Despite less than favorable...
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...
Events
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 in the United Arab Emirates into its under-construction power block. The firm said in a statement that the Siemens H-class gas turbine was transported from its location at the Jebel Ali port about 10 miles […]
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 social responsibility endeavors. Alba was awarded the Bronze Medal for its corporate social responsibility practices by international rating platform EcoVadis. The platform took into account several metrics, including the Global Reporting Initiative, the United Nations […]
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. According to the firm, construction at the site is expected to conclude this spring. Altech began construction of the electrical substation last fall, and work on the installation is currently ahead of schedule. At present […]
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 […]
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 ...
