Showa Denko Sells Aluminium Assets To Apollo Global Management
Japanese chemical firm Showa Denko K. K. announced earlier this week the sale of its aluminium business to United States...
Asia
EGA Completes Refurbishment At Al-Taweelah Aluminium Smelter’s Potline 3
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) completed a major refurbishment of its Potline 3 at the Al-Taweelah aluminium smelter, having relined the reduction cells after several years of use. According to the firm, the over 400 reduction cells were also augmented with new steel...
EGA Partners With DEWA To Produce Solar-Powered Primary Aluminium
Earlier this week, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced last week a partnership that...
Vedanta Wins Award For Digital Transformation At Jharsuguda Aluminium Smelter
London-based aluminium producer Vedanta took home the ‘Most Innovative Best Practice’ Award at the Digital Transformation (DX) Summit & Awards...
Events
NALCO To Invest ₹30,000 Crore On Expansions At Angul Aluminium Smelter
India’s National Aluminium Company (NALCO) is planning to invest over ₹30,000 crore (US$17.7 billion) through 2028 on expanding and diversifying the organization. India’s Union minister for coal and mines Pralhad Joshi made the announcement last week at an anniversary event for the firm. “With the ambitious growth plans that Nalco has for the future, it […]
Alba Smelts 1,548,500 Metric Tons Of Aluminium In 2020
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) set a company record for aluminium production in 2020, bumping production the year prior by 13 percent. In the year 2020 Alba smelted 1,548,500 metric tons of aluminium, surpassing its goal of 1.540 million metric tons for the year. This total topped 2019’s production of 1,365,005 metric tons of smelted aluminium. […]
Winning Shipping Drops From International Aluminium Institute
World leading bauxite shipper Winning International Group was not on the International Aluminium Institute’s (IAI) updated list released earlier this week, and reasons for their departure are far from clear. “Winning are no longer members of the IAI,” confirmed the organization’s London office. Winning is also gone from the site’s member list. Winning follows compatriot […]
EGA Marks Third Consecutive Month Of Full Production At Al Taweelah Alumina Refinery
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) said yesterday that its refinery at Al Taweelah has completed three consecutive months of production at or above its nameplate capacity. The plant has a nameplate capacity of 2 million metric tons per annum and started production 21 months ago. EGA notes the rapidity at which ramp-up was carried out, observing […]
New Quay At Khalifa Port Accepts First Shipment Of Ore To EGA’s Al Taweelah Aluminium Plant
Abu Dhabi’s shipping volume is about to rise thanks to the opening of the South Quay at Khalifa Port last week. Inaugurating the port is Emirates Global Aluminium’s first bauxite ore shipment through the new quay, which is headed for its operations at Al Taweelah. The self-discharging bulk carrier Alfred Oldendorff discharged its holds at […]
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 businesses and policymakers to accelerate decarbonization efforts. However, with COVID-19 disrupting lives and economies in an unprecedented manner, countries across the globe ...
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 ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
