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...
Asia
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 2020 earlier this week. The award, which is administered by CII – Centre for Digital Transformation (CDT), is intended to recognize worthwhile...
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...
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...
Events
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 […]
BAI Begins Construction Of Alumina Refinery In West Kalimantan
Construction at a new alumina refining plant in Indonesia commenced on Tuesday, as PT Alumina Borneo Indonesia (BAI) broke ground on its Smelter Grade Alumina Refinery (SGAR) in western Borneo. The first piling was planted virtually by Governor Sutarmidji of West Kalimantan as ministers from various state agencies looked on. He explained at the ceremony […]
EGA Inks Agreement With INALUM For Technical Assistance On Upgrades To North Sumatra Aluminium Smelter
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced on Tuesday an agreement with PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (INALUM) to supply technological assistance as INALUM upgrades its aluminium smelter in North Sumatra. The firm will upgrade INALUM’s existing technology from almost 40 years ago, they said. The 18-month project is intended to boost the plant’s aluminium output by 20 […]
Alba’s Line 6 Expansion Project Named Best Of The Year By MEED Projects Awards
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) was named the GCC Industrial Project of the Year by the MEED Projects Awards earlier this week for its Line 6 Expansion Project. The MEED Project Awards are handed out to firms that demonstrate excellence in the Gulf region across several sectors, judging them on criteria including project delivery and operations, […]
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 ...
