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EGA To Supply Solar-Powered Aluminium To Commercial Imaging Satellite

EGA To Supply Solar-Powered Aluminium To Commercial Imaging Satellite

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) will be supplying Gulf Extrusions and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) with its CelestiAL solar-powered low-carbon aluminium for MBRSC’s next satellite. EGA said MBRSC will use CelestiAL on its MBZ-SAT, which will be a highly advanced...

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Airbus Debuts Aluminium Bodied DisruptiveLab Helicopter

European aerospace firm Airbus Group SE unveiled DisruptiveLab this week, which is a new flying laboratory featuring an aluminium fuselage that will test new technology aimed at increasing aircraft performance and reducing carbon emissions. Among the technology being tested on the platform is an aerodynamic aluminium and composite fuselage that reduces drag and therefore increases […]

Australian Bauxite Takes Next Step In Building Fluorine Recovery Reactor

Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) announced this week that the next step in its ALCORE pilot plant has been achieved as it determined the initial operating conditions at the site. ABx said that it has completed thorough assessments of its specialized laboratory reactor, which will allow it to determine the operating conditions under which it will […]