Aluminium Bahrain To Implement Virtual Reality In Corporate Training
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) has begun an arrangement with Atyaf eSolutions Co. W.L.L. to begin implementing virtual reality technology in several...
Technology
Emirates Global Aluminium Broadens Partnership on Heat-Protection Tech with Kenzen
Emirates Global Aluminium announced earlier this month that it will expand its partnership with wearable technology firm Kenzen to include 350 volunteer employees who will wear its heat-protection equipment. Kenzen’s technology reports body temperature, heart rate, activity, and other body indicators in...
Aluminium Bahrain Visits Mitsubishi Heavy Industries As New Gas Turbine Nears Completion
Aluminium Bahrain’s top brass toured the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries facilities in Japan last week in anticipation of its shipping and...
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...
Events
Constellium Aluminium 3D Printing Powder Approved For Use In Formula 1
Aluminium smelter Constellium said this week that its proprietary aluminium additive manufacturing powder Aheadd CP1 has been approved for use in Formula 1 race cars beginning next year. As a result, the firm has teamed up with Velo3D and PWR Advanced Cooling Technology to begin providing new, more efficient, aluminium heat exchangers to Formula 1 […]
Alba Commissions New Online Performance System At Its Power Stations
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) took the next step in its Industry 4.0 Transformational Journey by commissioning the Online Performance System at its power stations. With this in place, operators at Alba’s power stations will be able to quickly and easily view real time and historical data regarding the overall health of the system. In addition, the […]
Winner Of EGA Robotics Contest Measures Material Thickness In Reduction Cells Using Artificial Intelligence
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) completed the fifth annual Al Robot competition this week, choosing a team from American University in Dubai as its winner. The problem in this year’s competition was to construct a robot capable of measuring the thickness of materials in the potline’s reduction cells. At present the task is done by […]
Emirates Global Aluminium’s STEM Development Program Reached Over 6,000 Students In 2022
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) said this week that its program to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in local children reached over 6,000 students last year. The firm said its outreach program is part of the UAE’s Operation 300bn and UAE Centennial 2071, both of which are aimed at increasing the future domestic […]
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 […]
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 ...
