Rio Tinto Begins Scandium Oxide Production At Quebec Plant
Anglo-Australian metals mining giant Rio Tinto Group said last week it is beginning to produce high-quality scandium oxide for use...
Technology
Altech Opens R&D Facility And Offices In Germany
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. and its subsidiary Altech Industries Germany GmbH (AIG) announced last week the opening of an office and research & development facility at DOCK3 Industrial Development Centre in the Schwarze Pumpe Industrial Park in Saxony, Germany. The firm...
Alcoa Planning Conversion To Steam-Generated Power At Australian Alumina Refineries
American aluminium pioneer Alcoa Corporation said this week that it is preparing a “step change” in the production of alumina...
Rio Tinto Partners With Comptech On Aluminium Giga-Casting Technology
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group and research and development provider Comptech Group are partnering to market a new aluminium...
Events
ELYSIS To Install Commercial-Sized Inert Anode Prototype Cells At Rio Tinto’s Alma Aluminium Smelter
Low-carbon aluminium smelting joint venture ELYSIS will be installing its revolutionary new technology in Rio Tinto’s aluminium smelter at Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, according to an announcement made yesterday by the firm. ELYSIS said in a press release that it plans to install and demonstrate its inert anode technology at the plant, which will be of a […]
Cornell Researchers Develop Aluminium Anode Battery Capable Of 10,000 Error-Free Charging Cycles
Researchers at Cornell University in New York have developed a new method for incorporating aluminium in zinc-anode batteries that will produce rechargeable batteries that can be used for up to 10 thousand error-free cycles. A team led by Lynden Archer, the Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering and the James A. Friend Family Distinguished Professor of […]
Rusal America To House Aluminium Additive Manufacturing Powder Business At Pittsburgh Tech Center
Anglo-Russian energy firm En+ Group plc’s United States subsidiary Rusal America announced earlier this week its partnership with additive manufacturing center Neighborhood 91, which will be the home of Rusal America’s new aluminium additive manufacturing powder business. Rusal America announced the beginning of its aluminium additive manufacturing powder segment in January this year. The firm […]
Altech Achieves “Breakthrough” In Successful Coating Of Silicon With Alumina
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. announced earlier this week the successful application of alumina nano particles on silicon particles using proprietary technology developed for use on anodes in lithium-ion batteries. The firm points out that this follows an announcement late last year that it had been successful in coating graphite particles with a similar layer […]
Rio Tinto Inks Agreement To Provide Amaero With Specialty Aluminium-Scandium Alloy For 3D Printing
Anglo-Australian metals titan Rio Tinto Group has agreed to provide additive metal manufacturer Amaero with its first batch of specialty aluminium-scandium alloy, which it will source from its operations in Canada. Rio Tinto said on Wednesday that it will supply billets of the high-performance aluminium-scandium alloy from its Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (RTFT) metals […]
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 ...
