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Altech Announces Successful Test Of High-Purity Alumina Coating Technology

Altech Announces Successful Test Of High-Purity Alumina Coating Technology

Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. announced yesterday the completion of the first phase of battery performance testing of graphite particles coated with its high-purity alumina (HPA) via its proprietary coating technology. Altech says the tests involved a control group of uncoated standard...

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Altech Reports Successful Testing Of High-Purity Alumina Coating On Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes

Altech Reports Successful Testing Of High-Purity Alumina Coating On Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes

Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. announced yesterday that it has begun battery performance testing of graphite particles coated with high-purity alumina via the company’s proprietary coating technology. Per the firm, the process applies a uniform layer of high-purity alumina approximately 2 nm thick onto graphite particles that are in turn used as anodes in batteries. […]

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Constellium Launches Partnership To Develop Automotive Aluminium Technology

Constellium Launches Partnership To Develop Automotive Aluminium Technology

European value-added aluminium firm Constellium revealed yesterday a new partnership with Groupe Renault, ESI Group, Institut de Soudure (Welding Institute), and the University of Lorraine to develop lightweight, recyclable and cost-efficient aluminium solutions for the automotive market. The ~€7 million undertaking, dubbed Project ISA3, intends to develop closed-loop aluminium recycling, which will increase the pace […]

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Vedanta Wins Award For Digital Transformation At Jharsuguda Aluminium Smelter

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 achievements related to digital transformation. The innovation for which Vedanta is recognized is […]

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Rusal Completes Entire Closed Additive Manufacturing Cycle At R&D Center

Rusal Completes Entire Closed Additive Manufacturing Cycle At R&D Center

Russian Federation aluminium giant UC Rusal said this week that it has finished a closed additive manufacturing cycle at its Institute of Light Materials and Technologies (ILM&T). The project at the Additive Technology Centre represents an investment of €3.5 million in resources and facility development at the Centre to date. The firm constructed an additive […]

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Norsk Hydro Announces Successful Test Of Energy Saving Aluminium Smelting Tech

Norsk Hydro Announces Successful Test Of Energy Saving Aluminium Smelting Tech

Norwegian aluminium smelter Norsk Hydro ASA announced last week the successful verification of its new proprietary energy-saving primary aluminium technology at Technology Pilot at Karmøy, Norway. Per the firm, HAL4e is capable of producing primary aluminium using up to 15 percent less energy than the industry average. The two-year pilot program at Karmøy intended to […]

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