Altech Pre-Feasibility Study For Germany High-Purity Alumina Coating Site Yielding Positive Results
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. updated investors this week on the progress of its pre-feasibility study (PFS) for its planned...
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FYI And Alcoa Australia Begin Negotiations On High-Purity Alumina Joint Venture
Australian high-purity alumina firm FYI Resources Limited announced last week a memorandum of understanding with Alcoa Australia Limited to negotiate terms to a joint venture high-purity alumina (HPA) project. FYI says the agreement establishes a 90-day contemplation period (beginning on 5 May)...
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...
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...
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FYI And Alcoa Of Australia Report Better Than Expected High-Purity Alumina Results
Australian resource firm FYI Resources Ltd. and Alcoa of Australia disclosed results of their ongoing collaboration to produce high-purity alumina last week, noting better-than-expected results from the joint venture. According to a statement released by FYI, the testing produced alumina with a purity of 99.998 percent. The result was better than expected, noted the firm. […]
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. […]
Alcoa of Australia and FYI Resources Plan Week-Long Test Of High-Purity Alumina Plant
Australian resource firm FYI Resources Ltd. has entered into a partnership with Alcoa of Australia to run a trial at FYI’s high-purity alumina (HPA) plant in Western Australia. FYI said earlier this week that the trial would be a 7-day, 24-hour run of the facility that would test the efficiency of its proprietary refining process. […]
Saxony Government Offers Altech €7.3-Million Grant For High-Purity Alumina Plant In Spreetal
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. announced yesterday that it has been offered a commitment of €7,380,000 (~A$12.2million) from the government of the German state of Saxony to build a high-purity alumina plant. Per the firm, the HPA plant would be constructed at the Schwarze Pumpe Industrial Park in Spreetal. The grant follows an option to […]
Altech Announces Breakthrough In Lithium-Ion Battery Production Utilizing High-Purity Alumina
Australian innovator Altech Chemicals Ltd. announced yesterday that it is close to developing a variety of high-purity alumina (HPA) that is specifically designed for use in the production of anodes in lithium-ion batteries. Per the firm, one of the greatest problems facing lithium-ion batteries is the phenomenon of “first cycle capacity loss,” which is the […]
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 ...
