EGA Renews Partnership With MIT On Aluminium Research And Development
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) renewed its ongoing partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) this week, adding nine...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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...
EGA Begins New Round Of Research Collaboration With MIT
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) began a new phase in its ongoing research partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
EGA Receives International Award For Innovation
United Arab Emirates aluminium producer Emirates Global Aluminium was awarded for its commitment to innovation by the American Society for...
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Braidy Announces Key Personnel Appointments for New NE Kentucky Aluminium Rolling Mill
Eastern Kentucky aluminium firm Braidy Industries Inc. has moved one step closer to opening its new aluminium rolling mill with the appointment of several key personnel to the project. Braidy named Brigadier General Blaine Holt, USAF (Ret.) the new COO, promoting him from executive vice president of Operations. Holt will manage operations, logistics, and conduct […]
EGA Expands Research Partnership with MIT
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have partnered to conduct six new practical research partnerships over the course of the current academic year. The new partnerships represent an extension of EGA’s ongoing relationship with MIT’s David H. Koch School of Chemical Engineering Practice. This program is an opportunity for […]
MIT Develops Deep-Sea Aluminium Anode Battery
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a safer, more efficient underwater battery using aluminium. MIT spinout Open Water Power (OWP) invented the aluminium anode battery for use in unpiloted underwater vehicles (UUV). Intended as a replacement for lithium-ion batteries, the aluminium-based batteries are expected to increase the range of most UUVs by […]
MIT Researchers Develop Method for More Uniformly Structured Aluminium Casts
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say they have developed a method of casting aluminium in a more uniform manner. Such an improvement would lead to significant gains in the casting’s strength and reliability. In order to produce industrial aluminium slabs, small amounts of manganese and copper are mixed in with the molten […]
EGA Enters Second Year of R&D Partnership with MIT
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) teamed up again this year to run several research projects aimed at improving the aluminium smelting process. Graduate students from MIT will be conducting six research projects at EGA’s Jebel Ali and Al Taweelah smelters in the UAE. According to WAM, the UAE state […]
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 ...
