Rio Tinto Plans New Solar Power Generating Capacity For Weipa Bauxite Mine
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group will soon be adding a new solar farm and battery storage at its bauxite...
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Swisstek Aluminium Installs Array Of Solar Power Cells At Extrusion Plant In Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan aluminium extruder Swisstek Aluminium Limited announced this week the installation of solar power generation equipment at its factory complex in an effort at promoting the firm’s sustainable production drive. Swisstek installed a rooftop solar array with over 3,000 photovoltaic cells...
EGA Partners With DEWA To Produce Solar-Powered Primary Aluminium
Earlier this week, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) announced last week a partnership that...
Ball Corporation Inks Twin Deals To Move North American Operations To 100 Percent Renewable Energy
In a bid to transition to utilizing exclusively renewable energy, Colorado’s Ball Corporation announced late last month that it executed...
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Nalco to Look to Renewable Energy for Growing Power Needs
According to the company’s annual report, Indian state-run aluminium firm National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has decided to turn to renewable energy to satisfy its growing power needs. At present, Nalco derives over 100 mW of power from two wind farms, one each at Rajasthan and Maharastra, the result of an investment of ₹6.7 billion (US$104 […]
Jindal Aluminium Commissions 20 mW Solar Power Plant for Bangalore Extrusion Plant
Bangalore’s Jindal Aluminum Ltd. has contracted with Vikram Solar to install a 20 megawatt solar power project to power its plant in southwest India. The solar power project will power Jindal’s aluminium extrusion plant, which is located outside of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka. The project will cover a land area of 97 acres […]
US Firm Offers Large-Scale DC Solar Collection System Using Aluminium Wire
Power-management company Eaton announced a new direct-current collection system that reduces costs and installation time in large-scale solar projects by, among other innovations, use of aluminium wire. The new Crouse-Hinds® series is expected to lower labor and material costs by up to fifteen percent. Eaton’s Sunnector DC collection system utilizes aluminium throughout and is for […]
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 ...
