Welcoming Australian Aluminium Council to ABx Group

The Sunrise Bauxite Project is now the focus of investigation and approval efforts by ABx (a 50:50 joint venture with Alumin Pty Ltd). Sunrise, which consists of a bauxite mine on the Binjour plateau and port activities in Bundaberg, Queensland, is expected to produce 500,000 tonnes of gibbsite-r...

EGA expands its technological collaboration with Indonesia and Bahrain

Emirates Global Aluminium and PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium will study the use of smelting technology at an expanded North Sumatra smelter. Emirates Global Aluminium, the UAE's largest industrial company outside the oil and gas sector, has signed pacts to deepen cooperation with Indonesia and...

Indian Aluminium producers draw costly power from national grid

The Aluminium Association of India said that aluminium producers in India are drawing expensive power from the national grid. This is putting an extra pressure on pressure on utilities with low coal stocks.

Highlights

• Aluminium producers are drawing po...

AAI shocked over CIL's decision to halt coal supply

Highlights

• AAI urges CIL to reconsider its decision of halting coal supply
• Coal accounts for 40% of Aluminium production cost

The AAI has urged Coal India to reconsider its decision of stopping the coal supply to non-power sectors.&n...

JAPANESE RINA FUJISAWA WINS HER FIRST TITLE IN PROFESSIONAL MIXED GO TOURNAMENT

Highlights –

• Japanese Rina Fujisawa wins her first title in a professional mixed Go tournament.
• She achieved her first title in the Hiroshima Aluminum Cup Wakagoi Tournament.
• The Wakagoi Tournament is a knockout competition.

LOTTE ALUMINIUM BOOSTS CATHODE FOIL OUTPUT TO MEET EV BATTERY DEMANDS

• Lotte Aluminium said Monday it has raised production capacity of its cathode foil plant in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province in answer to urgent need for electric vehicle batteries.
• According to the South Korean packaging material company, it infused 28 billion won ($23.7 million) into ...

ITALY DESIGNED CAR WITH GERMAN ENGINEERING THAT DIDN’T SEE THE LIGHT OF THE DAY

Highlights:

• Italian design house collaborated with BMW to design the BMW Zagato Coupe and Roadster
• It was unveiled in 2012, but never reached the mass production line

The German automaker BMW collaborated with the Italian design hous...

GERMAN STUDY LINKS BEAUTY PRODUCTS TO ALUMINIUM EXPOSURE

Aluminium exposure has been a worrying phenomenon for humans through ages. The exposure was initially considered to be very high via food. Recent study by German researchers states that food related exposure has gone down.

They have revealed a shocking fact that cosmetics play a major r...

The first quarterly premium aluminium offer for shipping of more than 1,000 mt / month was closed at $83/mt plus

The first quarterly premium aluminium offer for January-March for shipping of more than 1,000 mt / month was closed at $83/mt plus London Metal Exchange cash payment average of the month of delivery, CIF Japan, Wednesday.

The transaction was announced by a Western manufacturer and later...

Agreement signed between EGA and DUGAS

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) – together owned with the aid of Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala and investment agency of Dubai – has signed a settlement with Dubai natural gas agency (DUGAS), a part of Emirates national oil agency (ENOC), to generate and supply energy for DUGA’s com...