In the wake of Israel and the U.S. launching coordinated joint attacks on Iran, CRU Group released a webinar exploring how conflict in the Middle East will affect the metals industries. Hosted by Alex Tuckett, head of Economics, with Alex Christopher, senior analyst – Aluminium, presenting the aluminum perspective, delved into both the short term and […]
By Alton Tabereaux, Contributing Editor. The Venezuelan aluminum industry was once a regional leader with advanced technology and skilled labor. However, it has seen steep declines over the past decade, with production at its two aluminum smelters being largely curtailed thanks to dramatic power shortages. As a whole, the country has faced a national power […]
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), one of the world’s largest aluminum smelters, entered into an exclusive agreement with AIP VII Europe S.a.r.l., a wholly-owned subsidiary of AIP Fund VII, managed by American Industrial Partners (AIP), under which Alba will acquire 100% of Aluminium Dunkerque, the European Union’s largest primary aluminum smelter. “Building on Alba’s position as […]
Tahweel Metal Industry Corporation (TMIC) continues to develop its aluminum foil project in the Dammam Third Industrial City (Modon-III) in Saudi Arabia. During an official announcement in Riyadh with the participation of high-ranking government officials and company representatives, the company signed a contract with SMS group for the engineering, manufacturing, and delivery of a six-high […]
Butech Bliss and Fagor Arrasate formed a strategic partnership designed to strengthen the delivery of coil processing solutions globally. The partnership combines Fagor Arrasate’s global engineering and automation capabilities with Butech Bliss’s localized execution, service, and lifecycle support in North America. “Butech Bliss has a long history of designing, building, and supporting coil processing systems […]
Century Aluminum and Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the companies behind the planned primary aluminum production plant in Inola, Oklahoma, signed an agreement with U.S. Aluminum Company, a new venture, to explore the development of an aluminum manufacturing plant near the new smelter. “The development of America’s largest and most advanced primary aluminum production plant right […]
Hindalco Industries Ltd., the metals flagship of the Aditya Birla Group, is conducting a major expansion of its aluminum operations in Odisha, India. This includes plans to invest ₹21,000 crore (US$2.32 billion) in a major expansion project at its Aditya Aluminium complex in Sambalpur, which will provide a 360,000 tonne increase in smelting capacity. In addition, […]
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) achieved a major milestone in the construction of its aluminum recycling plant under construction at Al Taweelah. The giant melting furnace at the plant has been charged with scrap metal for the first time. “Aluminum’s infinite recyclability is a key reason our metal is an essential material for the development of […]
