By Simone Ehrenberger, Institute for Vehicle Concepts, and Dr. Martin Tauber, IMA Achieving zero CO2 emission levels has been a major driver for sustainability goals around the world, with many governments and companies declaring ambitious goals for a circular economy through 2030 and beyond.1 For large, traditional primary metal or processing industries, such as magnesium, […]
Today, Alliance Magnesium officially broke ground on the construction of its high value-added magnesium ingot production plant. Construction of the environmentally responsible magnesium plant in Asbestos, Quebec, is expected to create more than 100 jobs in the region. The casting center will become operational first, ready to recycle magnesium as of the first quarter of […]
Alliance Magnesium Inc. produced its first metal magnesium ingots at its Danville demonstration plant in Quebec. This comes after four years of technological development, design, and construction of a pilot plant, which started in October 2015. The ingots, which are now produced on a regular basis, are used to validate the manufacturing process developed by […]
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Global growth in the magnesium market is expected to average 3.4% per year reaching almost 1.2 million tpy by 2020, according to a new report — Magnesium Metal: Global Industry, Markets & Outlook, 12th Edition — from Roskill that forecasts the industry out to 2020. Globally aluminum alloys and die casting are predicted to be the […]
Alliance Magnesium Inc. recently signed the final contract for a C$3 million non-repayable grant, which will be implemented in the construction of a primary magnesium facility in Quebec, Canada. Concurrently with the signing of the agreement with Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), the Corporation has received the first installment of C$1.27 million. Pilot Facility Alliance Magnesium started […]
