Oklahoma Primary Aluminum, the joint venture between Century Aluminum and Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), released a new study highlighting the potential economic impact of its planned aluminum smelter in Inola, Oklahoma. These impacts include thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity. “Oklahoma Primary Aluminum is a transformative, multi-generational economic opportunity not just […]
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), a leading aluminum producer based in the United Arab Emirates, and National Aluminium Company (NALCO), one of India’s leading aluminum producers, signed an agreement to transfer EGA’s proprietary DX+ Ultra aluminum smelting technology for NALCO’s major smelter expansion project in India. “We are glad EGA, a technology champion in the global aluminum […]
By Sam Wagstaff, Oculatus Consulting. For five days on June 15–19, a meeting room in Düsseldorf, Germany, held an unusual concentration of casthouse knowledge (Figure 1). Forty-one participants—operators, metallurgists, plant engineers, and technology suppliers—gathered for the TMS Aluminum Cast Shop Science and Technology Course, and when their experience was tallied alongside that of the instructors, […]
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) reported progress in restoring production at the company’s Al Taweelah site at the Khalifa Economic Zone Abu Dhabi. The facilities — including the aluminum smelter and alumina refinery — were damaged by Iranian attacks that occured on on March 28. Following the attacks, EGA had significant volumes of metal on the […]
The aluminum plant Slovalco has reached an agreement with the Slovak government enabling the restart of 75,000 tonnes of primary aluminum production capacity. The agreement with the Slovak government marks an important milestone in the effort to resume full operations at Slovalco after operations were curtailed in 2022 due to high power prices. It establishes […]
Alcoa Corporation entered into a definitive agreement to acquire South32 Limited’s interests, including its bauxite mine, alumina refinery, and aluminum smelter operations in a cash and stock transaction of approximately $4.1 billion. Alcoa will also assume related rehabilitation provisions of approximately US$1.2B. According to Alcoa, the acquisition will add a high-quality, low-cost, and globally diversified […]
Vedanta Group completed the historic demerger of its business into four independent companies — Vedanta Aluminium, Vedanta Oil & Gas, Vedanta Iron & Steel, and Vedanta Power listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE). Meanwhile, Vedanta Limited continues to be the Group’s flagship listed entity and one of India’s most […]
Arctial completed a pre-feasibility study for the development of low-carbon primary aluminum production in Kokkola-Kruunupyy, Finland. Based on the study results, the project partners — including Rio Tinto, Mitsubishi Corporation, Fortum, ABB, Vargas, Tesi, and Siemens Financial Services — have decided to proceed with more detailed technical, commercial, and financial planning. “Completing the pre-feasibility Study […]
Rio Tinto started commissioning its US$1.5 billion AP60 smelter expansion at its Arvida Complex in Quebec, Canada. This marks a major milestone for the deployment of its state-of-the-art, low-carbon aluminum smelting technology. “For 100 years, Quebec has been at the heart of the aluminum industry, and with AP60, Rio Tinto is now strongly positioned for […]
