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PyroGenesis Canada Inc. has announced that further to its press releases dated April 29th, 2019 and June 3rd, 2019, the business line behind the $20 million contract, plus subsequent years revenues, is DROSRITETM, and the client is Drosrite International LLC (DI). This contract meets PyroGenesis’ gross margin requirements. DI announced that its client has received the final signature for aluminium dross processing services using DROSRITETM systems, which in turn triggers an exclusive arrangement between DI and PyroGenesis. DI is a US based private company duly constituted and...

Schüco is one of the first companies in the construction sector to be certified against the ASI Performance Standard, with a focus on the material stewardship of aluminium window, door and façade systems. Aluminium gives architects the freedom to plan both pioneering and future-proof buildings due to the material’s high malleability, durability and excellent insulation properties.  Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) today announced one of the first certifications issued to a company in the construction sector. The ASI Performance Standard focuses on...

According to reports, The European Commission has approved the acquisition of Aleris by Novelis on the condition that it sells Aleris’s sheets business in Europe. Under EU law, the Commission watches over competition issues in the bloc, and has to approve mergers and acquisitions. “The Commission found that the divested assets constitute a viable integrated business that would enable a suitable buyer to effectively compete with the merged entity. Feedback received from market participants on the proposed commitments confirmed the Commission’s view,” it said...

Combilift added yet another award to its ever growing tally when it won the Industrial Vehicles Category of this year’s BITA (British Industrial Truck Association) Design4Safety Awards. The company’s reputation for designing innovative products and features to enhance safety in the materials handling sector was underlined once again with the success of its patented multi-position tiller arm, which is a feature common to all its pedestrian models. Martin McVicar, Combilift’s CEO and co-founder accepted the trophy from BITA Secretary James Clark during this...

RUSAL planted 500 thousand trees in the Irkutsk region as part of the company's climate strategy for absorbing greenhouse gases. One of the stages of the large-scale environmental project ‘Green Million’ ended with the planting of an alley in the city of Shelekhov in Russia’s Irkutsk region. The event was attended by the Governor Sergey Levchenko, the Chairman of the regional legislative assembly Sergey Sokol, RUSAL’s Vice-President Elena Bezdenezhnykh, the Managing Director of the Irkutsk aluminium smelter Oleg Buts, and members of the IrkAZ...

Last month, Hydro announced a comprehensive restructuring of its rolling business. New and modern lines will increase quality and product stability for aluminium foil from Hydro. The announced restructuring includes the already planned closure of parts of the foil production at Grevenbroich, as well as efficiency measures across the organisation. In September 2018, Hydro announced the exit of the foil conversion business by December 31, 2019. These closures combined represents approximately 30% of the overall foil production of Rolled Products. A 30 million Euro investment in two...

Pyrotek Inc. is scheduled to complete construction in November of a new manufacturing facility in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to serve and supply the rapidly growing aluminium smelting operations of the region. The first phase of construction will provide 66,000 square feet (6,185 square metres) of floor space. There is enough land at the site, located within the Jebel Ali Free Zone in western Dubai, to allow for an eventual doubling of the plant footprint. The construction contractor is Pax-Kent International LLC, based in Dubai. They also designed the facility....

Emirates Global Aluminium has announced a milestone at its new Al Taweelah alumina refinery in Abu Dhabi, with 600,000 tonnes of alumina produced since the company began operations at the new refinery in April. Al Taweelah alumina refinery is expected to produce more than one million tonnes of alumina in total by the end of 2019. During August, average daily production of alumina was 88 per cent of Al Taweelah alumina refinery’s nameplate capacity. Al Taweelah alumina refinery is expected to reach sustained production at nameplate capacity during the course of 2020. Once...

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C (Alba) has announced the establishment of the first-of-its-kind Spent Pot Lining (SPL) Treatment Plant in the GCC and Bahrain. A result of the co-operative efforts between Alba and Bahrain’s Supreme Council for Environment (SCE), the SPL Treatment Plant is in line with Bahrain’s National Waste Management Strategy led by HH Shaikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Personal Representative of His Majesty King of Bahrain and President of the Supreme Council for Environment.   With the establishment of this Plant, Alba will be developing a...