A single tonne of recycled aluminium saves approximately 8 tonnes of bauxite, 6,300 litres of oil, 14,000 kWh of energy and 7.6 cubic metres of landfill. In a world where every resource counts, imagine if your first car had infinite lives; just like those mythical cats with their legendary nine lives. But in this unique […]
Introduction Aluminium industry employs more than a million and half workforce across the world, considering both upstream and downstream across the globe, along with the directly related and peripheral industries . More than 60% of this huge workforce is blue collar or people working outside the office. They are the people working in the bauxite […]
Introduction Aluminium is the second most abundant metal on the earth’s crust. The global consumption of Aluminium in 2023 has been estimated to be around 95.3 MT[i] (Million Tonnes), in line with AL Circle’s report on Global Aluminium Industry Outlook 2023. According to AL Circle’s research, the global size of the Aluminium ecosystem is over […]
The aluminium industry is one of the most commercially important industries in the world and one of the most flourishing ones, too. The global aluminium demand will increase by almost 40% by 2030, and the aluminium sector will need to produce an additional 33.3 million tonnes to meet demand growth in all industrial sectors – […]
Introduction The world is increasingly realizing that recycling is a major opportunity for us to save the planet Earth from the detrimental effects of GHG (Green House Gases). The recycling process, in almost all contexts, takes lower energy and hence reduces the carbon footprint of the product and increases its lifecycle. Not only the energy […]
When you are streaking through the sky at 800 kph, high up at 33000 feet, the temperature outside is -33 degrees centigrade, and the atmospheric pressure is just 2 kg compared to 6.66 kg per square inch on the ground. Yet you are able to pick up a magazine and relax comfortably on your seat […]
The aluminium industry is going through a massive transformation as it adopts the principle of Industry 4.0 technologies, also known as the Fourth Revolution. Companies have already implemented this ongoing change, improving the aluminium industry’s efficiency, productivity and sustainability. The Industrial 4.0 technologies in the aluminium industry include interconnectivity, automation and robotics, machine learning, real-time […]
With worldwide supply chain challenges impacting almost every aspect of our daily lives, the need for manufacturers to focus on driving efficiencies has never been greater. The rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) have paved the way for transformative changes across industries. AI and IoT are already revolutionizing the manufacturing […]
Speira, a major aluminium producer in Europe, announced in March 2023 that it would close down its German facility in Rheinwerk this year due to high energy prices and market uncertainty. The company had already reduced the plant’s capacity by 50% in September 2022 in response to surging power prices. Speira plans to focus exclusively […]
The Ukraine-Russia geopolitical crisis has resulted in sanctions imposed by Western countries on Russia and has driven various effects on India’s trade. Both imports and exports from Russia have been negatively impacted. Still, specific sectors have greatly benefited from the situation, specifically raw materials that are crucial for Russian industry but have been sanctioned by […]