The Middle East has grown substantially in aluminium production in last few years. The contribution of aluminium industry in re-shaping the regional economies, which has been predominantly oil dependent, is undeniable. The aggressive development of state-of-the-art smelters and a successful downstream sector is helping transform the industry’s landscape in one of the most resource-rich parts […]
Introduction Guinea, a small west African country, is endowed with more than 40 billion tons of metallurgical grade bauxite and thus occupies the top position in the world. Despite being blessed with world’s largest bauxite deposits, till recently Guinea was lagging behind in bauxite production compared to major producing countries like Australia, Brazil, China and […]
The month of August is normally the slowest for the metal and mining sector, as it is the mid second quarter of the financial year and the end of second quarter for some companies. It is usually the result season when most of the companies are busy lining up their strategies for the rest of […]
Architecture defines a generation, and contemporary architecture is all about blending aesthetics with functionality, creating a space that is reflective of one’s persona, and upholding sustainability. Based on these three mantras many trends have come and gone, but one trend that stayed and grew with time is the use of aluminium composite panels for cladding. […]
The first half of the calendar year is over and so far the year has been bullish on aluminium, the most progressive metal in LME in 2017. A number of events from the aluminium value chain and the end user sector have been scheduled for the month of July for aluminium industry players to attend […]
An alumina refinery must continually improve to remain competitive. Making sustainable cost position efficiency improvements are a challenge. Beware the underlying trend of the market cycle! Aluminium price, like many commodities, is cyclical in nature due to the delay between investment decisions and additional capacity. This results in oscillations between oversupply and excessive demand. Behind these […]
The month of June is going to witness some significant aluminium events focusing on the primary aluminium sectors followed by downstream and bauxite. The foremost events include METEF 2017, Aluminium Two Thousand-ICEB, Global Bauxite Conference 2017 and many more. Here is a list of events for the month for you to keep track of. INDUSMACH AFRICA […]
Sometimes in mid-2016, we wrote a blog on the dwindling aluminium foil industry in the U.S. We discussed how Chinese imports were taking over a large share in the U.S. aluminium foil industry that supplies foil wraps for potato chips, pill packages yogurt, candies etc. The U.S. has a big market for aluminium foils as flexible […]
Indian aluminium sector is waking up to a whole new world of opportunities. If the outcome of the recently ended Aero India 2017 is to be believed, then aluminium applications sector surely has some great bandwidth to experiment and grow its business in it, effectively. A look at the consumption pattern of aluminium in India […]
The world’s aluminium smelters consume about 3.5% of the total global electric power. Globally, the aluminium industry emits around 450 MT of CO2-equivalents annually (around 1% of world’s total emission). These numbers are growing because an increasing share of the aluminium production is derived from electricity from fossil fuel. With the global demand for energy […]