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Alupro has announced a new milestone has been reached for aluminium drink can recycling in the UK as the recycling rate reaches 70%. Seven out of ten aluminium drink cans sold in the UK in 2016 were recycled, according to the Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation. Beverage cans make up by far the largest sector of the 180,000 tonnes of aluminium packaging placed on the market during the year; and with the UK being the largest beverage can market in Europe, and aluminium the dominant metal used for can manufacturing, the 70% milestone for aluminium cans makes a major...

Bahrain based Taha International WLL has announced a tie up with the Indian start up company Runaya Refining LLP (RRL). The Indian counterpart, which aims to provide dross processing solutions to the aluminium industry is a company founded by the Agarwal brothers, Naivedya and Annaya. Their start up Runaya Metsource, the parent of Ranaya Refining, is funded by the principal shareholders of the Vedanta group, and will be managed by Annaya Agarwal. Annaya Agarwal’s father is the Chairman of Vedanta Ltd. Taha has signed a technology licensing agreement with Runaya Refining to...

Saudi Arabian Mining Company Ma’aden signed two landmark Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with its U.S.-based partners Alcoa and Mosaic at the ongoing inaugural Saudi-U.S.CEO Forum that was launched in Riyadh on Saturday, May 20. The Memorandums are expected to provide fresh impetus to the Kingdom's mining sector which is identified to be a playing a crucial role in the economic diversification of the nation as outlined in Saudi Vision 2030. The first MOU outlines the scope of feasibility assessment of a potential expansion of aluminium production complex in Ras...

A new report by Nespresso on consumer attitudes to recycling has been released to identify opportunities to close the gap between official and self-reported recycling rates. The results found that despite 98% of Brits having high intentions to recycle and 70% claiming to recycle every day, official statistics highlight a gap between intention and reality with only 44% of waste being recycled across the UK. In order to help consumers to meet their aspirational goals, it’s important to look at what can be done to help increase recycling rates. The report identified consumer...

International business leaders, engineering experts and academics from the automotive industry and complete aluminium value chain will be converging in Shanghai in July for Aluminium China 2017, to share the latest developments in lightweight automotive design and manufacturing.  Aluminium is increasingly seen as playing a key role in minimising overall weight while ensuring strength and safety for a new generation of lightweight vehicles. And the global auto industry has a lot to gain, including the enhancement of power, reduction in fuel consumption and the mitigation of air...

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, has been named aluminium company of the year at the Platts Global Metals awards. The awards ceremony took place in London and brought together the global metals industry. EGA was recognised as ‘Industry Leader – Aluminium’. Abdulla Kalban, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at EGA, said: “It is pleasing to be recognised by our peers in this way. This award is for each of our 7,000 people whose work over decades has made EGA the industry...

Researchers at Brunel University London are developing a new generation of ultra-light car parts that will reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions.   The three-year, £7.5m project is a partnership driven by Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST), Jaguar Land Rover and others.   Liquid metal engineering experts will work on it from Brunel’s Advanced Metals Casting Centre (AMCC) and Advanced Metals Processing Centre (AMPC) at its Uxbridge campus in West London.   The aim is to perfect incredibly light, thin-walled aluminium die-cast...

Constellium N.V. has announced the grand opening of its new plant in White, Georgia, dedicated to the production of advanced aluminium automotive structural components and crash management systems.  The 135,000 sq. ft. facility is strategically located to supply automakers in the Southeast U.S. and may be expanded to 220,000 sq. ft. to meet customers’ supply needs in the future. Constellium expects to have 150 employees in White, Georgia, by 2019. “I am very pleased to be in Georgia today to celebrate the opening of this new plant, its state-of-the art...

Kobe Steel, Ltd. and Novelis Korea Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Novelis Inc., have entered into a definitive agreement to establish a joint venture in South Korea that will produce aluminium sheet products.   Kobe Steel plans to acquire 50 percent of the Ulsan Plant of Novelis Korea, for US$315 million (about 35 billion yen). The joint venture, to be named Ulsan Aluminum, Ltd., is anticipated to be established at the end of September 2017, when the deal is expected to close.   The joint venture will undertake production, with each parent company responsible...