After implementing comprehensive modernisation measures at its Striko Melter, Albert Weber is able to make significant energy savings with its furnace.
Processes / Technology
Hydro has invested NOK100m (EUR8.6m) in recycling technology at the Årdal primary aluminium plant in Norway, reducing the carbon footprint of its aluminium products.
Schaufler Tooling solves demanding challenges with an intelligent sealing system from Baier & Michels.
Steinert is presenting new products at the Ifat trade fair in Munich (13–17 May 2024): four new sorting systems and add-ons.
Hong Kong is becoming less attractive as a business location, and many people currently discuss the future of the LME.
After about 30 years, the metal expert Günther+Schramm, updated its high bay storage system. The project was completed in just four weeks.
The demands for efficiency in production still remain high: high machining volumes must be achieved quickly, reliably and economically.
Constellium has signed a partnership agreement with PyroGenesis Canada Inc. to test the use of plasma torch technology at an industrial scale.
Hydro has entered a multi-year agreement with Sims Alumisource to purchase processed aluminium scrap for its North American extrusion business.
The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is leading the EU project “RecAL”, which focuses on sustainability, the circular economy and resource efficiency in the aluminium industry.
Aluminium manufacturer Trimet has completed the expansion of its recycling plant in Gelsenkirchen and increased capacity by around 20%.
Castfast is offering the facility to order just the moulds and/or cores through the Castfast platform.
Vedanta Aluminium has commissioned its 1.5m tpy expansion at its alumina refinery in Lanjigarh, Odisha.
Century Aluminum has been selected by the US Department of Energy (DoE) to receive USD500m investment to build a new ‘green’ aluminium smelter to accelerate industrial decarbonisation.
Alro in Romania has purchased an electrically heated aluminium ageing furnace from Seco/Warwick to reduce CO2 emissions.
Amag Austria Metall, Ranshofen, is investing more than EUR50 million in a new state-of-the-art line for surface treatment of aluminium strips.
HAI’s new facility is designed to meet the highest standards of production efficiency and sustainability. It is established in partnership with Presezzi Extrusion Group.
Constellium has announced its move towards industrial testing of hydrogen usage in its casthouses in order to drive forward decarbonisation of its operations.
Robust radar sensor measures liquid metal at temperatures up to 1,600 °C with high precision and measuring rate – without active cooling.
Nucor opens new plant with modern continuous caster from SMS Group for ultra-wide and ultra-thick slabs, walking beam and bogie hearth furnaces as well as water treatment system.