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News Story

[19/03/2008]

Contents - AIT March 2008

News, Updates, Secondary, Extrusion, Other, Metef Show preview.

[19/03/2008]

China records 12.5Mt primary Al in 2007

Drastic capacity expansion and constrained export threaten to intensify oversupply in China? According to a China Metals (CM) report, China’s primary aluminium production experienced unprecedented growth in 2007, rising 34.3% y-o-y to a record high of about 12.56Mt.

[19/03/2008]

News in brief

Alba to increase production by 40%; Salco smelter to boost Sarawak corridor of renewable energy; European recycling of beverage cans up 6%; Chalco undecided on buying parent’s assets; Emal plans to sell bonds; Plans for Abu Dhabi smelter near completion; and Good results for Selee.

[19/03/2008]

Rusal launches new potrooms at Irkutsk smelter

UC RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium and alumina producer, has started commissioning of two new potrooms at the Irkutsk Aluminium Smelter (IrkAZ). The new production facilities will boost annual aluminium production capacity by more than 55% to 460kt, with total investment in the project exceeding US$600M.

[19/03/2008]

Alba seeking $1bn payout from Alcoa

Alba (Aluminum Bahrain BSC in the Kingdom of Bahrain) is seeking more than $1bn (BD378M) in damages from Alcoa (USA) accusing it of corruption.

New Product Story

Entry-level continuous rotary extrusion machine

ALUMINIUM 2008

Contracts

[19/03/2008]

Saudi mega-projects powering ahead

Ma’aden recently signed a US$100M (SAR 375M) contract with ABB Contracting Co Ltd for two electrical substations that will connect its phosphate and aluminium mega-projects at Ras Az Zawr to the national grid.

[19/03/2008]

Outotec wins Chinese orders

Outotec has won several aluminium technology orders from Chinese aluminium smelters related to major expansions or process improvements. The total value of these orders is approximately €17M.

Lead New Product Story

[19/03/2008]

OES and X-ray product demonstration centre

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc has announced the addition of an OES and X-ray product demonstration centre to its state-of-the-art Training Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.

[14/12/2007]

Trilux is shipshape

Interlux has launched a ship coating finish in response to boat owners’ requests.

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