Aluminum is increasingly being used as a lightweight and sturdy building material, but the process of mining and refining it results in high energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. TheContinue Reading
Norsk Hydro created the world’s first aluminum using green hydrogen to power the smelting process. The Norwegian company, one of the world’s top aluminum producers, smelted 225 tonnes of recoveredContinue Reading
Scrap aluminum can now be collected and immediately turned into new car components thanks to an innovative technique invented by the automotive industry, specifically for electric vehicles. This month, theContinue Reading
Donald Sadoway (who has been at MIT since 1978) and his research colleagues recently reported the development of an aluminum sulfur battery that is less expensive than lithium-ion batteries. TheContinue Reading
The buzz around electric vehicles (EV) has turned the spotlight on aluminum industry. In fact, the automobile industry is one of the biggest consumers of aluminum. The white metal isContinue Reading
Hindalco Industries has been ranked as the Aluminum Industry Leader for its sustainability performance in the 2020 edition of the S&P Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) corporate sustainability assessment (CSA)Continue Reading
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC), the country’s top refiner and fuel marketer, has entered into a joint venture agreement with Israel’s Phinergy to produce aluminum-air (Al-Air) batteries, an alternative toContinue Reading
India has no lithium deposits that could be used to manufacture conventional lithium-ion battery cells. But as India is looking to migrate to electric vehicles (EV) in a big wayContinue Reading
