Sri Lanka Bogala Graphite to Make Lubricants Sri Lanka’s graphite miner and exporter Bogala Graphite plans to acquire a manufacturing plant from its German parent firm that would enable it to make value-added lubricant products.
USA Premier Chemicals has Changed its Name to Premier Magnesia Premier Magnesia LLC, headquartered in West Conshohocken/PA, has changed its name to Premier Magnesia LLC to better concentrate on its core business.
China RHI AG Extends Production Capacities RHI AG increases its production capacity in China by more than 20 % to 270 000 t/a. In late September, a third tunnel kiln was successfully commissioned at the Dalian plant. RHI invested roughly EUR 13 million, thus continuing its growth strategy in the BRIC countries.
Great Britain Corus Adopts Tata Steel as its New Identity The Tata Steel name and logo will begin to appear on the company’s transactional documents, product deliveries, locations and vehicles. Not everything will change immediately, however, as the re-branding will be a gradual process.
Bahrain Middle East to Supply 14 % Global Aluminium Demand by 2014 The Middle East will supply around 14 % of world aluminium demand by 2014, the chairman of Aluminium Bahrain (ALBA),
Germany Almatis Group Emerged from Chapter 11 The Almatis Group announced, that its plan of reorganisation became effective allowing Almatis to complete its financial restructuring and emerge from Chapter 11.
Austria RHI AG – 50 Years of Refractory Research in Leoben In 1960 the Technology Centre was officially presented to the public as a research institute of what was then Veitscher Magnesitwerke. The initial team consisted of 42 people. Leoben was chosen because of its central location and close proximity to the plants in Trieben, Veitsch and Breitenau, but also because it is situated close to the University of Leoben and the steel industry. Previously the three plants had operated their own laboratories.
Germany 54th International Colloquium on Refractories – Call for Papers The conference “Refractories for Industrials“ will take place 19 and 20 October 2011 in Aachen covering the topics glass, cement/lime/plaster, ceramics, incineration, chemistry, refractory raw materials, shaped and unshaped refractories, processing and refractory linign services, quality management, corrosion and wear, recycling, environmental protection. Papers can be submitted till 25 March 2011 to: info@ecref.eu (10/2010)
USA Praxair Awarded DOE Grant for Ceramic Membrane Development Praxair, Inc. has been awarded USD 35 million by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate development of oxygen transport membrane (OTM) systems which can dramatically reduce the cost of oxygen for synthesis gas (syngas) production and oxy-fuel combustion.
Qatar Quatalum to Reach Full Capacity With Qatalum’s first phase production capacity of 585 000 t/a of primary aluminium, Qatar will account for a significant portion of GCC aluminium production. The Norsk Hydro Qatalum smelter was on track to reach its full capacity by the end of the first quarter of the fiscal.