Minerals Technologies Inc., announced that it recently engineered and installed its first Scantrol® laser refractory measuring system for basic oxygen steel-making furnaces (BOFs) at the Nizhniy Tagil Metallurgical Plant (NTMK) in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia.
Alcoa will reduce its annual alumina production capacity by approximately 390000 t to align production with smelter curtailments Alcoa announced earlier this year and to reflect prevailing market conditions.
Rio Tinto has received a binding offer for its specialty aluminas business from H.I.G.
Cookson Group plc, a leading materials science company, completed the acquisition of Metallurgica Beteiligungsesellschaft mbH, Metallurgica Gesellschaft fur Huttenwerkstechnik mbH & Co. KG, and Metallurgica North America, LP (Metallurgica).
Harper International, world leader in thermal processing solutions for advanced materials, has finalized a contract with a client in Brazil for a research scale carbon fibre processing line.
The Ostbayerische Technologie-Transfer-Institut e.V. (OTTI), an Eastern Bavarian institute for technology transfer, will be holding the first symposium on the topic Strong glass – Challenges in future glass applications in Weimar from 7 to 8 May 2012.
H.C. Starck, one of the leading manufacturers of refractory metals and technical ceramics, achieved sustainable profitable growth in 2011.
Palmer Technologies Pty Ltd, a global leader in the engineering of high temperature concrete and brick (refractory) structures for industry, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with WorleyParsons Services Pty Ltd to provide refractory engineering services across their global operations.
The RHI Supervisory Board approved the annual financial statements 2011 of RHI AG and the consolidated financial statements 2011.
A silicon metal smelter will be setup in Abu Dhabi’s newest industrial zone Kizad, which will supply high-grade silicon to aluminium smelters in the region.