AlCircle reports that Slovenian aluminum company Talum will shut down its remaining aluminum electrolysis furnaces in April The Kidričevo-based company has recently shifted its focus to aluminum processing and other more lucrative activities and is refraining from producing primary aluminum Due to the sharp increase in energy prices Talum was required to reduce primary aluminum production to about 20 per cent of its capacity by 2022 As electricity prices in Europe have increased about tenfold since the beginning of 2021 and primary aluminum production is at the same time very energy-intensive production became unprofitable at some sites Slovenia's aluminum producer is one of the country's top ten exporters producing 50,000 tons of primary aluminum and more than 110,000 tons of bulk aluminum products annually AlCircle points to the recently published Global Aluminium Industry Outlook 2023 report which shows that primary aluminum production in Western Europe declined by 12.6% and stood at around 2.9 tons in 2022 many aluminum smelters in Western Europe have recently stopped production due to high energy costs I would like to receive the bi-weekly Foundry-Planet newsletter with all latest news Plus the special newsletters – all can be cancelled anytime and at no cost Did you find the information you were looking for Do you want to receive a response from the responsible institution Clicking on the link will open your default e-mail program and automatically draft a message that you can send to the institution responsible for the content of this website ask for a reply Being born in a contaminated land either makes you give up or take responsibility a small industrial city which produces aluminum and today is surrounded by toxic waste dumps Forbici decided to use painting as a form of denunciation recounting on canvas the battle of resistance which nature carries out in order to regenerate itself and maintain its vitality The unpublished works selected for the solo exhibition at the Punto Sull'Arte gallery in Varese – Vernissage Saturday January 13th 2018 6PM To 9PM – are divided between two different exposition spaces compromised by human behaviour; and a future in which fauna and flora are only memories visible under glass Study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice led the artist to assimilate the expressive codes and aesthetics of 19th century Italian landscape painting However his personal sensitivity drives him to portray landscapes only in the most wondrous visions from which something more profound emerges: the lands are in fact protagonists of an eco-denunciation sawdust – are imprisoned in the brush strokes is positioned in an expository excursus of great merit: Jernej Forbici who lives and works between Italy and Slovenia has taken part in artistic events and exhibitions all over the world: the United States various countries in Europe and has been invited many times to the Venice Biennale Forbici feels the moral obligation to raise awareness of ecological themes and of environmental protection For this reason his works are to be considered activism against the irreversible damage that human beings are capable of inflicting on the earth Jernej Forbici Born in Maribor (Slovenia) in 1980 He studied at the College for Visual Arts in Lubiana He completed a degree in painting (with honours) under Professor Carlo Di Raco and then a Master s degree in visual and performing arts disciplines From 1999 his work has been presented in numerous solo and collective exhibitions in various European countries He has been invited to participate in the following Biennales: Hicetnunc International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Prague His works play a central role in the art world at an international level so much so that today they are present in many exhibitions Currently he lives and works between Kidričevo Boxmark decided to close down its Slovenian plant Boxmark Leather manufactures leather seats for the automotive as well as being a third-party manufacturer for others it will interrupt its production operation in the Murska Sobota site The company did offer them the opportunity to relocate to its other Slovenian plant of Kidricevo Slovenian online portal 24ur.com explains that Boxmark is shutting down its plan due to the slowdown of the automotive sector the source also cites the lower need for personnel created by technological advancements in manufacturing “We have made many technological changes over the last 5 years – confirms Marjan Trobiš Client needs change over time and require constant efforts We can state that the company has decided to follow market demands We changed our processes to make them more technological via the implementation of new solutions and thus the need for physical workers is lower” Boxmark had also shut down its production site in Otiski The company claimed that it would have needed more machinery to sustain the production volumes needed keep up with market demand the company stated it had already invested resources to strengthen the capacity of the Kidricevo plant” Image taken from sobotainfo.com All you need to know about the leather industry