Iran is expanding its domestic aluminium manufacturing capabilities through nanostructured anodising technology, developing specialised aluminium sheets and profiles for applications across aerospace, medical equipment, electronics and automotive industries. The initiative reflects a move towards higher-value aluminium products by improving the metal's surface properties and expanding its potential industrial applications. According to Pars Today, citing Mehr News Agency, an Iranian aluminium complex is using the technology to produce aluminium components with nanostructured ceramic coatings designed to improve resistance to corrosion and wear. The complex is also working on developing specialised aluminium standards and has so far established eight standards in this field. The...
Amazon's Kindle made of aluminium introduces recycled aluminium into its entry-level e-reader range, highlighting the metal's growing application in consumer electronics. The aluminium-backed model combines a rigid metallic construction with a matte finish, built-in magnets for folio covers and a design that allows users to replace the battery. Compared with the standard plastic Kindle (2026), the aluminium version also offers additional storage and an ad-free lock screen. The Kindle made of aluminium features a rigid, matte-finished metal chassis that provides a premium appearance while eliminating body flex and naturally resisting oily fingerprint marks. Its construction incorporates built-in magnets on the back for attaching snap-on folio covers, while accessible external Torx screws...
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Shangqiu Yangguang Aluminium Product Co., Ltd. has received Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standard certification for its plant in Henan Province, China. The casthouse and material conversion facility manufactures aluminium alloy plate, sheet, and strip. Fiona Solomon, Chief Executive Officer at ASI said, “Congratulations to Shangqiu Yangguang Aluminium Product Co., Ltd. on achieving this ASI Performance Standard Certification. The Shenhuo Group has followed through on their plan to continue certifying their operations, following on the ASI Performance Standard and Chain of Custody Standard certifications at their flagship foil plant in Shanghai. This reinforces the overall momentum we are seeing for a sustainable aluminium industry in China.” The ASI Certification...
Phillip Gallagher, the Managing Director of Canyon Resources and Rick Smith, the new Camalco Director-General hosted a visit on 25 th January 2021, to the Minim Martap Project site by His Excellency Gabrielle Ndoko, the Minister of Mines – Govt. of Cameroon, the Secretary of State to the Minister of Mines, the Governor of the Adamoua Region and other dignitaries. The purpose of the site visit was for Camalco to present the results of the extensive exploration and geological research completed by the company on the Project and to discuss the development plans for the Project. The presentation and meetings at the towns of Martap and Minim were chaired by the Minister of Mines and attended by local dignitaries and people from the local villages. The meetings were overwhelmingly positive, and...
The two largest and popular trade unions of Spain, the Podemos-affiliated Workers’ Commissions (CCOO) and Socialist Party (PSOE)-affiliated General Union of Workers (UGT) have withdrawn the four-month strike at Alcoa’s San Cibrao aluminium plant in Spain’s North-eastern region of Galicia. The unions moved to call-off as it coincided with an international upsurge of struggles against wage cuts, job losses and the ruling class’ “herd immunity” policy. The unions called the strike as it opposed the decision of Alcoa, the world’s third-largest aluminium producer, headquartered in Pittsburgh, USA, to shut down it’s this smelting plant in Spain and lay-off all 530 workers, while another 1,500 indirect jobs were affected. Alcoa has pulled down or sold 18 aluminium factories worldwide since 2008,...
Benchmark aluminium price on the London Metal Exchange increased by 2.69 per cent throughout the week during February 15-19, 2021. Both LME aluminium cash (bid) price and LME official settlement price recorded a surge during February 15-19 from US$ 2079 per tonne to US$ 2135 per tonne – an increase of US$ 56 per tonne. However, on Tuesday, February 16, the prices dipped by US$ 2 per tonne from US$ 2079 per tonne on Monday to US$ 2077 per tonne. On Wednesday, they hiked to US$ 2096.50 per tonne, which further expanded by US$ 50.50 per tonne to reach at US$ 2147 per tonne on Thursday, February 18. On Friday, February 19, LME prices shredded US$ 12 per tonne to close the week at US$ 2135 per tonne. 3-months bid price and 3-months offer price ranged between US$2082.50 per tonne and US$...
South32 published results for the half year ended 31 December 2020 (H1 FY21). The Group reported statutory profit after tax of US$53M in H1 FY21, a drop of US$46M from last year. Underlying EBITDA stood at US$633M, down 7 per cent from US$678M in H1 FY20. “As we continue to navigate the uncertainties created by the COVID-19 pandemic, our focus remains on keeping our people safe and well, maintaining safe and reliable operations and supporting our communities,” said Graham Kerr, South32 CEO. “During this period of volatility, we have focused on what we can control, delivering a strong operating result, including record production at Worsley Alumina, Brazil Alumina and Australia Manganese, supporting lower Operating unit costs at the majority of our operations during the half.” Group...
Vedanta Limited has continued to increase its aluminium products and aluminium ingot prices with effect from Friday, February 19. The company’s aluminium wire rod price has come in at INR 187,250 – 194,750 per tonne, up significantly by INR 3,750 per tonne or 2.04 per cent from INR 183,500—191,000 per tonne on February 18. Vedanta’s aluminium billets price has also been raised by INR 3,750 per tonne from INR 184,000 per tonne on February 18 to INR 187,750 per tonne on February 19. With the latest hike, aluminium ingot price has come in at INR 179,750 – 192,750 per tonne in comparison with INR 176,000-189,000 per tonne on the previous day. The Indian aluminium producers generally link aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices to the three-month futures of aluminium on the London Metal...
Kosei, the global wheel and auto components manufacturer has preferred Rusal for the supply of high-quality Primary Foundry Aluminium Alloys, as announced by the leader of the global aluminium industry. Established in 1950, Kosei designs and manufactures wheels, auto parts and components. It has 14 facilities operating in seven countries with a truly international reach. For the past thirty years, RUSAL has worked closely with the Company, delivered primary foundry aluminium alloys to Kosei factories in India, Japan, Thailand and the USA. RUSAL is among the world’s leading producers of low-carbon aluminium. Its ALLOW brand of low-carbon aluminium comes with an average carbon footprint of 2.4 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per tonne of aluminium produced (Scope 1&2, at smelter) which is several...
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has continued to increase its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices for the third time in a row, with effect from Friday, February 19. NALCO is currently selling its aluminium ingot at INR 179,850 – 183,350 per tonne compared to INR 174,450 - 177,950 per tonne on February 13. This reflects a surge of INR 5,400 per tonne or 3.1 per cent. NALCO’s aluminium wire rod price has come in at INR 183,350 – 187,700 per tonne, also up by INR 5,400 per tonne from INR 177,950 - 182,300 per tonne a week ago. Aluminium billets price is hovering around INR 183300 – 185950 per tonne in comparison with INR 177,900 - 180,550 per tonne on February 13. NALCO, like any other Indian aluminium producers, links its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices to...
According to the IMF, the economy of Mozambique is forecasted to rise 4.7% in 2021, supported by the post-pandemic global economic recovery, reconstruction efforts, the recovery of the agricultural sector, the gradual easing of monetary conditions, and the clearance of supplier payment arrears. The Southern African nation’s import of alumina during 2018-19 recorded at 2.17 million tonnes and the import for 2020 remained at 0.91 million. However, when the import volume of 2020 gets added with the existing two years, it signifies 3.08 million tonnes. Mozal is the largest primary aluminium producer of the country and with 580,000 tonnes production capacity, it is considered the second-largest aluminium producer in the continent. Mozambique’s import of alumina in 2018 stood at 1.08 million...
US-based primary aluminium producer Century Aluminum Company has announced its fourth-quarter and full-year results of 2020, revealing a drop of 1 per cent in net sales in Q4 2020 to US$ 389.1 million from US$ 392.9 million in Q3 2020. That was primarily due to the decline in shipments from 203,022 tonnes in Q3 to 194,940 tonnes in Q4, however, partially offset by higher aluminium prices. Net sales in the full-year decreased US$ 231.50 million or 12.60 per cent from US$ 1,836.6 million in FY19 to US$ 1,605.1 million in FY20, despite shipments stood flat year-on-year at 811,176 tonnes compared to 811,244 tonnes. Century reported a net loss of US$ 35.5 million in Q4 2020, an improvement of US$ 22.7 million sequentially owing to higher metal prices. However, in the full-year, the company’s...
Hindalco Industries Limited has continued to hike its aluminium products price. With effect from Friday, 19 February 2021, wire rods price stands at INR 191,100 per tonne. This is an increase of INR 3,750 per tonne from INR 187,350 per tonne on February 18. The company is selling its aluminium billets and aluminium ingot price at INR 187,100 per tonne and INR 180,000 per tonne as of Friday, 19 February 2021, down 2 per cent each from INR 183,350 per tonne and INR 176,250 per tonne on February 18 The Indian aluminium producers generally link prices of its products to the three-month futures of aluminium on London Metal Exchange. The aluminium price on LME has been increasing since October. The price has climbed nearly 14% in the October-December. Aluminium operations of the company,...
Hydro has received new building project for the innovative House of Choice in Sweden. The company will supply low-carbon aluminium alloy Hydro CIRCAL for the project. House of Choice will become Scandinavia’s first zero-energy hotel. “SAPA, a Hydro building systems brand, was chosen as solution provider for the hotel’s façade and roof, with metal builders Alab and GlasLindberg. Fabege AB has served as project owner,” Hydro said. The glazed façade SAPA 4150 will be delivered for House of Choice. SAPA 5050, an insulated 50mm-wide aluminium profiles, will also be supplied for the roof. “In addition, using recycled aluminium for these solutions substantially lowers the carbon footprint of the material, and makes Hydro CIRCAL a perfect match for this hotel and its eco-friendly ambitions,” said...
Camalco, the subsidiary company of Canyon Resources with headquarters in Perth Western Australia, has appointed Rick Smith as Director-General of Camalco. Since March 2020, Smith has been working with Canyon Resources as Chief Development Officer and has agreed to accept the role of DG at Camalco and base himself in Cameroon for the crucial periods of the end of the feasibility studies and the commencement of construction of the Project. Rick Smith an Ex-Senior Executive, within Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC), who successfully commissioned the $1.4 billion CAPEX, GAC Project. The bauxite mine is located in Tinguilinta, Guinea and is West Africa’s newest bauxite mine that will export 12 million tonnes per annum through its Kamsar bauxite port facilities which were commissioned in Q3...
Rio Tinto has reported the full-year results of 2020, revealing a strong performance and successful response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Its net earnings grew year-on-year by 22 per cent from US$ 8,010 million to US$ 9,769 million, while its net cash generated from operating activities increased 6 per cent from US$ 14,912 million to US$ 15,875 million driven by robust operating performance. Consolidated sales revenue saw a hike of 3 per cent at the end of 2020 from US$ 43,165 million in 2019 to US$ 44,611 million. Underlying EBITDA grew 13 per cent year-on-year from US$ 21,197 million to US$ 23,902 million, attributing to the agility and resilience of the business and employees, coupled with strong commodity prices, noted Rio Tinto’s Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm. Mr Stausholm said,...
As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, average spot alumina price in China has decreased by RMB 26 per tonne after six days of restrained. The price now stands at RMB 2362 per tonne as of Friday, 19 February 2021. Alumina prices in Henan and Shanxi have reduced by RMB 32.5 per tonne each to stand at RMB 2360 per tonne each on Friday. The prices of alumina in Lianyungang and Bayuquan China markets have declined by RMB 15 per tonne and RMB 20 per tonne to stand at RMB 2450 per tonne and RMB 2465 per tonne today. SMM aluminium ingot price stands higher for the seven days in a row. The price has come in at RMB 16430 per tonne on Friday, 19 February 2021. This marks a growth of RMB 220 per tonne. The price is expected to range at RMB 16410-16450 per tonne. The aluminium alloy (ADC12) price...
The LME complex performed similarly on Thursday, with aluminium increased 1.35 per cent. Benchmark aluminium price on the London Metal Exchange edged 2.41 per cent higher on Thursday, February 18. LME aluminium cash (bid) price and LME official settlement price continued to increase to reach at US$ 2147 per tonne on Thursday, February 18, from US$ 2096.50 per tonne on Wednesday. 3-months bid price and 3-months offer price came in at US$ 2161 per tonne, soaring by US$ 57.50 per tonne from the previous day. Dec 21 bid price and Dec 21 offer price hovered around US$ 2209.50 per tonne. The LME aluminium opening stock decreased from 1365375 tonnes to 1360850 tonnes on February 18. Live Warrants totalled 1131850 tonnes, while Cancelled Warrants stood at 229000 tonnes. LME aluminium 3-months...
On 18 th February 2021, Naveen Patnaik, the Chief Minister of India’s eastern state Odisha, stated that his state has the prospect to emerge as a global hub in aluminium and other mining industries. During the inauguration ceremony of the two iron ore mines at Guali and Jilling in Keonjhar district, Naveen Patnaik delivered his words along with Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister of Coal and Mines in virtual mode. Patnaik said: “He is hopeful that the quick operationalization of OMCs mines will meet the requirement of the metal market and bring positive changes in the supply situation.” Patnaik said: “Odisha has always taken early initiatives especially in the mining sector and supported reforms. Odisha government has rolled out helpdesk and feedback system under 5T initiative for ease of doing...
SMS group has announced the delivery of new cold rolling mill for aluminium strips to BaoWu Aluminium Technology Limited. The mill can process aluminium strips with a maximum width of 2,350 millimeters. The facility is planned for an annual capacity of about 120,000 tons. The smallest final thickness of the finished strips is 0.15 millimeters. The cold rolling mill produced the first coil at the company's site in Henan, China. The Chinese aluminium supplier BaoWu Aluminium Technology can roll a wide range of aluminium grades and alloys on the plant. SMS delivered the complete mechanical, hydraulic and fluid power equipment including a Multi Plate® filter of size MPF3-16. “The quality-determining rolling technologies include CVC®plus in combination with positive and negative work and...
