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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Harlingen is a city in Cameron County of the US state Texas will receive an additional work of art, an aluminium 'sphere' of 14 meters high and weighing no less than 45 tonnes by the American artist Frank Stella will be given a place at the parking lot for island tourists and the Tsjerk Hiddesluizen. The municipality will receive the artwork, called Broken Jug, on loan from Stella. It is now stored in a closed industrial estate and is therefore not accessible to the public. Initially, Harlingen was also supposed to be just a stopover in the journey of the work of art, but it is now definitively given a place in Harlingen. The sphere resembles an openwork baseball helmet. The artwork was built in Cherbourg, it was originally for a seaside stadium in Miami, but Stella was dissatisfied with...
According to the Shanghai Metals Market, social inventories of primary aluminium have expanded by 126,000 tonnes during the Chinese New Year Holiday ended on February 17, 2021. SMM data shows that as of Thursday, February 18, the inventories are standing at 901,000 tonnes across the eight major Chinese consumption areas, including SHFE warrants, in comparison with 775,000 tonnes on last Wednesday, February 10. Last week, China’s primary aluminium inventories built up 61,000 tonnes week-on-week, primarily attributing to the increase of stocks in Wuxi, Hangzhou, and Gongyi. The chart below indicates the current status of primary aluminium inventories across China in more details: In Wuxi and Gongyi, primary aluminium inventories have surged by 42,000 tonnes to come in at 308,000 tonnes and...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, stocks of aluminium billet across five major consumption areas in China increased by 48,700 tonnes on higher cargoes arrivals. The stocks stood at 214,200 tonnes as of Thursday, February 18. The chart below indicates the current status of aluminium billet inventories across China in more details: Inventories of aluminium billets in Huzhou increased the most. The stocks came in at 31,000 tonnes as of Thursday, February 18, a jump of 13,000 tonnes from the pre-holiday level. The aluminium billets stocks in Wuxi and Changzhou stood at 45,000 tonnes and 22,500 tonnes, an increase of 9,800 tonnes and 6,400 tonnes from last week. Aluminium billet inventories in Foshan and Nanchang rose 12,100 tonnes and 7,400 tonnes to stand at 90,000 tonnes and 25,700...
Automobile Industry, a manufacturing sector paddling through multiple challenges which include the economic slowdown, delays in regards to BS-VI-related and now the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite all the depression, the Industry could cast upon the opportunity of electric vehicles as a positive trend to gear up. Aluminium usage is traditional across multiple sectors as the silver metal is universally versatile. It is aluminium which made jets to fly due to its sustainability, light and energy-efficient features. Aluminium has been part of the auto industry for over a century. At the Berlin International Motor Show in 1899, the first sports car was premiered, featuring an aluminium body. Presently, aluminium is the second most used material in the automotive sector next to steel. In the...
Gränges has reportedly received the Provisional Performance Standard Certification from Aluminium Stewardship Initiative for casting and rolling operations at its Finspång AB plant in Sweden. The facility has been producing rolled strips and sheets of aluminium destined for the automotive sector. It currently has an annual production capacity of 100,000 tonnes. The news came today, on February 18, after the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced that it certified the Gränges facility in Finspång with Provisional Certification under the ASI Interim Policy regarding Audits, Audit-Related Travel and Coronavirus. Fiona Solomon, Chief Executive Officer at ASI, said: “We warmly congratulate Gränges on achieving ASI Performance Standard Certification with Provisional status at their Finspång...
Vedanta Limited has further increased its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices for the fifth consecutive time, with effect from Thursday, February 18. With the latest hike, Vedanta’s aluminium ingot price has come in at INR 176,000-189,000 per tonne, up by INR 2,000 per tonne or 1.15 per cent from INR 174,000 – 187,000 per tonne a week ago. Vedanta’s aluminium wire rod price is currently hovering around INR 183,500—191,000 per tonne compared to INR 181,500-189,000 per tonne on February 11. The company's aluminium billets price has also been raised by INR 2,000 per tonne from INR 182,000 per tonne on February 11 to INR 184,000 per tonne on February 18. The Indian aluminium producers generally link aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices to the three-month futures of...
Rowland Brown of Cirrus Capital, a local economist forecasts a 3.8% growth for the Namibian economy in 2021 after it experienced a contraction of 8.4% in 2020. “The contraction in 2020 will be the largest Namibia has recorded in her history, reflective not only of adverse external conditions but also the result of domestic restraints to economic activity in response to the Coronavirus pandemic.” The southwest African nation’s import of aluminium foil during 2018-19 recorded at 369 tonnes and the expenditure occurred remained at $17.28. The import for 2020 stood at 195 tonnes and expenditure accounted for the import stood at $8.73 million. However, when the import and expenditure of 2020 get assorted with the existing two years, it resembles 564 tonnes and $26.01 million respectively....
Hindalco Industries Limited has raised its aluminium products price today. With effect from Thursday, 18 February 2021, wire rods price stands at INR 187,350 per tonne, an increase of INR 2,000 per tonne from INR 185,350 per tonne on February 11. The company is selling its aluminium billets at INR 183,350 per tonne as of Thursday, 18 February 2021. This is up from INR 181,350 per tonne on February 11. Aluminium ingot price is currently hovering at INR 176,250 per tonne, representing a hike of INR 2,000 per tonne from February 11. 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....
Taiwan’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 3,920 tonnes in November 2020, with a month-on-month decrease of 14.22%. Taiwan had imported 4,570 tonnes in October 2020. On a yearly basis, imports reduced by 5.31 % from 4,140 tonnes in November 2019, as updated by the US Census Bureau. In the first eleven months, Taiwan imported 39,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap, from 57,200 tonnes imported in the first eleven months of 2019. This marked a drop of 31.82% year-on-year. Taiwan’s imports of total aluminium (semi-finished products, crude metals and alloy and scrap) from the US stood at 4,460 tonnes in November 2020, a decrease of 1.11% from 4,510 tonnes in October 2019. Imports inched down by 10% from October’s imports of 4,960 tonnes. In January-November, total imports came in at...
Ecostore is reportedly coming up with its first-ever refillable aluminium bottles for hand and dish wash products to attain the determination of minimising single use plastic waste pollution and emissions in Aotearoa, New Zealand. The new Ecostore refillable bottle will be 100 per cent made of aluminium, designed to be reused and refilled again and again. It will also be a great solution for reducing landfill waste due to being infinitely recyclable. Ecostore sees this new product as an environmental win as recycling aluminium bottles and remaking new ones only uses 5 per cent of the energy and emits 5 per cent of the CO2. Ecostore has partnered with five other environmental and sustainability conscious companies to show they are ‘walking the talk’ of providing a circular solution. It...
ALVANCE, the globally integrated aluminium business and also part of the sustainable industry leader GFG Alliance, will commence consulting on plans for a new $94 million recycling and aluminium billet plant at its Lochaber smelter upcoming week as it develops Fort William’s position as a leading international producer of low-carbon aluminium. Onwards 22 nd February 2021, a public consultation will be held for 21 days, which includes a live consultation event on 25 th February from 3.30 pm – 7 pm, where the project team members will be available to respond to the queries. In November’20, ALVANCE declared plans for a new recycling and casting facility that will double GREEN ALUMINIUM production from over 40,000 tonnes per annum (ktpa) to over 80ktpa. The plant will produce long, round bars...
Three-month LME aluminium advanced 1.2% to settle at US$2,112.5 per tonne on Wednesday, with open interest decreasing 5,068 lots to 681,000 lots. As of Wednesday, February 17, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stands at US$ 2096.50 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 2096.50 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 2103.50 per tonne, 3-months offer price is US$ 2103.50 per tonne; Dec 22 bid price stands at US$ 2167.50 per tonne, and Dec 22 offer price stands at US$ 2167.50 per tonne. The LME aluminium opening stock stood at 1365375 tonnes. Live Warrants totalled 1131850 tonnes, and Cancelled Warrants were 233525 tonnes. LME aluminium 3-months Asian Reference Price is hovering at US$ 2091.50 per tonne. SHFE Aluminium Price Trend Shanghai Futures Exchange resumed trading...
A00 aluminium ingot price has opened the market after a week-long Chinese New Year Holiday with a surge of RMB 440 per tonne to stand above RMB 16,000 per tonne, found the Shanghai Metals Market. According to the data, the price today, on February 18, has pegged at RMB 16,210 per tonne, the highest since the beginning of 202. The average prices are expected to range between RMB 16,190 per tonne and RMB 16,230 per tonne, with spot contract to be traded at a premium price of RMB 90-50 per tonne. In Wuxi and Hangzhou, A00 aluminium ingot price has grown the highest by RMB 485 per tonne to come in at RMB 16,260 per tonne and RMB 16,285 per tonne on February 18. Gongyi has seen a hike of RMB 470 per tonne to RMB 16,070 per tonne, followed by the surge of RMB 460 per tonne in Tianjin to RMB...
On 17 th February 2021, the global leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, Novelis Inc. has unveiled its strongest automotive aluminium product to date, Novelis AdvanzTM 7UHS-s701. The technologically advanced, ultra-high-strength material is now available commercially to the global automotive industry. The new product offers lightweighting capabilities of up to 40% over existing ultra-high-strength, hot-formed steel solutions. It is designed for safety-critical structural applications in passenger vehicles that demand high in-service strengths such as A and B pillar reinforcements and side-impact door beams. Commercial vehicles and electric vehicles will also benefit from using this material, as it offers mass reduction to enable increased payload and longer battery range, while still...
Aluminium ingot production in Iran rose 65 per cent to 364,783 tonnes during the first ten months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2020 – January 19, 2021) compared to the same period of the previous year. In the tenth month of the year ending on January 19, 2021, aluminium ingot output in Iran came in at 39,560 tonnes, up by 58 per cent year-on-year. By the end of the current Iranian calendar year, aluminium ingot production in Iran is estimated to record an increase of 63 per cent. Iran’s aluminium ingot production in the past Iranian calendar year ended on March 19, 2020, fell 8 per cent from the preceding year. Major aluminium producers produced 275,716 tonnes of aluminium ingots in the same year, according to the Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry data. Among the...
The United States aluminium crude metal and alloys imports from the United Arab Emirates rose in November 2020 after two consecutive months of decline, found the US Geological Survey. Data shows the imports in November stood at 33,900 tonnes, up by 10,600 tonnes or 45.49 per cent month-on-month. In October, the imports were at 23,300 tonnes, registering a downfall of 26.73 per cent from 31,800 tonnes in September. The United States aluminium semis imports from the UAE also dwindled in September by 5.64 per cent from 33,700 tonnes in the previous month. On a year-on-year calculation, the United States aluminium crude metal and alloys imports from the UAE in November 2020 stood down by 11,600 tonnes or 25.49 per cent from 45,500 tonnes. During January-November, the United States aluminium...
The National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), a Navratna CPSE under Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India has posted higher EBITDA in Q3FY21 driven by a strong performance by the aluminium business piloted by higher LME aluminium prices and favourable costs. Sridhar Patra, CMD, NALCO explained: “COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the production during April’20 to August’20. The plant was operating at around 65% of capacity utilisation. Despite that, we are sure that we are achieving 95% of last year production and we are quite confident of achieving the same.” However, regarding aluminium production, he said, “Last year we achieved 21.6 lakh tonne of alumina and 4.1 lakh tonne of aluminium production. We are making all the efforts to cross aluminium production of 4.1 lakh tonne in FY21.” “As...
On Wednesday, February 17, Rio Tinto has announced that it changed its estimates of Ore Reserves and Mineral Resources at Rio Tinto Aluminium (RTA) Pacific Operations’ Weipa and Gove assets. The estimate has been decreased by 305 Mt from 1,530 Mt to 1,224 Mt. The reduction in Ore Reserve estimate is associated with a routine review of price assumptions over the life of the mine. There has been no material change to the economic cut-off methodology or process. There has been no material change to the other reserve modifying factors, including: governmental, tenure, environmental, cultural heritage, social, community or operational. Rio Tinto Aluminium Pacific Operations Mineral Resources exclusive of Ore Reserves, on the other hand, has recorded a hike of 128 Mt from 1,949 Mt to 2,077 Mt....
