Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin) has proposed an integrated bauxite mining and processing project worth VND 5.2 trillion (USD 208 million) in Lam Dong province, Vietnam. Currently under appraisal by provincial authorities, it is designed to produce around 3 million tonnes of refined bauxite ore annually, reinforcing raw material requirements at the Nhan Co Aluminium Plant and the planned expansion of its alumina operations. Located in the Nhan Co Cluster, the proposal spans over 6,666 hectares. Of this, approximately 5,269 hectares are earmarked for mining and around 50 hectares for the ore processing plant. The project also includes five post-processing sludge reservoirs covering about 1,120 hectares, alongside the 318-hectare Dak Buk So 8 water reservoir. A...
Aluminium production depends on high-temperature processes where furnace efficiency, thermal management and equipment durability are essential for maintaining operational performance. However, refractory materials used in melting, holding and casting operations face continuous exposure to extreme temperatures, thermal fluctuations, chemical corrosion and mechanical wear. These conditions can lead to premature furnace-lining failure, molten-metal penetration, corundum formation and heat loss, increasing maintenance requirements and operating costs. Addressing these challenges requires materials that can withstand demanding operating conditions while keeping equipment efficient and reliable. Alkegen, a supplier of high-temperature refractory and insulation materials, serves this requirement...
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As shown by AlCircle’s report on “A Worldwide Market Analysis of Aluminium Wire rod, Cables & Conductors - Industry forecasts to 2025” , China is the world’s major producer of aluminium wire rod followed by India supplying together about 67% of the global aluminium wire rod usage. India’s share of the global wire rod market is expected to increase from 18% in 2017 to about 23% in 2025, while China’s usage is expected to see a flat growth. The booming market calls for extra focus on the expansion of wire rod capacities by Indian aluminium producers. {newsStudioGallery} However, as a result of the simmering US-China trade conflict, India has faced a flood of imports of an array of aluminium products including aluminium wire rods. Overall imports have risen 32 per cent in July-September...
According to the latest update by Shanghai Metals Market, today, on December 5, traded prices of spot aluminium across eastern markets remained unchanged from the previous day and transactions between traders remained brisk. The SHFE 1812 contract traded rangebound in morning trades. Spot discounts in Shanghai, were heard at RMB50-40 per tonne, flat from Tuesday. In Shanghai and Wuxi, most transactions were heard at RMB 13,650 per tonne to RMB 13,660 per tonne while that in Hangzhou at RMB 13,680 per tonne to RMB 13,700 per tonne. Most transactions in Guangdong were heard at RMB13,730-13,750 per tonne , with Guangdong – Shanghai spread at RMB80 per tonne. SMM found aluminium prices across China markets would likely remain downside in the remaining days of the year as demand weakens and...
On December 4, 2018, Australian ship-building company Austal Limited confirmed that it bagged a contract of almost half a million TT dollars for designing and constructing a high-speed vehicle and passenger catamaran for Trinidad and Tobago. Contracted by the National Development Company (NIDCO), Austal will build the 94-metre high-speed vessel worth TT$ 486 million (approx.) and expectedly deliver by mid-2020. The ship, named the AutoExpress, will provide high-speed passenger and vehicle operations on the key sea bridge between the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The designing of the ship has already begun in Australia and is already well-advanced with initial construction being undertaken. The design of the ship underscores its capability to carry 250 cars and 926 passengers at speeds...
Austria’s aluminium scrap imports from global markets increased 5 per cent year on year in 2017. The country’s total import is estimated to increase to 304157 tonnes this year, up 3.3 per cent from last year. On the other hand, aluminium scrap export by the country showed no growth in 2017. Total volume remained unchanged at 169448 tonnes last year. {newsStudioGallery} According to global import-export data, Austria imported about 294369 tonnes of aluminium scrap in 2017, a decrease of 13856 tonnes from 308225 tonnes in 2016. The country’s total aluminium scraps import was valued at US$382 million in 2017, up from US$339 million in 2016. Austria is estimated to import 304157 tonnes of aluminium scrap in 2018, up 9788 tonnes from last year. The value of import is estimated to be about US$...
Shanghai Metals Market research found that operating rates at Chinese manufacturers of aluminium wire and cable remained unchanged in November from a month ago at 86.2 per cent, but fell 0.77 percentage point from the corresponding period last year. Although weaker consumptions of home appliances, property, and automobiles reduced orders across magnet wire producers in November, yet rates held stable in the said month given greater investment in power grid projects that bolstered demand. Data from the China Electricity Council showed that China’s investment in power grid projects in January-October dropped 7.6 per cent compared to the year earlier. The year-on-year decline was 2 percentage points smaller than the drop in January-September. Per the SMM survey, most producers belong to...
According to banking sources, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) is looking to potentially refinance up to US$6.7 billion of its debt. EGA, a merger entity of Dubai Aluminium (Dubal) and Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Aluminium is jointly owned by Abu Dhabi investment fund Mubadala and state company Investment Corporation of Dubai. Dubal is still an entity within EGA that can borrow money independently. According to the data from LPC, a fixed income news service that is part of Refinitiv, EGA’s debt includes a US$4.9 billion seven-year loan, which was declared underwritten and signed by seven banks in March 2016, and a $1.8 billion seven-year loan signed by Dubal in January 2015. According to a banker the refinancing deal will pay back some or the entire 2016 loan, and amend and extend some of its...
UNSW Sydney’s Dr Dong Jun Kim and his team of researchers found that aluminium-ion batteries could offer improved renewable energy storage and have much more potential in the field of renewable energy storage. Dr Dong Jun Kim has completed a study at Northwestern University in Illinois which led a team of researchers including Nobel Laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart to demonstrate a strategy for designing active materials for rechargeable aluminium batteries. This has taken aluminium-ion batteries one step closer to reality. “We found a novel way to design rechargeable aluminium batteries by employing a redox-active macrocyclic compound as the active material,” Dr Kim said. So far, one of the key challenges in making aluminium ion batteries is to find appropriate host electrodes for insertion...
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary ALCORE Limited completed the construction of stage 1 aluminium fluoride lab and acquired the necessary equipment to produce test samples. Per the firm, both the tasks reached ahead of schedule and under the budget. The construction of the laboratory had reportedly begun on July 1 at ALCORE’s pre-approved Pilot Plant site in Berkeley Vale, New South Wales. Initially, the stage 1 lab will produce aluminium fluoride (AlF3) test samples by refining raw bauxite for distribution to potential customers and gradually proceed to producing Corethane, a pure hydrocarbon powder from low-value coal. In addition, the lab will also test graphite refining for use in battery application. ABx’s CEO Ian Levy said the firm had funds...
India’s and Switzerland’s second request to set up a World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel, to examine its complaint against additional duties imposed by the US on imports of certain aluminium and steel products, has been approved by the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB). “Nine dispute panels have now been established by the DSB to rule on the US tariffs,” according to a Geneva-based official. India had asked to establish panel after it failed to resolve the issue through a bilateral consultation process with the US under the dispute settlement mechanism of the WTO. India had claimed imposition of high US import duties on Indian aluminium and steel products impacted its exports. Moreover, the US move was also not in compliance with the global trade norms. The WTO's Dispute Settlement Body...
According to an update by Shanghai Metals Market, trades of spot aluminium remained brisk yesterday, December 4, across east and south China after futures aluminium prices recorded a one-day gain at the start of the week. The SHFE 1812 contract traded range-bound in the morning. In Shanghai, spot discounts were heard at RMB 50 per tonne to RMB 40 per tonne, compared to RMB 60 per tonne to RMB 50 per tonne in the previous day. In Shanghai and Wuxi, on the other hand, most transactions were heard at RMB 13,650 per tonne to RMB 13,660 per tonne while that in Hangzhou at RMB 13,680 per tonne to RMB 13,700 per tonne. Traded prices across eastern markets stood some RMB 20 per tonne lower than yesterday. Downstream consumers purchased on demand while trades between traders were active. In...
The US dollar fell broadly overnight as US Treasury yields slipped. Both LME and SHFE base metals ended in mixed territory overnight. LME aluminium lost 0.2% while SHFE aluminium edged down 0.1%. LME aluminium closed Tuesday’s trading at US$1985 per tonne and continued to trade higher at night. However, a rebound in the US dollar index forced LME aluminium to reverse its gains made in European trades, to a low of US$1,963 per tonne. LME aluminium ended at US$1,970 per tonne overnight, below the 40-day moving average. We expect it to trade at US$1,960-1,980 per tonne today. As on December 4, Tuesday, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stood at US$ 1984.50 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 1985 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 1979.50 per tonne, 3-months offer...
Constellium announced it supplied aluminium automotive body sheets for the new Audi A6. The company delivered Surfalex® with high surface quality and particular hemming and roping properties for the doors as well as for the trunk. It also supplied Securalex® P6, a high-tech crash absorption alloy, for the hood of the Audi A6. This highly formable alloy has been designed to fulfil the most demanding pedestrian safety requirements. Dieter Höll, Vice President of Global Automotive at Constellium said: “Constellium is proud to extend its long-term partnership with Audi and to accompany them in their mission to build high quality automobiles. To do so, Constellium supports Audi in solutions not only for closures but also for body-in-white parts requiring specific crash and mechanical...
AlCircle has launched Webinar service for companies and associations from the aluminium value chain. The new offering provides a platform to present and promote their expertise and business via webinars so that they can engage your relevant audience, connect to a new network, and reach out and influence key decision makers from their business sector. Through the webinars, organizations not only can avail the benefits of AlCircle promotion, but also gain and evaluate the prospects of those who have registered for their webinar. An organization or consultant can host a webinar on any topics related to the global aluminium value chain and its allied sectors. AlCircle is excited to announce its upcoming webinar – “ Path to A Virtual Aluminium Ecosystem” . The presentation intends to put...
A Japanese aluminium buyer has agreed to pay a global producer a premium of $85 per tonne over the benchmark price for shipments in January to March, the lowest in more than two years, two sources involved in pricing talks said on Tuesday. That is down 17 percent from a premium of $103 per tonne in the current quarter and marks the second consecutive quarterly drop. It is also lower than the initial offers of $91-$93 made by producers. Japan is Asia’s biggest importer of aluminium and the premiums PREM-ALUM-JP for primary metal shipments it agrees to pay each quarter over the benchmark London Metal Exchange cash price set the benchmark for the region. The latest quarterly price negotiations began last month between Japanese buyers and global producers, including Rio Tinto, South32 Ltd and...
As the U.S. and China have entered a 90-day truce in the current trade war, White House Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow expected that China could immediately slash its vehicle tariffs on cars imported from the U.S. He believed the immediate after action could be a rolling back of 40 per cent tariffs on U.S.-produced vehicles followed by new retaliatory tariffs it had imposed on agricultural imports. "We expect those tariffs to fall to zero," he said in reference to the auto tariffs. Though the 90-day clock for negotiations would start on Jan1, China had pledged to start lifting both tariff and non-tariff barriers at earliest disposal. Other than tariffs another agreement is expected on intellectual property theft. “They are pretty close to some agreements on the IP (intellectual property)...
India’s primary aluminium exports have recorded a 21 per cent increase in H1 (April-September period) of FY 2018-19. Industry data shows that in HI of FY 2018-19, exports of aluminium ingots reached 772,000 tonnes in volumes, up from 638,000 tonnes in the corresponding period of the last financial year. Primary producers maintain that exports have been driven by a consistent increase in imports of primary and fake semis. They hold that it has not been driven by the US-China trade war. Aluminium Secondary Producers Association ASMA claimed that the tariffs benefitted Indian primary producers exporting a huge quantity of aluminium billets and ingots. But, primary producers say that after the trade conflict, the country's aluminium exports have slowed to nine per cent. "The trade war and...
Emirates Global Aluminium announced it has received recognition as a UAE Pioneer by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Abdulla Kalban, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of EGA, said: “It is a great honour for EGA to be recognised as a UAE Pioneer by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. I would like to thank everyone who has worked at EGA over the past four decades, helping build this company into a leader in the aluminium industry worldwide.” Source:www.ega.ae The development of EGA has taken the UAE from no aluminium production to the fifth largest aluminium producing nation in the world. EGA is the only producer of...
German-based HAMMEL Recyclingtechnik GmbH has presented RED GIANT in a new version at this year’s Pollutec in Lyon, France. The shredder type VB 950 DK comes with a newly designed discharge conveyor belt with discharge height of approximately 5000 mm. The shredder can be used for fresh wood, railway sleepers; bulky, domestic and industrial waste, especially aluminium profiles, car bodies, light mixed scrap and much more. “The new modern design is just one of numerous modifications. The primary crusher is characterized above all by a hydraulic system of the latest generation, which allows a much higher nominal torque at the shafts compared to the previous model. The engine speed has been reduced to 1,800 rpm as well. Due to those modifications together with the disappearance of the cooler,...
