BorgWarner has won its first commercial order for an electric motor developed with aluminium-wire hairpin winding technology. The US automotive supplier will provide the new eMotor to a major Chinese automaker for use in hybrid vehicles, bringing the technology into its first production application. The motor uses aluminium-wire hairpin winding technology and is designed for hybrid vehicles. Its applications include generator motors and traction motors for auxiliary drive systems, with production scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2026. Explore AL Circle’s report ALuminium Wires & Cables - Insights & Forecast to 2030 for insights into aluminium applications, industry developments and opportunities across the electrical sector . Compared with conventional copper-wire motors with...
Getting a clean, smooth finish while removing material quickly is not always easy when machining high-strength aluminium alloys. A new study on AA7075-T6 aluminium alloy has explored this challenge, identifying two different sets of drilling conditions to improve surface quality and maximise machining productivity. The research examined how cutting speed, feed rate and drill depth influence conventional drilling performance. Using response surface methodology and a central composite design, the researchers developed predictive models to determine how changes in these parameters affect the machining process. The models showed a strong level of accuracy, with coefficients of determination (R²) reaching 0.9731 for surface roughness and 0.9359 for material removal rate. Further confirmation...
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The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) has asked the U.S. Commerce Department to exempt aluminium can sheets and other aluminium products, which are used to make beverage cans, from tariff or trade restrictions. CMI told aluminium can sheets are not a security risk that requires government intervention. CMI is the national trade association of the metal can manufacture industry in the United States. The can industry accounts for the annual domestic production of approximately 124 billion. The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) said that any tariff will increase the cost of aluminium beverage cans consumed by U.S. consumers. CMI noted that trade action against aluminium can sheet would also cause disruptions along the supply chain. “Like most industries, can makers depend on predictability...
The price rally in LME aluminium came to a halt as the light metal surrendered all its July gains and closed at US$1,914 per tonne on Monday, July 10. The drop by 0.31 per cent from its previous close of US$1,920 per tonne on Friday, July 7, is indicative of the fact that LME aluminium is nearing a correction. According to Shanghai Metals Market projections, the contract will range at US$1,888-1,911 per tonne on Tuesday, July 11. Reuters’ technical analysis suggests that LME aluminium may test a support at US$1,891 per tonne, a break below which could take the metal down to the next support at US$1,877. As on July 7, LME official cash buyer aluminium price stands at US$1,913.50 per tonne, cash seller & settlement aluminium price is US$1,914 per tonne, 3M buyer price is US$1,922.50 per...
The global aluminium metals market which was valued at USD 1, 12,487.9 million in 2015 is projected to be valued at USD 1, 60,696.1 million by 2022. The market will grow at CAGR of 5.3 per cent from 2016 to 2022, according to the report on Global Aluminium Metals Market of Market Research Future. The major participants of global aluminium metals market are: RUSAL, Aluminium Corporation of China Ltd., Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., Norsk Hydro ASA, Alcoa, Inc., China Hongqiao Group Limited and Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC. The primary aluminium accounts for largest market share. Aluminium is used in various industries such as, automotive, construction, electrical and packaging among others. These industries are projected to grow because of increase in consumption rate and growing population....
Lam Dong Aluminium-Bauxite Complex project is hoping to churn out earnings up to VND1.2 trillion (US$52.6 million) per year after three consecutive years of losses. The Complex has already started seeing their earnings. It was forecasted that the project would incur losses for the first five years of operation, but the complex has seen profits right from the fourth year, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai stated during his visit to the project. In March this year, Aluminium-Bauxite Complex incurred a loss of nearly VND3.7 trillion after three years of operation. Business and production loss totalled VND2.5 trillion and exchange rate discrepancies caused losses of VND1.17 trillion. Aluminium-Bauxite Complex project has a combined investment of VND15.4 trillion, according to...
Despite the entire buzz around China’s so called capacity cut in the alumina aluminium sector, China’s aluminium output has been growing consistently since the beginning of 2017. As reported by Shanghai Metal Market, aluminium output in China was 3.09 million tonnes in June, up 20.2% YoY, with a daily output of about 103,000 tonnes. The YTD output through June amounted to 18.296 million tonnes, up 21.7% YoY. In June 2017, China’s operational aluminium capacities stood at 37.61 million tonnes, up 6.33 million tonnes YoY. SMM predicts China’s aluminum output to reach 3.19 million tonnes in July registering an increase month-on-month, but the growth is estimated to slow down to 19.3% on a year on year comparison. As for aluminium capacity cuts in China are concerned, Shandong, Xinjiang and...
Shaun Hamer has been appointed Casting Technologist for AluMore, a press release from the company confirms. Hamer, formerly VP Operations and Engineering for Aluminicaste has a 25 year background in aluminum casthouse operations from both the producer and technology supply sides. AluMore is a new venture by several equipment and technology suppliers, including Dynamic Concept, GNA, Advanced Dynamics, Mecfor and Refraco to provide complete solutions to the North American aluminum casthouse operations. The focus of AluMore is to offer single source solutions for producers including audits, engineering support, refurbishment and modernization of existing facilities, and complete turnkey solutions for green and brownfield ventures.
Brazilian bauxite export volume rose in June following 1.6 per cent year-on-year drop in the fourth quarter of the last financial year ending 31 st March 2017. As per foreign trade ministry of Brazil, MDIC data, bauxite export in June totalled 906,881 tonnes, up 9.3 per cent from the same period previous year. In June 2016, Brazil exported 829,837 tonnes of bauxite. {newsStudioGallery} Going by the estimates, if the rising export trend continues, Brazil’s total bauxite export volume for the entire year of 2017 will reach 11.3 million tonnes (11315123.45 tonnes), up 17.7 per cent from 2016. Last year, bauxite exports from the country totalled 9.6 million tonnes (estimated). (Please note: Actual data may vary based on a different set of macroeconomic factors) Value-wise, bauxite export by...
According to recent statistics showed by Shanghai Metals Market, China’s production of alumina increased year-on-year in June, and the daily average production climbed month-on-month. The production of alumina is expected to increase in July. China produced 5.66 million tonnes of alumina in June, up 16.4 per cent year-on-year. The daily average production stood at 189,000 tonnes, up 3.0 per cent month-on-month, SMM statistics indicated. The production of alumina is expected to increase to 5.9 million tonnes in July, and the daily average production to stand at 190,000 tonnes. The production is likely to increase due to increase in production at Yunnan Aluminum’s phase two alumina project in Wenshan. Jinzhong Chemical resumed production in June. Tianyuan Chemical completed production...
The prices for A00 Aluminium Ingot for all provinces in the China markets (North, South, East, North-East and South-West) have registered a rise on July10 2017. The market is expecting a drop in aluminium output in China in July, as the major aluminium players are announcing output cuts. As predicted by SMM, China’s aluminium output would reach 3.19 million tonnes in July from 3.09 million tonnes in June, but the YoY growth is estimated to slow down to 19.3%. As seen from the figure, on July 10 2017, the average prices for A00 Aluminium Ingot for North China market have increased from RMB 13,920/ t on June 7 to RMB 13,950/t . A00 Aluminium Ingot at South China market jumped from RMB 13,995 /t to RMB 14,025/t on July 10. The South China market has crossed the RMB 14,000/t mark and the...
The prime Minister of Australia Malcom Turnbull and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann succeeded in lobbying US President Donald Trump and other officials on the sidelines of the recently ended G20 Hamburg Summit and won import tariff exemption for Australian aluminium (and steel), reported Australian Financial Review. Turnbull and Cormann made a strong case in this regard in multiple meetings held parallel to the main Summit. The credit for the initial legwork, however, goes to Australia’s Trade Minister Steven Ciobo, BlueScope Steel and Rio Tinto. The duo discussed with President Trump and his officials on how overproduction of aluminium by China and dumping of the same in the world market was adding to the global glut scenario. They also convinced him that “Australia was a strong ally of...
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), home-base of the Line 6 Expansion Project, is pleased to announce that it has successfully closed the first tranche of c. US$ 700 million from Export Credit Agency (ECA) covered facilities to finance the Company’s Power Station 5 and Power Distribution System. The facilities are made-up of: US$ 310.4 million SERV Guaranteed Export Credit with an interest margin of 90 basis point per annum over the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), EUR 314.3 million SERV Guaranteed Export Credit with an interest margin of 65 basis point per annum over the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR) – the SERV-covered facilities have 15-year tenor wherein the principal amount is to be repaid over 12-year period, and EUR 50 million Euler Hermes Guaranteed Export Credit with an...
Norsk Hydro have entered into an agreement with Orkla to purchase Orkla's 50% interest in Sapa for a value of NOK 27 billion. This will give Hydro the full ownership in the global leader in extruded aluminium solutions making Hydro a leading global integrated aluminium company with more than 35,000 employees, and activities in around 40 countries. The acquisition is expected to increase earnings and cash generation from Sapa from the very first day and it would generate synergies of NOK 200 million per year, mainly related to remelt and recycling. Hydro has a strong strategic rationale behind the acquisition which would entitle a new business area for Hydro under Extruded Solutions. The transaction is expected to close in second half of 2017. Hydro would gain global leadership through...
Angul Aluminium Park, a joint venture between Navratna firm National Aluminium Company (Nalco) and state-owned Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) would get molten aluminium directly from the Nalco’s Angul smelter. The first of its kind aluminium park would create opportunity for downstream sector where molten aluminium would be directly fed into the downstream plants located out there. This will eliminate the need to re-melt primary products before putting it into downstream applications. The aluminium park is situated near the Nalco smelter facility and in close proximity to all the ports and markets. The project involves an investment of INR 180 crore. The state-of-the-art project is fully equipped with logistics infrastructure facility, an exclusive...
The uptrend in LME aluminium met with a drop last week as the metal closed at US$1,920 per tonne on Friday, July 7, down 0.28 per cent from its previous close of US$1,925.50 per tonne on Thursday, July 6. US dollar index though posted weekly gains, remains under pressure. So, Shanghai Metals Market thinks that LME aluminium will draw support from it and hover at highs of US$1,920-1,940 per tonne on Monday, July 10. As on July 7, LME official cash buyer aluminium price stands at US$1,919 per tonne, cash seller & settlement aluminium price is US$1,920 per tonne, 3M buyer price is US$1,931 per tonne, 3M seller price is US$1,932 per tonne, Dec1 buyer price is US$1,965 per tonne, and Dec1 seller price is US$1,970 per tonne. The current LME official Opening Stock of aluminium is estimated at...
July has seen LME aluminium prices rising above US$1,900 per tonne breaking the downtrend that was conspicuous in May. But, the one-week journey from US$1,908 per tonne to US$1,925.50 per tonne was not free of jitters. The light metal contract touched an intra-week low of US$1,903 per tonne on July 4 and again rebounded to around US$1,915 per tonne. The climax was reached on Thursday, July 6, when LME aluminium shot up to US$1,948 per tonne- the highest since May 30. The price surge was nothing but a pent-up reaction burst to the news of aluminium capacity cuts in the top producing country China. However, the uptrend lost the momentum soon. LME aluminium dipped during early Asian trading hours on Friday, July 7, hit by profit taking and by signs that supply is still robust elsewhere....
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research's (CSIR) recent collaboration with Paltechnologies (Pty) Ltd (Paltech) has resulted in the development of a standard 80 mm diameter aluminium butterfly valve. Aluminium butterfly valves will be used on electrical power transformers. Paltech manufactures high-performance butterfly valves in Southern Africa. The company’s valves are used in industries like oil, gas, petrochemicals, power, slurry, alumina, waste water, paper and pulp. An aluminium valve is designed to handle transformer cooling. Till now, at least 260 aluminium valves have been manufactured and an order for 300 has been placed. CSIR principal technologist Filipe Pereira said, "The realisation of the butterfly valve means that we are now able to source locally manufactured...
The Curtain Wall Coalition (CWC) is an organization that represents the U.S. curtain wall fabricators and installers. As downstream consumers of aluminium, especially aluminium extrusions, they have expressed their stand against any tariff on the import of primary aluminium. They argued that import duty on primary aluminium exported to the U.S. will make the domestic industry less competitive in the global market, especially, against low-cost countries like China. They have said that curtain wall industry generates jobs for thousands of union as well as non-union employees across the U.S. Heavily subsidized curtain wall suppliers from China and other countries will be advantageous over the domestic players if they make their products costlier. Any tariff on primary aluminium will be...
The use of aluminium composite panels (ACPs) for building facades and interiors is catching up globally. Despite the recent spate of fire incidents in different parts of the world which found aluminium composite panels at the centre of all criticism, builders and consumers alike are finding it unconvincing to shift from this versatile building material to any immediate alternative. In India, one of the most important emerging markets in the Asia Pacific region after China, aluminium composite panels have made great inroads in the last ten years. The ACP business here currently has an annual volume worth of more than INR1,800 crore, industry sources say. Thanks to the central government initiatives like Make in India and Smart City programmes, the market is expected to grow by around 28-30...
