Aluminium alloy powder production for additive manufacturing is set to expand through a new technical cooperation agreement between CNPC Powder China Ltd and Xi’an Bright Laser Technologies Co Ltd (BLT). The agreement covers the production and international distribution of BLT-AlAM400, an aluminium alloy powder developed for applications in humanoid robotics, new energy vehicles (NEVs), aerospace and other industrial sectors. Under the agreement, BLT has authorised Shanghai-based CNPC Powder to manufacture BLT-AlAM400 on a contract basis in China and sell the powder internationally. CNPC Powder has also secured exclusive overseas agency rights, excluding BLT’s direct sales network and existing regional agents. With an annual powder production capacity of almost 10,000 tonnes, CNPC Powder...
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...
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Automation solutions provider Siemens today said it has bagged a contract from Vedanta for providing digital fleet center solution to connect the latter's two power plants in India to the monitoring stations. Siemens will digitally link Vedanta's critical power units-Talwandi Sabo Power Plant (TSPL) in Punjab and Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO)-to its monitoring station. "This connection will serve to analyse huge amounts of fleet data for continuous monitoring and diagnostics of these assets. This will enable proactive maintenance to help reduce unplanned outages, thereby, optimising costs and increasing availability of Vedanta's power assets," Siemens said in a statement issued here. Siemens will initially provide three years of maintenance and service support to help ensure continued...
LME aluminium is inching higher through at a ‘cautiously moderate’ pace. The light metal traded globally closed at US$1,928 per tonne on Wednesday, May 17, up 0.67 per cent from its previous close of US$1,915 per tonne on Tuesday, May 16. LME aluminium gathered support partly from the US Dollar Index that has been extending its losing streak to four consecutive seasons now. The greenback remains under pressure in today’s session (May 18). Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) analyses that LME aluminium will meet strong resistance at US$1,930 per tonne and move at US$1,917-1,935 per tonne on Thursday, May 18. As on May 17, LME official cash buyer price of aluminium stands at US$1,927 per tonne, cash seller & settlement price is US$1,928 per tonne, 3M buyer price is US$1,925.50 per tonne, 3M seller...
Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska's En+, a company focused on energy and aluminium is expected to attract investors because of the growing global deficit in the aluminium market and improving outlook for Russian securities, as said by Chief Executive of the company Maxim Sokov to Reuters. The company is posing as a Russian aluminium and hydropower conglomerate equipped with lower-cost Siberian power, a blessing for energy-intensive aluminium smelting business. "We convert power into aluminium and sell it to the world. We believe the aluminium market has a significant upside," said Sokov. The company owns Siberian power assets and a 48% stake in Rusal, the world's second-largest aluminium producer. According to a Reuters’ poll, global aluminium surplus in 2016 is estimated to drop by 74% to...
Midas Holdings subsidiary Jilin Midas Aluminium Industries has secured 13 PRC and international supply contracts. The new contracts are for the projects in Canada, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Holland, Germany and China. The combined value of these contracts is around RMB520.9 million. The 13 contracts are slated for delivery progressively between 2017 and 2019. They are likely to contribute positively to the Group's financial performance between the financial years of 2017 and 2019. Mr. Patrick Chew, executive director and chief executive officer of Midas, said, "We are delighted with our latest contract wins for both PRC and international projects. Besides contracts from entities related to our major customer CRRC Corporation Limited, Jilin Midas also secured several...
Constellium N.V. announced the signing of a multi-year contract with Robert Bosch to supply Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) profiles for the automotive industry on Wednesday May 17. This agreement reinforces the partnership Constellium’s Decin plant, based in the Czech Republic, has had with Robert Bosch since 2009. Under this new contract, Constellium will continue to provide its innovative customized aluminium alloys for tailored solutions to meet rigorous quality and delivery requirements. With a ramping up volume of several million pieces per year in 2016, additional long-term solutions will be supplied to several Bosch plants worldwide with an expected overall volume per year targeted to double, subject to auto market demand and ramp-up of future ABS solutions. “The contract awarded...
To protect domestic aluminium manufacturers from below-cost imports and to ensure fair trade practices, India’s Finance Ministry has imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty of up to USD 1.63 per kg on imports of aluminium foil from China. The revenue department has imposed an antidumping duty in the range of USD 0.69 per kg to USD 1.63 per kg as recommended by the Designated Authority in the Commerce Ministry. Hindalco Industries, Raviraj Foils, and Jindal India had registered an application for initiating anti-dumping investigations on imports of aluminium foil from China. In March this year, Indian government was considering the possibility of imposing anti-dumping duty on imports of aluminium foil in order to protect domestic manufacturers from cheap imports from China.
Aleris Corporation, a global leader in the production and sale of aluminium rolled products, announced on Monday that the company inked an agency agreement with UAE-based MJ Building Materials Trading DMCC. With this tie-up, MJ Building will exclusively promote Aleris' 55HX in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE. 55HX is an aluminium material for architectural applications such as facades and claddings, ceilings and walls, and roofs. Johan Petry, vice-president of Aleris Industrial Products, commented: "Our 55HX is already a well-known brand in the European advanced architecture market, and it will grow further in the Gulf region thanks to this partnership." "By combining MJ Building Materials’ experience in the region and Aleris’ know-how in architectural applications, we...
China aluminium industry is on the verge of getting a widespread reshuffling in the second half of this year. After the three major aluminium producing regions of the country issued recent policy changes to crack down on illegal and outdated aluminium smelters, the government took the decision to implement such policies on a wider scale, with possible few more additions, reported local media. Governments of Xinjiang, Shandong, and Inner Mongolia have issues documents to shutdown illegal aluminium capacity in these regions. In another development, China announced a 'capacity swap' programme aimed at tackling severe overcapacity in the domestic aluminium industry. Under this project, China government will approve a new project only if it is decalred ready for being "swapped" with an...
A simple web enquiry finally led to an international collaboration between Covet International, a maker of architectural products including aluminium claddings, Takasho Japan and S22 to supply architectural cladding for the Mairie de Païta (Council building) in New Caledonia. Timber look aluminium cladding from Takasho’s Ever Art Wood series was specified for the project in a selection of colours. Ever Art Wood series of aluminium claddings in photorealistic timber and metal finishes offer the clients a maintenance free, dimensionally accurate, lightweight alternative to timber and steel. Considering the harsh tropical environment of the building location, a durable timber alternative capable of withstanding the elements was required to be installed in the building exteriors. Designers...
According to Trading Economics data, Mozambique’s exports surged 56.2 per cent since 2009 to reach a value of US$3.4 billion in 2016. The year-on-year export increased five percent in the previous year. Aluminium was the second highest commodity and the fastest-growing among the top 10 export categories to be shipped globally. The southeast African country exported aluminium worth US$889.3 million (up 26.5 per cent YoY) in 2016. The value is slightly lower than the estimated value of US$992.15 million for the same year, reveal international trade data. {newsStudioGallery} A glance at the three-year aluminium export trend from Mozambique would reveal a year-on-year rise in volume in 2016 from 2015. The country shipped 589188 tonnes of aluminium in 2015 which increased by 3.5 per cent to...
Fiji’s Director Mineral Development Dr Raijeli Taga said that the bauxite export has been affected from the shores of Bua due to volatile nature of the mining business. She pointed out that the nation confirmed only one shipment of bauxite to China so far this year. In March, Fiji announced that its vessel, the MV Ocean Merry, at the port of Galoa in the province of Bua, loaded the first shipment of 70,000 tons of bauxite ore for 2017. Raijeli Taga said, "The number of bauxite export cannot be estimated for 2017 due to volatile nature of the mining business. Further exports will be purely a business decision of the tenement holder which will depend on the market price in terms of profitability and sustainability of their operations.” "If the export price is not feasible then the tenement...
Both bauxite and alumina prices in the domestic China market are on a downtrend in May. Though daily prices remain flat, the prices register a drop on a monthly analysis. SMM bauxite price in RMB/t As on May 17 2017, as reported by Shanghai Metals Market; Bauxite (5.5=Al/Si<6.5) prices in Guangxi remains flat in April/May with no change registered on daily prices. Bauxite (6.5=Al/Si<7.5) and Bauxite (5.5=Al/Si<6.5) prices in Guizhou province also remain unchanged. Average Bauxite (6.0=Al/Si<7.0) prices in Henan province drop to RMB 380/t in May from RMB 390/t in April. The average Bauxite (6.0=Al/Si<7.0) price in Shanxi also drops from RMB 360/t in April to RMB 350/t in May. The daily prices remain flat. According to Shanghai Metals Market record, daily average price of Prebaked Anode...
Guizhou Galuminium, one of the biggest alumina producers of China, has put all production lines at its alumina refineries under maintenance on account of the Big Data Expo scheduled for opening on May 25, Shanghai Metals Market reported. The alumina producer put up the "on maintenance" notice effective from May 15. The China International Big Data Industry Expo 2017 will be held from May 25 till May 28 in Guiyang City. The closure at the alumina refineries involves 800,000 tonnes per annum alumina capacity. Guizhou Galuminium said that the maintenance is scheduled to last seven days initially, but may extend to few more days depending on further government requirement. China’s state-run metals consultancy firm Beijing Antaike declared in March that the country’s alumina capacity would...
Orbite Technologies Inc. reports its financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017. The company reports production of close to 2 tonnes of the first 4N5+ high purity alumina ("HPA") from the Company's HPA plant in early 2017. Ramp-up of production at the HPA plant continued during the first quarter of 2017. In the later part of the quarter, ramp up slowed down due to issues with the electrical heating element system. Orbite concludes that the present decomposer and calciner electrical heating system is not robust enough to reliably achieve the 3 tpd design capacity of the calcination system and is producing approximately 1-1.2 tpd. This however is an equipment issue and not an issue with the proven Orbite process. On March 31, 2017, the Company announced a...
Taweelah Aluminium Extrusion Company LLC (TALEX), the Middle East’s most advanced aluminium extrusion plant, is in discussions with regional and international banks for a working capital facility, Stylianos Tsoktouridis, general manager of TALEX, told to Reuters. According to the source familiar with the matter, the loan is estimated to be around $150 million. With this loan, TALEX expects to replace a bridge financing which the company raised in 2014. The 2014 loan is expected to be matured this summer. Abu Dhabi- and Dubai-based lenders are likely to support theloan. TALEX, a greenfield project, which started operating in February 2016, has a production capacity of 50,000 tonnes of aluminium extrusion. It is located in Abu Dhabi’s Khalifa Industrial Zone. TALEX is a joint venture...
LME aluminium finally broke the downtrend it was tracing of late by closing at US$1,899.50 per tonne on Monday, May 15. The light metal traded globally rose further by 0.8 per cent to close at US$1,915 per tonne on Tuesday, May 16. Reuters’ technical analysis suggested that LME aluminium may retrace to US$1,890 per tonne on failing to break a resistance at US$1,908 per tonne. However, Shanghai Metals Market says that the contract will hover in the range of US$1,910-1,930 per tonne on Wednesday, May 17. As on May 16, LME official cash buyer price of aluminium stands at US$1,914 per tonne, cash seller & settlement price is US$1,915 per tonne, 3M buyer price is US$1,912 per tonne, 3M seller price is US$1,912.50 per tonne, Dec1 buyer price is US$1,943 per tonne, and Dec1 seller price is...
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Altech Chemicals Limited has appointed German engineering firm SMS group GmbH (SMS) as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for its proposed Malaysian high purity alumina (HPA) plant. A key condition of Altech’s application for German export credit project finance cover is the provision of a throughput guarantee for the HPA plant by the EPC contractor. The previously envisaged EPC contractor was unable to provide this guarantee. SMS, as the incoming EPC contractor has proposed the following to Altech: 1. Fixed price turnkey EPC contract (existing); 2. Completion and cost guarantees (existing); 3. Process guarantee including final product quality (additional); 4. Throughput guarantee (additional); 5. Commissioning and start up responsibility (additional); 6....
The Aluminum Association, in cooperation with the Aluminium Association of Canada, reported that primary aluminium production in North America (U.S. and Canada) was at an annual rate of 3,965,579 tonnes during April 2017. This registers a drop of 11,897 tpy (-0.3%) from the March 2017 rate of 3,977,476 tonnes. The production rate in the U.S. decreased 1.3% m/m, while the Canadian rate was down slightly. On a year over year comparison, the North American annual rate was 1.1% below the April 2016 rate of 4,009,042 tonnes. Actual production through the first four months of 2017 totalled 1.3 million tonnes, down 4.7% from the same period of 2016. Imports of aluminium ingot, scrap and mill products into the U.S. and Canada stood at 898 million pounds in March 2017, up 26.9% over the March 2016...
