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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The 3rd Global Bauxite Conference 2017 which is poised to open its doors in Jakarta, Indonesia from June 14-15 will be one of the biggest mineral industry events this year. The global congregation platform will enable industry players, including miners, traders, smelters, investors, government officials from across the world discuss key industry issues while conducting business networking in an efficient manner. The global bauxite industry has witnessed a significant change since the beginning of 2014. First Malaysia overtook Indonesia as a key bauxite exporter, and then it lost its position to Guinea. Since the beginning of 2016, Malaysia has banned bauxite mining, which paved way for Australia and Guinea to make the most of the lost opportunity. At the start of 2017, Government of...
Locker Group’s Boston 743A, a square woven mesh in aluminium, was utilized in constructing a canopy structure during the renovation of a building located on Lonsdale Street in Melbourne. The company is the manufacturer and supplier of expanded and perforated metal, wire mesh and curtains used in facades, balustrades, screening and interior applications to the architectural and construction industries throughout Australia, New Zealand and Asia. The company worked with SJB Architects, designer of canopy structure, in order to add physicality to the design at the concept stage. As the project progressed, it became clear that a singular aperture design would create a more consistent visual aesthetic. Aluminium construction provides structural integrity that gives the ideal solution without...
China is readying to step up its aluminium semis exports in the coming quarters to leverage on the positive manufacturing climate globally, reported industry sources. The world’s largest aluminium consumer and a significant contributor of the global total metal production, China is optimistic about the demand staying buoyant in the long term due to the declining aluminium stockpiles. Higher exports of aluminium semis including aluminium bar rods and profiles, aluminium wire and stranded wire, aluminium tubes and pipes, and aluminium plates, sheets and strips could weigh down the LME aluminium prices that have surged nearly 14 per cent year-on-year. {newsStudioGallery} China’s aluminium semis exports dropped last year after prices plunged at historical lows in late 2015. China exported...
A leading producer of fabricated aluminium products for high-strength aerospace and automotive applications, Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, today announced its first quarter 2017 results. The net income rose to US$36 million from US$25 million in Q4 2016 and US$26 million in Q1 2016. Earnings per diluted share increased from US$1.44 in the previous year to US$2.04 in Q1 2017. Excluding the impact of non-run-rate items, Kaiser's adjusted net income for Q1 2017 was $27 million compared to the adjusted net income of $28 million in the corresponding period previous year. The company's net sales amounted to US$355 million, up 3.49 per cent from the same period previous year. However, Value added revenue for the period under consideration was down by three per cent on higher shipments. Commenting...
The Italian luxury yacht builder Cerri Cantieri Navali (CCN) has introduced 50m aluminium yacht called Elsea. The yacht has been designed by Studio Bacigalupo and the interiors are by Studio Vafiadis. Diego Deprati, CCN’s CEO said, “Elsea is an important challenge for us as it opens up new course for the shipyard. It is the first one-of-a-kind motoryacht which marks CCN’s debut in the world of 'Fuoriserie' [custom] world-class bespoke projects.” “Imperial is proud to launch the very first custom-made 50m CCN superyacht in strong collaboration with the yard, helping them to upgrade their capacities and reaching a new level in high-end creation,” said Julia Stewart, Director of the Monaco-based company that is acting as owner’s representative, construction supervisor and manager, both...
Vedanta Resources plc's subsidiary Vedanta Limited has made an announcement yesterday, 20th April, 2017, that it faced pot outage at its aluminium smelter and the coal handling plant was affected in another incident of fire. Both the incidents occurred earlier this week at its two different sites. The 500kt plant-1 smelter at Jharsuguda had a pot outage incident in Orissa where 228 pots out of the total 608 pots were damaged and taken out of production. According to the statement, “The impacted pots will require to be repaired over the next few months, and put back into production. Timelines will be announced in due course.” A fire broke out at the company’s Wholly Owned Subsidiary Talwandi Sabo Power Plant in Punjab state. The incident took place at the coal handling plant at the 1980 MW...
LME aluminium finally staged a strong reversal on Thursday's night trading and closed at US$1,933 per tonne, rising 1.95 per cent from its previous close of US$1,895.50 per tonne on Wednesday, April 19. As Reuters finds it, LME aluminium faces a resistance at US$1,955 per tonne and may retrace into the range of US$1,924-$1,931. According to Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) forecast, the light metal contract should keep hovering at highs and move in the range of US$1,925-1,965 per tonne on Friday, April 21. As on April 20, LME official cash buyer price of aluminium stands at US$1,932.50 per tonne, cash seller & settlement price is US$1,933 per tonne, 3M buyer price is US$1,942 per tonne, 3M seller price is US$1,942.50 per tonne, Dec1 buyer price is US$1,978 per tonne, and Dec1 seller price is...
The global minerals and metal major Alcoa Corporation today announced that it plans to consolidate its worldwide administrative locations in a bid to streamline its overall business and lower costs. Alcoa said that it will close its office in New York City and shift its global headquarters and principal executive office to Pittsburgh as of September 1, 2017. The location-wise consolidation activities will also see the closure of administrative offices in seven more locations across the U.S., Europe and Asia. The plan will be executed over the next 18 months. The affected employees will either be relocated to the remaining office locations or will be given the option to telecommunicate, the aluminium producer said in a statement. Commenting on the extensive plan, Roy Harvey, Chief...
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler, has launched its new BharatBenz 16 T intercity coach bus in India. The company opted for all-aluminium body to keep it lightweight and stable. Markus Villinger, Managing Director Daimler Buses India said, “We designed the all-new BharatBenz intercity coach to take inter-city travel to the next level: a safer and more comfortable experience for passengers and drivers, and more value for operators at the same time.” “Building on our acceptance in the market and this strong product with proven BS-IV technology, we are very confident to capture opportunities in this growing segment.” BharatBenz 16 T intercity coach bus is powered by turbocharged diesel engine tuned to produce 235 bhp at 2200 rpm and 850 Nm of...
Hindalco Industries Limited, the metals flagship firm of the Aditya Birla Group and the world largest aluminium rolling company has been flush with funds after it successfully raised capital from qualified institutional placement (QIP). The company plans to use that fund to retire part of its debt in the current fiscal to the tune of INR 6,800 crore, reports The Economic Times. The loan prepayment will be the largest ever by any corporate to domestic banks in India. The report said that the company is going to prepay INR 4,500 crore in April, which includes corporate loan worth INR 1,000 crore syndicated to a group of seven banks and part prepayment of INR 3,500 crore Mahan loan to two domestic banks. It also plans to prepay Utkal loan worth INR 2,300 crore in July this year. The...
According to the latest trade data available, the value of Australia’s resources and energy export earnings for the financial year 2016-17 has been revised upwardly by AS$12 billion since December 2016 to AS$215 billion. Export earnings for 2017-18 financial year have also been upwardly revised by AS$17 billion stabilising at AS$215-billion. Though the revision is mostly attributed to the increase in ore prices, commendable rise in export volume of aluminium value-added products such as aluminium structures too have contributed to the surge {newsStudioGallery} Australia’s total export of aluminium structures increased from 2114.617 tonnes in 2015 to 2481.56 tonnes (up 17.35 per cent year-on-year) till 2016 end. The double digit rise in volume exported was not accompanied by revenue...
Rio Tinto, one of the world's largest metals and mining corporations, has published details of its aluminium production result for the first quarter of 2017. Rio Tinto’s data shows that the company produced 889 thousand tonnes of aluminium in the first quarter of 2017. The company’s quarterly aluminium production is two per cent higher than the corresponding quarter of 2016. It said that the increased aluminium production is due to Kitimat smelter, which reached nameplate capacity in April 2016, together with on-going production creep across the other smelting operations. Rio’s aluminium production decreased by three per cent versus the fourth quarter of 2016. The company’s share of production in 2017 is expected to be unchanged at 3.5 to 3.7 million tonnes of aluminium. Rio Tinto’s CEO...
According to the latest data published by the World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS), global primary aluminium market ended in a deficit at the end of the first two months of 2017. The deficit during January-February totalled 101,000 tonnes. As per WBMS data, global aluminium supply deficit rose as high as 1.12 million tonnes for the entire last year. During January-February 2017, worldwide demand for primary aluminium was recorded at 9.85 million tonnes, up 1.02 million tonnes from the corresponding period previous year. On the supply side, global aluminium output rose by 971,000 tonnes from the same period of last year. In February 2017, global production of primary aluminium stood at 4.84 million tonnes, while consumption totalled 4.9 million tonnes.
China's noted mineral producer Chongqing Bosai Minerals Group has entered into a strategic agreement with the government of Gaizhou to build an alumina refinery project in Shagang, Gaizhou in Liaoning Province. The company intends to spend an initial amount of 10 billion yuan to build the alumina complex, reported sources aware of the development. As per the report, the alumina refinery project, to built on a land area of 1,000-1,300 mu, will have an annual output capacity of 5 million tonnes of alumina. Bosai Minerals Group Co., Ltd. is a privately-owned comprehensive group of companies with business activities in industrial minerals mining and fusion manufacturing. The group’s key products include aluminium, metallurgical grade alumina, brown fused alumina, calcined bauxite among...
British-Australian metals and mining giant Rio Tinto today announced its bauxite production result for the first quarter of 2017. Rio Tinto chief executive J-S Jacques said that the company delivered solid production in the first quarter of 2017 even though they had to face challenging weather conditions at their West Australian and Queensland operations. Rio Tinto’s first quarter bauxite production stands at 11.3 million tonnes. This time the production is two per cent higher than the first quarter of 2016. Production reduced by seven per cent compared with the fourth quarter of 2016. The company shipped 6.9 million tonnes of bauxite to third parties in the first quarter of 2017, two per cent higher than the first quarter of 2016. Rio Tinto’s share of production in 2017 is projected to...
LME aluminium could not hold ground after closing at US$1,915.50 per tonne on Tuesday, April 18, the first trading day after the Easter Holidays. The light metal contract staged a technically rally during night trading on Wednesday, April 19, only to end at US$1,895.50 per tonne, down 1.04 per cent from its previous day's closing price. Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) foresees that LME aluminium will move between the 5-day and 10-day moving averages on Thursday, April 20, with price ranging at US$1,905-1,935 per tonne. Reuters analyses that LME aluminium may retest a support at US$1,894 per tonne, a break below which could cause a loss into the range of US$1,874-$1,885. As on April 19, LME official cash buyer price of aluminium stands at US$1,894.50 per tonne, cash seller & settlement price...
The European manufacturer i2r that offers aluminium foil containers and FSC accredited paper packaging products throughout the food industry will present its range of packaging products at the Farm Shop & Deli Show. The show will take place on 24-26 April 2017 at the Birmingham NEC. The company now makes a wide variety of tulip muffin wraps and greaseproof paper sheets after the launch of its baking division last year. i2r’s Guy Rowledge said: “Not only can we supply our lightweight, robust aluminium foil packaging; we can provide a full range of tulip muffin wraps and greaseproof papers to cover multiple bakery applications. And as we have our own production capability, with an ongoing expansion programme, we can offer first-rate supply chain performance direct from a UK manufacturer,...
According to news on Shanghai Metals Market (SMM), a large bauxite deposit has been discovered in Dengfeng City, Henan Province. The news has been reported by local media. The bauxite reserves are approximately of 47 million tonnes. The exploration work was finished in December 2016. The bauxite deposits has high ore grade that can be easily developed. In January 2017, it was reported that Henan discovered bauxite reserves of 240 million tons. In the past, large bauxite deposits were confirmed. The province has been discovering bauxite reserves through exploration activities.
