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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Gershow Recycling, one of the leading scrap recyclers has opened its Medford facility to local FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Long Island robotics teams for last eight years. The programme allows coaches, students and their parents, to collect aluminium scrap metal. The 2017 FIRST Robotics Competition kicked-off in January 7, 2017 at Stony Brook University and total 15 teams participated in Gershow’s Scrap Metal Day donation event. Each of the teams will construct a 120 pound robot within 6 weeks and prepare themselves for the upcoming competition, presented by School Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. The annual Long Island Regional FIRST Robotics Competition has entered its 18th season. More than 50 teams from Long Island, Brazil and the New...
Government of Canada has awarded a repayable of $17 million to the Astrex Inc. of Lakeshore for installing North America’s first-of-its-kind aluminium automotive parts facility. The Federal Economic Development Agency’s (FedDev Ontario) Advanced Manufacturing Fund will grant the fund to the company. Astrex is a manufacturer of auto parts and a newly joint venture of Ontario-based CanArt Aluminium Extrusion Inc. and the Netherlands-based Constellium N.V. CanArt is a manufacturer of a variety of aluminium products while Constellium is a leading producer of aluminium products for the automotive industry. The facility will manufacture lightweight, high-strength aluminium auto part components that would reduce carbon emissions as well as consumption of fuel. Mark Blackmore, General Manager of...
Aleris Corporation today reported results for the Fourth Quarter and the full year ended December 31, 2016. Fourth Quarter Aleris reported a net loss of $35 million in Q4 2016 compared to $13 million in Q4 2015. The adjusted EBITDA increases to $43 million from $39 million in Q4 2015. The improved EBITDA is driven by improved rolling margins, stronger building and construction demand and stable global automotive volumes. Favourable metal spreads increased adjusted EBITDA approximately $3 million. Positive currency movements and the positive results from annual physical inventories increased Adjusted EBITDA approximately $3 million. Weak distribution demand, an unfavourable mix of products and softening aerospace demand impacted the results negatively. Asia Pacific results are benefitted...
Bauxite import in China is on a decline. The country, which leads the world's largest bauxite consuming countries, courtesy its ever-expanding domestic aluminium industry, witnessed a early-year slump in the ore import after its government came down heavily on its smelters and refineries in order to curb pollution. China imported 4,594,952 tonnes of bauxite in January this year, down 11.74 per cent from the corresponding period previous year. {newsStudioGallery} A year-on-year study of the bauxite import trend in China will reveal a gradual increase which is supported by the fact that the country's aluminium output has also risen significantly over the same period. In 2015, the Asian country imported 56.01 million tonnes of bauxite which climbed by 13.9 per cent to reach 63.8 million...
Aluminium prices on London Metal Exchange continued its journey downward after crude oil displayed a mixed undertone for third day on the back of record inventory rise in the US. The contract closed at US$1,909 per tonne after Friday's night trading, down 1.03 per cent from the previous day's closing of US$1,929 per tonne. Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) in its forecast says LME aluminium will trade further lower at US$1,884-1,912 per tonne on Monday, March 6. According to Reuters' morning analysis, LME aluminium will likely test support at US$1,857 per tonne, a break below which could result in a loss to the next support at US$1,833 per tonne. As on March 3, LME official cash buyer price of aluminium stands at US$1,907 per tonne, cash seller & settlement price is US$1,909 per tonne, 3M...
Lenovo-owned Motorola has released its latest android phones- G5 and G5 Plus under the G series family at the MWC 2017 press conference. Both the devices are machined from all aluminium construct. The company states that the new handsets feature an aluminium shell which was not there in Moto’s other phones available previously. The company claims the Moto G5 sports “premium features for all" and rapid charger which gives "hours of power in just a few minutes." The handsets come with Google's new Android Nougat software. The all-aluminium devices sport a 13MP and a 12MP f/1.7 sensor with Dual Autofocus Pixels. The company said the autofocus pixels focuses 60 per cent faster than the earlier model of G4 Plus. The G5 Plus packs in a 5 inch display with a 2GHz Snapdragon 625 octa-core...
AlCircle presents a weekly recap to get you up-to-date with the global primary aluminium industry’s headlines. We have seen many companies announcing their Q4 and yearly results and sharing their outlook on the coming quarters. Let’s catch up with the following top stories from the past week. EGA’S net profit increases by 10 percent in 2016 Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has announced its 2016 net profit reports indicating a hike of 10 per cent with 2.1 billion dirhams ($572 million) profit despite of low in the revenue. EGA’S aluminium production increased by 2.5 million tonnes in 2016 compared to 2.4 million tonnes in 2015, as per company reports. Century optimistic about recovery despite continuous loss in Q4 and full year 2016 Century Aluminum Company reported a net loss of $168.5...
R Collard, the United Kingdom-based demolition and waste management company, is set to start a new metal recycling facility in Wokingham in the south of England. The company said this new recycling facility will help the company to expand its existing recycling capabilities. The recycling facility will recycle ferrous and non-ferrous metals including all types of aluminium and copper through a metals shredder and a baler for compressing and materials reprocessing. Robert Collard, founder and managing director, commented: “This is our first step into the world of metal recycling. It is a fantastic opportunity which complements the waste infrastructure and demolition requirements for the group”. With the help of this facility, R Collard will recycle metal from its own in-house demolition...
The global aluminium master alloy market is growing at a steady pace. With the area of applications widening, the key driver being aerospace, defence, and lightweight vehicles, the industry is expected to grow at an exponential rate over the next five years. Going by metallurgy, a master alloy is a base metal combined with a high percentage of other element/s; aluminium master alloys are alloys that are added to the molten primary metal to obtain a specific composition and/or influence the as-cast structure for attaining the desired level of castability, strength, ductility, maleability, electrical conductivity ad surface finish. Aluminium master alloys, or for that matter, any metal master alloy can be categorised into two varieties: concentrated binary master alloys and grain-refining...
Indian metal and coal stocks were up on March 2 after the news of China imposing cuts on steel, aluminium and coal production started circulating in the market. A drop in supply of these highly demanded commodities are expected to hike prices and improve valuations of companies in countries which are in competition with China. The BSE metal index was up 1.5% to hit 12,306.54 in intraday trade in a firm Mumbai market. National Aluminium (Nalco) stocks jumped as much as 7% while Vedanta gained 3%, Hindalco and Coal India gained 1% respectively. As reported by Reuter, on Thursday, China has ordered steel and aluminium producers in 28 cities to slash output during winter, indicated plans to cut coal use in the capital and required coal transport by rail in the north to fight increasing smog...
There has been a continuous discussion between the Ministry of Mines and Ministry of Commerce and Industry regarding the imposition of minimum import price (MIP) on aluminium products since the third quarter of FY 2017. However, it appears that despite the insistence of the Ministry of Mines, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry is unlikely to do so any time. The ministry of Commerce believes that imposition of more duty on aluminium import would encourage inflation and affect the interests of the common man. “Indeed, the government is keen on protecting domestic interests from cheap imports, but not at the expense of common man. We have to consider common man’s interest before taking any decision,” said an official in the ministry. To argue in their favour and to make a strong case for...
Alcoa Corporation, a global leader in bauxite, alumina and aluminum products, today announced that it is consolidating its business units to reduce complexity. Effective immediately, the aluminum smelting, cast products and rolled products businesses, along with the majority of the energy segment assets, will be combined into a new Alcoa Aluminum business unit (BU). As a result, the Company’s three business units are Alcoa Bauxite, Alcoa Alumina and Alcoa Aluminum. “Our strategic goals include reducing complexity, driving returns to create stockholder value and strengthening the balance sheet,” said Roy Harvey, Chief Executive Officer of Alcoa. “Streamlining our number of business units is aligned with those goals, and will increase our operational agility, lower costs, and promote more...
Effective from January 1 2017, BAGR Berliner Aluminiumwerk GmbH acquired 50% of the shares of Stockach Aluminium GmbH from SSVP III, a Private Equity Fund that is advised by Orlando Management AG. Both companies produce rolling slabs made from secondary aluminium. With locations in Berlin and Stockach, the companies do not only complement each other from a geographical point of view but also with regards to their product portfolio. Stockach Aluminium went through comprehensive restructuring activities over the last six months. Going forward, the shareholders plan to execute selective investments in order to increase the plant’s capacity from today’s 50,000 tons to an annual capacity of approximately 90,000 tons. With a total slab casting capacity of then 180,000 tons per year, the...
Liberty British Aluminium, the new owners of UK's last remaining aluminium smelter at Lochaber near Fort William, has proposed to construct alloy wheel plant and a "huge" automotive manufacturing plant at the location. The company has also planned to construct a new rolling mill for this project. The project involves a £450m investment. The first meeting for the investment plan of Lochaber Delivery Group is scheduled to take place today, February 3. Rural Economy Minister Fergus Ewing will switch on newly-installed bio-fuel generating units within a hydro-power station. The units will make Lochaber Smelter “the greenest metal-producing facility in the UK”, the company claims. Liberty British Aluminium has already presented its plan proposal to the Highland Council regarding the new...
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According to sources, Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the largest aluminium producer in the Middle East is considering an initial public offering (IPO) to sell shares after the recovery in global commodity prices. The unnamed source said that the UAE based company is seeking advisers for a potential initial public offering on the local stock exchange in this year. However, there has been no official confirmation from EGA which is jointly owned by Abu Dhabi’s sovereign fund Mubadala Investment Co. and the Investment Corp. of Dubai on this matter. IPOs in the Middle East are expected to have a revival as the GCC countries, including the UAE are shifting their focus towards other commodities than on oil. Saudi Arabia, the largest of the Gulf Arab economies is also planning for what could be...
Rio Tinto has planned to cut down 80,000 tonnes of annual production and more than 100 jobs at its Boyne aluminium smelter in Gladstone. The annual aluminium production of the smelter is valued at $US160 million at current prices. The reason behind this decision is that the company has not being able to negotiate power contracts with the state power providers. Rio Tinto’s spokesman said, “Gladstone’s Boyne Smelters Ltd will be reducing production by 14 per cent after failing to secure a competitively priced electricity contract.” “Boyne Smelters has been working hard to secure a competitive energy deal. Both parties have been negotiating in good faith but ultimately could not reach agreement,” the spokesman added. This time the company’s decision to cut production is almost double than...
The Norwegian economy is regaining confidence after the Trends Indicator showed consistent rise over the last few quarters. The economy was hit badly after oil industry downturn affected Southern and Western Norway in 2015. Since 2016 begining, the situation has been improving. The country with a prominent oil, hydropower and metal industry profile shipped US$89.1 billion worth of goods around the globe last year. Aluminium export (including primary aluminium such as non-alloyed aluminium ingots as well as aluminium casthouse products), which comprises around 3.6 per cent of its total export value also scaled higher in 2016. {newsStudioGallery} Norway's non-alloyed aluminium ingot exports have been logging a year-on-year growth over the last three years. In 2016, the country exported...
Southern Aluminum Finishing Co. (SAF) introduces 4000i Insulated RainScreen Panels as an addition to their ADAPT Panel and Column Cover Systems Accessories line. The 4000i is essentially an SAF 4000 Series RainScreen ACM, aluminum, or stainless steel building panel with insulation adhered by silicon sealant that meets use ‘G’ and ‘O’ of the ASTM C1184 standard. The type of insulation and R-value is customer specified. SAF recommends mold-and water-resistant insulations such as mineral wool or Polyisocynurate (Polyiso), available in a wide range of R-values. Architects and design build contractors can reduce building energy consumption while improving performance with 4000i Insulated RainScreen building panels. Energy codes like ASHRA 90.1 have encouraged architects and building owners to...
