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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Due to its versatility and multiple uses, aluminium foil turns out to become one of the most consumed aluminium products across the world. {newsStudioGallery} The 4 digit HS92 product is traded around the world to be used in food package, consumer perishable packaging, medicine packaging, flexible package, electric package industries, etc. India, one of the fasted growing economies in the world is seeing a steady GDP growth in recent years. Owing to strong economic growth and increasing middle class with growing disposable income, consumption of aluminium foil is growing fast in India. The change in life style which includes changed food habits has led to increased demand for foil packaging. Growing demand for ready to eat confectionaries and pharmaceutical products is another major...
Laminazione Sottile, a major producer of aluminum, located in Caserta, Italy, has just placed an order for a new OPTIFOIL® HeavySlit foil slitting machine, type HGS 18/08 with Achenbach Buschhütten. The objective of this investment is to expand production in the field of finstock products and flexible water pipes. In order to guarantee the known to be first-class quality of Laminazione Sottile’s products the decision was made in favor of Achenbach OPTIFOIL® technology and in particular relating to the innovative single contact roller technology which grant both, the reduction of scrap (loose side slits) and a better winding quality of narrow finished rolls. The new foil slitting machine will slit aluminum strip of different alloys, strip widths of up to 1,700 mm and strip thicknesses...
The Porsche Design Group, owned by the same parent company as automaker Porsche AG, has launched aluminium 2-in-1 convertible, detachable laptop at MWC 2017. The Porsche Design called its first laptop- Book One. The laptop runs on windows 10 pro and has a hinge that can rotate 360 degrees .The hinge is inspired by the “transmission of a sports car,” the company said. The Book One offers tablet mode, laptop mode, tent mode and presentation mode. The 2-in-1 laptop comes with milled aluminium housing which has a matte anodized finish. The company provides a matching aluminium finished pen that is optimised for the use of Windows Ink. The Book One features 13.3-inch QHD display and up-to-date 7th-generation Intel Core i7 processor. The laptop bears 16GB of RAM, and 512GB of SSD storage. The...
The LME aluminium contract dipped by 0.68 per cent from its previous day's closing of US$1,908 per tonne to close at US$1,895 per tonne on Tuesday, February 28. LME aluminium has hit the highest level from mid May 2015 reaching the month’s highest on February 27 and market players are expecting a technical correction after a fast rise. As seen by SMM the LME aluminium contract will move at USD 1,910-1,930/mt on Wednesday. As on February 28, LME official cash buyer price of aluminium stands at US$1894.50 per tonne, cash seller & settlement price is US$ 1895.00 per tonne, 3M buyer price is US$ 1895.00 per tonne, 3M seller price is US$ 1895.50 per tonne, Dec1 buyer price is US$ 1935.00 per tonne, and Dec1 seller price is US$ 1940.00 per tonne. The current LME official Opening Stock of...
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), one of the largest aluminium producers in the world, announced on Tuesday 28 February, 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. CEO Abdulla Kalban commented: "This is a result of our focus on cost management, operational efficiencies, continuous improvement of our technology, and responsiveness." EGA’S aluminium production increased by 2.5 million tonnes in 2016 compared to 2.4 million tonnes in 2015, as per company reports. The company’s revenue declined by 9 per cent to 17.1 billion dirhams compared to 18.7 billion dirhams in 2015 which is owned equally by Abu Dhabi and Dubai investment funds. He explained, “The hard work of EGA’s employees delivered strong...
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The Annual Reports of Vedanta Limited and Vedanta Resources Plc won Platinum and Gold, in the Materials and Energy - Equipment & Services category respectively, at the LACP Vision Awards 2016. The awards recognize best practice in international financial reporting. Vedanta Limited's FY 2016 Annual Report earned 99 of a 100 points and was ranked 19 among the top 50 reports worldwide. Vedanta as a purpose driven organisation ensures best practices in financial and non-financial disclosures, including governance, ethics and proactive information sharing. The Annual Reports reflect the best practices of Vedanta, which are benchmarked globally. "We are delighted that Vedanta's Annual Reports were recognized at the Vision Awards. These awards truly credit the excellent performance of our teams...
Reynaers, a developer of aluminium products for the building sector, has made an investment of £6 million for its new headquarters in Hollymoor Way, Northfield, UK. The investment for expanding office facilities will now help the company to increase its production capacity. Justin Hunter, Managing Director at Reynaers, said: “We’ve moved into the offices after an extension, complete refurbishment and refit of the interiors of the original building, meaning we are now able to double our current capacity.” Martin Rennie of D5 Architects, who designed this new facility, said: “It was a real opportunity for the building itself to become a showroom for Reynaers’ products and we emphasized this through the design of the glazing.” Justin further stated that the new office is an important...
The state of Kentucky has approved a grant of about $1 million to Hansens Aluminum, a South African aluminum company that plans to open a plant in Henderson. The Kentucky Department for Local Government has approved the funding to Hansens Aluminum under Community Development Block Grant programme for the purchase and lease of equipment in order to develop a 75,000-square-foot facility within the Henderson Riverport industrial area. The CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) program provides assistance to communities for use in developing neighbourhoods, expanding affordable housing and economic opportunities, providing infrastructure or improving community facilities and services. The total investment for the project will be $18.3 million which will include acquisition of 10.3 acres of...
Malaysian-based aluminium company Press Metal Bhd is proposing to invest worth RM100mil for the production of new aluminium products in 2017. The company is planning to manufacture higher margins aluminium products like billets and to expand export facility in the European market. Group chief executive officer of the largest aluminium smelter in South-East Asia, Datuk Paul Koon Poh Keong, said, “We are seeing growing demand from automotive players that are shifting into aluminium in vehicles production. In addition, China is also going to use more aluminium for its high speed rail projects.” Post company’s shareholders meeting, Koon stated that the firm produces 30 per cent “value added” aluminium products. He said, “Our target is to increase our production in ‘value added’ products to...
Rio Tinto, one of the leading metals and mining conglomerate in the world says that with the beginning of construction of its $2 billion dollar Amrun bauxite project in Far North Queensland, it will create about 300 jobs for the local people. The company has a target of 20 per cent indigenous employment during the project which is scheduled to be operational by 2019. The company says 300 jobs will be created for aboriginal locals in Weipa on Cape York Peninsula. Rio provides training courses and classes to equip locals with the necessary skills for mining sector under its pre-employment program. Already a $22 million contract has been awarded to Sodexo to supply camp management services to site. Brad Welsh, Manager Community Relations for Rio Tinto Weipa Operations said: 'Businesses...
China's output of secondary aluminium faced a significant slowdown in the recent past impacted on by global economic downturn and shrinking demand. However, demand for the secondary metal produced from scrap aluminium has been on a rise in China driven by strong automotive industry demand. While Building and Costruction still remains the largest secondary aluminium end user sector, auto parts manufacturing has grown in a big way to represent a strong correlation with secondary aluminium consumption in the country. This rising domestic demand for the metal is essentially met through import of scrap, which increased 27.28 per cent year-on-year to total at 171,255 tonnes in January 2017, revealed data released by the General Administration of Customs, China on February 24....
According to TASS news agency, Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said yesterday 27 February, that Russia is planning to form an OPEC kind of network for the global aluminium industry. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is an organization of world’s major oil-exporting nation’s aims at maintaining stability in oil markets. In 2016, Russia and OPEC’s member decided to diminish production of oil in order to support global prices. Manturov said that the formation of such kind of organization for aluminium industry is at the first stage of proposal and involvement of industry ministers “would be enough". The minister said, "What is more important is that all governments, which are the main producers and exporters of primary aluminium, agree on...
Hulamin, a leading aluminium product and beverage can maker released full year 2016 results on Monday and reported record sales volumes and double profit after tax. The company was ridden by irregular electricity supply from Eskom and gas supply problems during the last year. However, the group managed to get over the bottlenecks and achieve record production and sales volumes during 2016, CEO Richard Jacob said. Hulamin failed to pay any dividend in 2015 after paying a 25c dividend in 2014. The group declared a final dividend of 15c and 8c interim dividend to make it a total of 23c. According to the results statement the group’s turnover grew 20% to R10bn and its profit after tax grew 135% to R385m. Higher aluminium prices in 2016 helped Hulamin book a "metal price lag profit" of R50m...
The metals and mining giant Rio Tinto is offering aluminium medals to the 3,200 finalists of the 52nd Quebec Games, 2017 winter edition. The event is taking place in Alma, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Canada from 24 February to 4 2017. The aluminium medals are crafted in the region representing a symbol of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean: aluminium. In addition to this, the company is sponsoring the 2017 Quebec Winter Games and has offered financial support worth $300,000. Guy Gaudreault, general manager, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Smelter, Rio Tinto, said, “This regional product highlights the know-how and expertise of our employees and partners who help us make aluminium with the lowest carbon footprint in the world.” During the opening ceremony of the 2017 Quebec Winter Games, Mr. Gaudreault.said,...
LME aluminium closed higher at US$1,907 per tonne on Monday, February 27 breaking support at US$1,900 per tonne. The 1.67 per cent rise from its previous day's closing of US$1,877 per tonne marks the highest in last one week, when the metal traded in the range of US$1,860-1,880 per tonne. The contract underperformed in Asian trading hours than it in European Trading hours, affected by weak Shanghai aluminium prices. Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) in its forecast said LME aluminium will test US$1,900 per tonne support and move at US$1,885-1,910 per tonne range on Tuesday, February 28. As on February 27, LME official cash buyer price of aluminium stands at US$1,907 per tonne, cash seller & settlement price is US$1,908 per tonne, 3M buyer price is US$1,905 per tonne, 3M seller price is...
Further to its February 2nd press release, Orbite Technologies has provided an update on the Company's progress on its high purity alumina ("HPA") production. Temperature ramp up of the calcination section was completed successfully, subsequent to which installation of the fluidization bed material was completed Injection of aluminum chloride hexahydrate ("ACH") crystals into the calcination system ommenced, as planned, intermittently and at low rates for equipment response and testing purposes Injection rates and HPA production, on a continuous basis, were then successfully increased over the course of the last two weeks and are approaching the Company's intermediate production target of 1 tonne per day of HPA. During this period, in excess of 4 tonnes of HPA was produced. Purity of the...
The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan announced on 27 February in Jakarta that the government has planned to take over the management of PT Freeport Indonesia if it wins in the international arbitration tribunal. For that, the government would appoint state-owned aluminium producer PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum). He said, “The government can; we have Inalum.” According to Luhut, PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) has the capability to take over Freeport management as the company is involved in aluminium smelting in Asahan, North Sumatra. He further emphasized that the company is now ready to lead state-owned mining companies under a mining SOE holding company. Presently, the government is in negotiation with PT Freeport Indonesia over the...
U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) recently visited Pennex Aluminum Company in Leetonia, Ohio to meet with aluminium manufacturing leaders and workers there and hear out the problems they have been facing in recent times due to rising unfair trade practices Portman commented: “It was a privilege for me to have a town hall meeting with these Ohio workers today about the issues they are concerned about, like jobs, the rising cost of living and the threat of unfair imports,” “Unfortunately, aluminium manufacturers like Pennex have been hit from all sides by dishonest trade practices like illegal dumping by China. Ohio workers like these are the reason why I authored the Leveling the Playing Field Act, helped pass the ENFORCE Act, and have advocated for Ohioans in dozens of trade cases.” “I’m...
