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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LME aluminium reversed its 2-day downtrend to rise 0.67 per cent from Friday's closing at US$1,865.5 per tonne to end at US$1878 per tonne after night trading on Monday, February 20. Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) forecasts the contract will rise further at US$1,890-1,916 per tonne on Tuesday, February 21. However, JP Morgan holds a different viewpoint. The multinational banking and financial services company observed in a recent report that LME aluminium prices are at a risk of correction in the near term as surplus Chinese aluminium production is set to flow into warehousesdragging on global prices. As on February 20, LME official cash buyer price of aluminium stands at US$1,877.5 per tonne, cash seller & settlement price is US$1,878 per tonne, 3M buyer price is US$1,887 per tonne, 3M...
The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) and the Saudi Arabia National Automotive Manufacturing Company (SANAM) has inked an agreement for increasing aluminium usage in automotive industry in Saudi Arabia. Khaled S. Alohali, Ma’aden Vice President of Strategy and Aluminium said, “Ma’aden and SANAM are united in our goal of increasing the use of aluminium in the automotive industry as an alternative to iron. Ma’aden operates one of the world’s largest fully integrated aluminium complexes and we are currently supplying Jaguar Land Rover with high quality auto sheet product from our world class rolling mill facility.” Ma’aden Aluminium, a multi-billion dollar joint venture between Ma’aden and global aluminium leader Alcoa Corporation, manufactures aluminium products for worldwide...
The Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) is launching the 2017 edition of its Can Collection Campaign for the collection of aluminium cans for recycling purpose. This year, the overall target is to collect 28,000kg of aluminium cans. The first event 2017 of Can Collection Campaign is scheduled to be on February 23. This year the campaign sub-projects include: Can Collection Day, which will be held on Thursday, February 23; and, Can Collection Drive on Saturday, October 28.The Can Collection Campaign will be held simultaneously across the seven Emirates. EEG chairperson Habiba Al Marashi said, “The Can Collection Campaign aims to bring people from all segments of society together to fulfil their duties to the environment of this country by giving back to nature in the Year of Giving declared...
William L. Bonnell Co. Inc. or Bonnell Aluminum, a subsidiary of Tredegar Corp. has recently completed its acquisition of Utah-based Futura Industries Corp, a press statement from the group has confirmed. For more than 60 years, Bonnell Aluminum has built a reputation as one of North America''s leading manufacturers of custom aluminium extrusions. Chesterfield County-based Tredegar, a maker of plastic films and aluminium extrusions announced the acquisition deal on Feb. 1 in order to expand their aluminium extrusion business. The company has said the acquisition value of about $92 million has been funded with its existing revolving credit. Futura is one of the leading aluminium extruders in the world and the U.S. and delivers customized, start-to-finish aluminium extrusion services....
National Aluminium Company (Nalco), one of the major primary aluminium producers of India, has decided to acquire 80 per cent of the power from the coal-based power station proposed at Kamakhyanagar in Dhenkanal district, Odisha. The chairman and managing director of Nalco T K Chand stated, “Nalco will be buying 80 per cent of the power which will be used for feeding our planned greenfield aluminium smelter at Kamakhyanagar close to the site chosen for the power station. Rest of the power will be sold by NTPC to other sources. We will shortly form the JV (joint venture) company for the power project”. The 2,400-Mw coal-based power plant is a joint venture between Nalco and NTPC. The project is projected to be cost INR 14,000 crore. The aluminium smelter project and the power project will...
India has an installed alumina capacity of 6.5.million tons, out of which plant capacity of 6.2 million tons reported alumina production in 2015. The reported production of alumina stands at 4 million tons in 2014-15 which increased by about 6% YOY. NALCO continues to be the leading producer of alumina in India accounting for about 45% of the total production. The company produces 2 - 2.1 million tons of alumina annually. According to the latest reported volume, exports of alumina in India stand at about 1.5 million tonnes in 2014-15. Mr Tapan Kumar Chand, CMD, Nalco recently said in an interview that the company is pinning a lot of hope on its Alumina business for the coming quarters. In the 4th quarter of the current financial year, it plans to sell around 4 lakh tonnes (4,00,000...
Vishay Intertechnology, one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of discrete semiconductors, has introduced a new series of 400V and 450V snap-in, four-terminal aluminium electrolytic capacitors.The capacitors provide a high ripple current capability at a temperature of 105C in 15 large case sizes. Aluminium electrolytic capacitors can be used in home appliance inverters, power supplies and industrial sectors. An Improved capacitor features four-terminal configuration which enhances mechanical stability and end-product lifetimes. The device comes with a cylindrical aluminium case with pressure relief, insulated with a blue sleeve. The capacitors are a substitute for banks of large screw terminal devices connected by a bus-bar with smaller parts connected by a PCB. The aluminium capacitors...
LME aluminium gave up its gains and dropped for two consecutive days last week as the U.S. dollar firmed up. The contract which had risen to hit the 25-week highest at US$1,900 per tonne on February 14 came down 1.81 per cent to close at US$1,865.50 per tonne on Friday after night trading. Shanghai Metals Market (SMM) said in its forecast that LME aluminium will test support at the 10-day moving average and will move in the range of US$1,865-1,895 per tonne on Monday, February 20. As on February 17, LME official cash buyer price of aluminium stands at US$1,865 per tonne, cash seller & settlement price is US$1,865.5 per tonne, 3M buyer price is US$1,878 per tonne, 3M seller price is US$1,879 per tonne, Dec1 buyer price is US$1,923 per tonne, and Dec1 seller price is US$1,928 per tonne. The...
India's leading aerospace precision engineering and manufacturing company Aequs announced at the recently ended Aero India 2017 in Bengaluru that it will invest INR500 crore for setting up a dedicated facility for Indian defence production at Tuem, Goa. The multi capability manufacturing facility which will be a part of the Tuem Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) hub is expected to create around 2,000 highly skilled job opportunities, said IT director and special secretary to the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Mr Ameya Abhyankar at the event. Aequs will manufacture defence aerospace components using composites and high-end alloys of aluminium, titanium, steel and other metals. The operations are expected to commence by February 2019. Aequs entered into the defence...
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The downstream aluminium industry has seen a lot of development in the last week. AlCircle wraps up the downstream products vertical covering general, market, project and technology segments. Here’s a sneak peek into some of the top stories of the week gone by: Cast aluminium segment took the largest share of 2016 automotive aluminium market A recent report from ReportLinker has projected that the automotive aluminium market would grow at a CAGR of 8.8% from 2016 to 2026, in terms of value. North American and Asia-Pacific regions would drive the growth of powertrain application segment of the market with their growing use of aluminium in automotive manufacturing. Wheels India's Q3 net profit more than doubles; forged aluminium wheels segment on track TVS Group promoted India's largest...
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The world bauxite industry and the market are moving fast with the new positive trend in the aluminium market. New projects and expansions are on track and the companies have reported positive results. Here is a quick recap of the top headlines from the global bauxite industry from the week gone by: RUSAL’s bauxite output in Q4 2016 drops 11.5%; full year output on the rise UC RUSAL, the leading global integrated aluminium producer, announces its operating results for the fourth quarter 2016 and full year 2016 registering bullish progress in all three business segments: bauxite, alumina and aluminium. In Q4 2016, Rusal’s total bauxite output totaled 2,841 thousand tons which shows a drop of 11.5% QoQ. For the full year 2016, bauxite output totalled 12,187 thousand tons registering a 0.6%...
We are all aware of the infinite recycling properties of aluminium. Recycling aluminium requires about 95% less energy than the production of primary aluminium Aluminium scrap remains a significant resource to be used as raw material to produce secondary aluminum and subsequently new aluminum products. Aluminium scrap can be both “new” and “old” scrap. New scrap is generated from aluminum wrought and cast products as the metal is processed by fabricators into consumer or industrial products. Old scrap is retrieved from end-of-life products or discarded products of all types. Another relatively less important source of secondary aluminum raw material source is dross. The highest recycling percentages can be seen in the construction and transport sector of up to 95% but packaging sector is...
Initial data released by the Ministry of Mines, Government of India, shows the country's mineral output in December 2016 rose 5.2 per cent from the corresponding period previous year. Production of bauxite, the principal ore of aluminium metal, increased by 21 per cent compared to that recorded in December 2015. Source: The Hindu BusinessLine The total produced volume of minerals (excluding atomic and minor minerals) for the period under review was valued at INR22,348 crore. Coal contributed the highest percentage (42 per cent) at INR9,317 crore, while crude oil contributed INR5,553 crore followed by iron ore at INR2,438 crore, natural gas (utilised) at INR2,195 crore, lignite at INR804 crore and limestone at INR528 crore. The cumulative value of the six minerals contributed about 93 per...
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LME aluminium hit US$1,900 per tonne this week surging 13 per cent so far since January this year. One of the factors supporting the rise has been, of course, the faltering U.S. dollar index. The DXY which measures the greenback’s strength against a basket of six major currencies, plunged on February 15, Wednesday, and the slide followed through Thursday. The other factor supporting the price rise has been aluminium supply concerns arising out of China. There were fewer smelter restarts than expected in the latter half of 2016, production costs in the country have spiralled up, and now, many smelters are being forced to halt operations after coming under the scanner of the government-controlled environment protection authorities. It looks like China is taking air pollution rather...
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Customade, a company with expertise in manufacturing of high quality aluminium windows, doors and conservatory roofs has been acquired by and merged with Polyframe Group Limited (Polyframe). The company operates under the REAL, Atlas and Fineline aluminium brands. Polyframe is the UK’S leading manufacturer of trade windows and doors. This is Polyframe’s third acquisition since July 2016. A specialist investment firm Cairngorm Capital Partners LLP has supported this acquisition. The two companies’ merger will expand their product range and boost growth by increasing manufacturing capability. According to Polyframe, Customade’s specialization in manufacturing aluminium windows, doors and roof lanterns will complement their PVCu windows and composite door products portfolio. The company will...
India's major aluminium scrap commodities prices climbed on Wednesday in line with aluminium futures prices at Multi Commodity Exchange as support seen after a draft policy document suggested China will constrict production next winter to help improve air quality. The major aluminium scrap commodities on the Scrap Register Price Index climbed on Wednesday. India's major aluminium scrap commodities like aluminium rod company, aluminium rod local, aluminium sheet cutting and aluminium wire scrap traded higher on Wednesday. The most active February aluminium contract on Multi Commodity Exchange gained by 1.15 percent to INR 127.35 per kilogram on Wednesday from previous close of INR125.90 per kilogram. The MXC aluminium prices touched an intra-day high of INR127.45 per kilogram and an...
The global demand for aluminium wire is clearly on the rise. Earlier predicted to expand at a CAGR of 8.8% between 2014 and 2018, the material, critical for power infrastructure development has far outpaced the growth projections. The automotive and transportation, and construction, are the two major end-user segments that are driving the market for aluminium wire globally today. The two sectors combined accounted for close to 73% of the market share in 2016. The use of aluminium wire in electrical applications dates back to the late 19th century. In 1880, in Chicago, the head of station was refurbished replacing the deteriorating copper wire with aluminium wire. Since then, the use of the material in electricity grid development has increased enormously. Aluminium wire has several...
The Netherlands is one of the twenty largest economies in the world. The country is a top aluminium importer being one of the largest producers of aluminium downstream products. Aluminium has had the third fastest-growing increase in value among the top 10 import categories to the Dutch country. It shows 45.9% growth in the last 5-year period starting in 2011. {newsStudioGallery} As one of the world's fastest growing exporters of industrial products, the Netherlands imports significant amount of aluminium to supply their local industries. Let us analyse the trading patterns for aluminium to understand the market demand and consumption trends. The Netherlands has been following an upward pattern for aluminium import. In the year 2015, imports of aluminium stood at about 1.7 million tons....
