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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Daido Metal, an auto engine bearing manufacturer is prepared to acquire Thai business from Asahi Tec’s aluminium casting segment worth 10 billion yen ($85 million), hoping to support the company by using its own sales network. After the acquisition, the company will purchase shares of ATA Casting Technology Japan, an Asahi Tec unit for 8 billion yen over subsidiary. The company will announce its official decision on Friday through the agreement likely to wind up in fiscal 2016. Japanese automakers in Thailand gets aluminium parts such as cylinders head covers from ATA casting, on the other hand there is barely any sales records registered in other parts or industries. Through the company’s wider sales network in Japan, U.S and Europe, and builders of ships and industrial machinery, there...
The "The Death of Impressionism? Disruption and Innovation in Art" exhibition at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown presents innovative art on aluminium soda cans. Visitors to the exhibition are immediately confronted with Chris Jordan's re-imagining of "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte," artist Georges Seurat's FAMOUS portrait of the Parisian middle class enjoying themselves on the banks of the Seine on a Sunday afternoon. A Seattle artist Jordan, takes Seurat's innovative style of unmixed paint using colour dots ( known as pointillism) and converts those dots into tiny photographic collage elements by using aluminium soda cans. Jordan's work is massive in size and captures the full impact of Seurat's original. In Jordan's art piece, the dots are turned into soda can and the image...
Metallica Minerals Ltd. Australia has successfully completed an independent pre-feasibility study (PFS) towards the development of the Urquhart Bauxite project in Queensland’s Cape York. According to the study, the estimated pre-tax net present value of the project would be $78.4 million on sales of 6.5 million tonnes of bauxite (proved and probable reserves). The base case of the PFS indicates a potential revenue stream nearing $300 million across 5.5 years of production with a payback period of just five months. The bauxite project is expected to generate a strong total operating margin of around $12 per tonne. Metallica owns 50% stake in the Urquhart Bauxite joint venture and the company plans to develop the mine on contract basis in order to minimise mine start-up capital and maximise...
China is one of the world’s top alumina producers and a leading supplier of alumina to the global primary aluminium industry. China has around 60 million tonnes of alumina capacity but produced around 47.3 million tonnes of the aluminium-making ingredient from January to October last year. The country boasts world’s top alumina producers like Aluminum Corp of China (CHALCO), Shandong Xinfa Aluminium Group and China Hongqiao Group. {newsStudioGallery} Aluminum Corp of China (CHALCO), the country's biggest producer of alumina and primary aluminium, posted profits of 330 million yuan ($49.4 million) during the first half of the year, the highest level in almost five years, attributed mostly to the reduction in the CoP of alumina and aluminium. An analysis of the trading patterns of alumina...
Emirates Global Aluminium, EGA, and GE power signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with each other on a 100 day program to diminish EGA’s nitrogen oxide NOx discharge under the UAE government Accelerator programme. Abdulla Kalban, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of EGA, and Joseph Anis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Power Services for the Middle East & Africa, GE Power, signed the MoU, in the presence of HE Dr. Thani Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment at the Government Accelerator headquarters in Emirates Towers in Dubai. Both the companies are working in a partnership to achieve objectives in reducing NoX emission and increasing operational productivity at EGA’s power plants in Al Taweelah and Jebel Ali. According to Kalban, “This...
LME aluminium price improved to close at US$1,737.5 per tonne on December 22 and it is expected to hover within a range of USD 1,715-1,730/mt on Friday. As on December 22, LME official CASH Buyer price of aluminium is US$1737 per tonne, CASH Seller & Settlement price is US$1737.5per tonne, 3M Buyer price is US$1720 pe tonne, 3M Seller price is US$1721 per tonne, DEC1 Buyer price is US$1733 per tonne, and DEC1 Seller price is US$1738 per tonne. LME official Opening Stock of aluminium currently stands at 2139575 tonnes, total Live Warrants is estimated at 1486675 tonnes, and Cancelled Warrant is 652900 tonnes. In China, benchmark price of aluminium traded on Shanghai Metal Exchange dropped by 1.7 per cent from the previous day to stand at US$1,855 per tonne on Friday, December 23. According...
Aluminium China 2016, held in Shanghai on July 12th-14th, was a major success. The professional sourcing and networking platform with the most comprehensive coverage of the Asia market attracted 19,530 visitors and buyers from 75 countries and regions all over the world to a compelling line-up of events that lasted three days at a stretch. The top five ex-China countries which had maximum representation at the event were South Korea, India, Japan, Thailand, and Taiwan. There were participation from the Metal Materials and Processing Industry (covering bauxite, alumina, & aluminium powder till aluminium extruded sections) as well as Aluminium Deep Processing and Downstream Application Companies (including automotive part and vehicle manufacturing, packaging, transportation, building and...
Continuing for the third straight day, aluminium prices eased further by 0.21 per cent to INR 117.30 per kg in futures trade today as participants engaged in trimming their positions, tracking a weak trend at spot market on subdued demand from consuming industries. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, aluminium for delivery in December shed 25 paise, or 0.21 per cent, to INR 117.30 per kg, in a business turnover of 56 lots. Similarly, the metal for delivery in January traded lower by a similar margin to INR 116.85 per kg in one lot. Market analysts said that offloading of positions by traders, tracking a weak trend at the spot markets due to muted demand from consuming industries, mainly kept aluminium prices lower at futures trade.
Alumina prices, buoyed by the China factor, climbed significantly to touch US$351 per tonne in 2016- the highest in the last two years. The price escalation which started in January 2016, after a few months' initial volatility, picked up momentum from August onward. Since then, the commodity price has been rising exponentially. China is viewed as the prime factor responsible for this buoyancy though no fundamental alumina shortfall has been reported in the country unlike in late-2014. In fact, the uptick in price caused Chinese alumina output to surge in October and November such that alumina supply in the domestic market was in surplus by almost 150kt in November. Currently, a regional tightness is being observed in China with transport constraints obstructing delivery of alumina from...
Lazarian has created a 2.5m high and 6m long aluminium giant polar bear in Manchester few weeks ago. The giant aluminium polar bear has been designed and created by the local design studio of Lazarian and commissioned by New Bailey. The geometry of the polar bear with dots lights up in the evening creating constellation effect. This aluminium statue is the innovative creation for Christmas and will stand in the city throughout the festive season. Manchester’s amazing polar bear is a beautiful, weather resistant, giant version of the endangered polar predator. LED light placed around the bear is powered by solar energy. The components are housed inside blocks of aluminium ‘ice’ which permit the bear to light up automatically.
Australia's 300,000-tonnes-per-year Portland aluminium smelter is operating at below a third of its capacity after power to the plant was temporarily knocked out three weeks ago, operator Alcoa Corp said on Wednesday. The smelter was hit when a power interconnector between the states of Victoria and South Australia went down, cutting power to both of the plant's potlines, and raising questions about its long-term future. "The smelter has been operating at less than 30 percent capacity since a fault on the Victorian transmission network on Dec. 1 caused a more than five-hour power outage at the plant," Alcoa said in a statement. It said Alcoa Chief Executive Roy Harvey met with Australia's industry minister Greg Hunt in New York this week, and expressed appreciation for the extensive...
Jaguar, one of Britain’s most prestigious exports and a star in the luxury car market is characterised by an artistic flavour, dynamism, flair and a futuristic touch. Jaguar has more or less maintained its original values for over half a century and they are distinctly visible in the second-generation XF. With the new XF, Jaguar took a wise decision not to change the traditional executive sedan structure radically, despite adding subtle novelty values. So, the changes do remain minimal. A more homogenous, brand-oriented design philosophy still works for Jaguar and one can easily trace the XF’s origin to Jaguar’s grand tourers of yesteryear. The XF has, since its birth in 2008, has a a very special place in the brand’s portfolio. With the form designed by Ian Callum (of Aston Martin DB7...
The premiums that Japanese buyers pay for aluminium are projected to stay between $80 and $140 a tonne next year, with a gradual rise later in the year on the back of healthy global demand, Japanese trading house Marubeni said on Wednesday. Japan is Asia's top aluminium importer and the premiums for primary metal shipments it agrees to pay each quarter over the London Metal Exchange (LME) cash price set the benchmark for the region. "Japanese premiums will likely increase in the April-June quarter next year, possibly to around $100 a tonne, helped by seasonal demand," Hideya Kitamura, general manager at Marubeni's light metals section, told reporters on Wednesday. "And they may further climb later in the year as the economies in the US, Europe and China are expected to stay firm," he...
Leading engineering service provider and durable equipment supplier Granco Clark has bagged two prestigious contracts- one from Kobelco Aluminum Products and Extrusions, Inc. and Aisin Light Metals- both requiring the supply of critical manufacturing technology solutions. For Aisin Light Metals of Marion IL., Granco Clark will be supplying a Billet De-Stacker, Billet Hot-Jet Furnace, Transveyor, Taper Quench and SCS Extrude that will provide them with production efficiency. The Billet De-Stacker transfers cut billets, overhead, from the jig to the furnace pusher. Once to peak temp from the Hot-Jet Furnace, the billets will then move to the Taper Quench which provides a uniform billet quench and/or a longitudinal tape cooling in billets prior to the extrusion process. Granco Clark’s SCS...
The United Arab Emirates has grown over the years from essentially an oil-based economy to the world's fourth largest aluminium producing country, thanks to Emirates Global Aluminium's (EGA) contribution as major aluminium manufacturer of the region. The industrial champion with two operating sites in Abu Dhabi and Dubai currently produces 2.4 Mtpa of primary aluminium, contributing two to three per cent of the UAE's non-oil gross domestic product (GDP). As far as raw material sourcing for aluminium smelting is concerned, at present, the UAE is entirely reliant on third party imports for its alumina needs. It imports close to five million tonnes of alumina every year. {newsStudioGallery} However, the country's first alumina refinery adjacent to EGA's operations in Al Taweelah is coming up...
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Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, the natural resources and environment minister has announced on Thursday December 22 that bauxite mining ban is extended by another three months effective from 31 December at a press conference. In January, Malaysia levied first of its three months ban on bauxite mining activities which further extended by three month. The moratorium on bauxite mining, slated to end on December 31 yet again is extended by government. Bauxite mining operation was suspended on 15 January 2016 in order to clean up environmental damages caused by mining activities in the region after getting public complains for turning waters red. The decision to extend mining ban came after the minister had conducted an aerial inspection of bauxite mining sites like Felda Bukit...
LME aluminium price improved on Wednesday's night trading to close at US$1,730.5 per tonne, up 0.46 per cent from the previous day. The contract is predicted to move in the range of US$1,720-1,735 per tonne on Thursday, December 22. However, Shanghai Metals Market analysts say due to significant capital withdrawal prior to Christmas, positions will reduce sharply and a weak tone would prevail in the base metals market including aluminium. As on December 21, LME official CASH Buyer price of aluminium is US$1730 per tonne, CASH Seller & Settlement price is US$1730.5 per tonne, 3M Buyer price is US$1720 pe tonne, 3M Seller price is US$1721 per tonne, DEC1 Buyer price is US$1733 per tonne, and DEC1 Seller price is US$1738 per tonne. LME official Opening Stock of aluminium currently stands at...
The Aluminum Association announced today the addition of a new member company – JW Aluminum. The company joins as a producer member – a firm that makes or fabricates aluminum products. “We are pleased to welcome JW Aluminum as our newest member,” said Heidi Brock, President & CEO of the Aluminum Association. “As a leading producer of specialty, flat-rolled aluminum products, JW is a key addition to the Association as we work to chart a sustainable course for the entire domestic aluminum value chain.” With four aluminum mills throughout the country, JW Aluminum produces a wide range of top-quality flat rolled aluminum products, including building and distributor sheet, fin stock, cable wrap, aerospace foil and flexible packaging products. JW joins the Association at a time of continued...
