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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Russian aluminium behemoth Rusal and power generator Rushydro will be deciding on the proposed capacity enhancement of their Boguchansk aluminium smelter in the first quarter of 2017, Rushydro said in on Thursday. The companies had earlier decided to increase the capacity of the aluminium smelter by 300,000 tonnes. Now, they are said to be toiling with the idea of boosting the capacity to 600,000 tonnes. Rushydro's top executives said in Moscow that were considering three options: to stick to the planned 300,000 tonnes capacity enhancement; to go ahead with increasing aluminium smelting capacity by 600,000 tonnes; or to build another aluminium smelter at Taishet in Siberia instead of investing in capacity boost. The two companies would be meeting in the first quarter of 2017 to decide on...
MetalMiner aluminium MMI inched lower in November. A rising dollar put some pressure but prices held well overall. Analysts say they do see some potential on the upside. Something that has concerned aluminium investors throughout the year is the potential increase in Chinese aluminium production. However, restarts seem to be less than what the markets were expecting earlier. Rising costs of production will likely limit additional restarts, opine analysts. China’s clampdown on coal mining and supply disruptions in Australia has led to a spike in seaborne coal prices. Thermal coal prices in China have more than doubled this year. In addition, alumina, which is then processed to produce raw aluminium, has risen steeply in price over the last couple of months. Meanwhile, even the most...
The largest flat-rolled aluminium producer of Turkey, Assan Alüminyum, a subsidiary of Kibar Holding, is planning to grow over the short and medium term through remarkable new in-vestments. One of the major investment plans is the first modern and high-width aluminium hot rolling facility in Turkey. It stands for the vision of producing semi-finished goods for a wide range of sectors: aerospace, defense, aviation, transportation and flexible packaging. Assan Alüminyum considers this to be the key factor to become one of the world’s leading brands in the aluminium industry. After completion Assan Alüminyum will be capable of producing first-class aluminium alloys, which are currently not in the company’s product range. While Assan Alüminyum will become the only hot rolling mill operator in...
Aluminium scrap prices in North America remained flat on ScrapMonster Price Index as on December 6, Tuesday. There was no change noted in 1100 Scrap prices during the day's trading and the prices of 3003 Scrap too remained flat at $0.59 per Lb. Other aluminium scrap commodities which held their grounds on the index include 356 Aluminum Wheels, 6063 Extrusions/Fe too, and 6063 Extrusions. The prices of 6061 Extrusions and 5052 Scrap remained unchanged at $0.54 per Lb and $0.56 per Lb respectively. The prices of Al/Cu Radiators and Al/Cu Radiators/Fe remained flat. Aluminum Radiators and Aluminum Radiators/Fe prices held steady. Aluminum Transformers, Breakage 50% Recovery prices, Chrome Wheels and E.C Aluminum Wire prices remained unchanged on December 6, Tuesday. No change in the price of...
Ford is set to use more aluminium than ever for its future 2020 Ford Branco. The automaker already uses aluminium for the F-150's body which comes from various suppliers. Though it’s not certain that Bronco will receive everything as the Ranger but the most of Rangers’ gasoline engines are a sure thing. Branco will keep its square look, which made it an icon among its peers, but as time goes it is expected that it will get some sort of modern twist. Raj Nair, Ford's product development chief has already seen huge potential after using aluminium in F-150’S body. "The fact that we're collaborating on technology at this scale shows a pretty big commitment on both our parts," said Nair. Globally, aluminium output has increased manifold. Countries like China and those in the Middle East are...
Patna Electric Supply Undertaking (PESU)- the state government-owned electricity supplier of Bihar, India, is planning to replace the old loose hanging aluminium wires in many areas across the state with insulated bunched aluminium cables, said senior officials of the firm. The plan is being worked on to address the issue of frequent powercuts in Bihar during winter. Patna Electric Supply Undertaking (PESU) general manager Dilip Kumar Singh said there was no dearth of power but the electricity supply was cut in certain localities because of the ongoing development work. "We are replacing the old loose hanging aluminium wires in many areas with insulated bunched cables. Almost 90% of the work has been done and rest will be completed by the year-end," Singh said, adding the development work...
Odisha- India's mineral-rich state in the east coast stands a great chance to become the country's most sought-after manufacturing hub, said Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand, CMD of the State-run National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco). Dr. Chand was attending the Business Standard Odisha Round Table – 2016 at Bhubaneswar on 7th December 2016. While participating in the panel discussion on ‘Attracting investment – Challenges and Opportunities’ in the state, he said, Odisha has immense potential in its mining and mineral base, the entire value chain mining, mineral, metal, downstream – upstream, manufacturing – but what it lags is the absence of proper marketing initiatives. Marketing needs to be maximized in/and for the state to have more MSMEs and more employment generating avenues. “While there...
Russian Tycoon Deripaska is looking around for hundreds of millions of euros from the state of Montenegro, as he has been striving for compensation for a lost investment in a failing aluminium plant. Deripaska's Central European Aluminium Company (CEAC) acquired 58.7 % stake in 2005 in the Balkan country's sole aluminium plant, Kombinat Aluminijuma Podgorica (KAP). After the financial crisis in 2008, the government withdrew half of that debt for equity deal and kept the plant buoyed up with heavy subsidies. As demanded by the European Union, which Montenegro aims to join to cut subsidies thrusting plant to bankruptcy which finally leads to closing down. According to CEAC, Deripaska had served a Notice of Arbitration against the state of Montenegro claiming “unlawful expropriation of his...
Egypt aluminium industry had been logging a healthy growth being driven by a steady demand from the building and construction sector before the Egyptian government took the courageous steps of liberalising its currency while raising fuel prices and import tariffs at the same time, very recently. Among the goods affected the most are aluminium products. Higher upstream the value chain, the primary industry which once enjoyed the advantage of being a low-cost producer due to availability of cheaper fuel will now be faced with the challenge of coping with shrinking margins, since prices of the metal have been falling across major bourses on the back of a global glut. Egyptalum with a total annual production of around 320,000 tonnes is the largest aluminium smelting company in Egypt....
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LME aluminium seems to be moving into a volatile range. The contract after trading at around US$1,718/mt on Tuesday, closed with gains at US$1,728/mt after Wednesday's night trading. Rising oil prices which climbed to a 16-month high after OPEC agreed to trim output, last week, by 1.2 million bbl/day buoyed the base metal price up on the global exchange though with intermittent slides. According to Shanghai Metals Market, LME aluminium should range between US$1,695-1,725/mt on Thursday. As on December 7, LME official opening stock of aluminium stands at 2118325mt, total Live Warrants is estimated at 1384875mt and Cancelled Warrant is estimated at 728500mt. The current Cash Buyer price of aluminium is US$1727.5/mt and Cash Seller & Settlement price is US$1728/mt. In China, aluminium on...
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the Bahrain-based international aluminium smelter, has been performing reasonably well in light of the market conditions, according to a statement issued by the Chairman of Alba’s Board of Directors, Shaikh Daij Bin Salman Bin Daij Al Khalifa. The statement was made following the fourth quarterly meeting for the year 2016, which was held on Wednesday December 07, 2016 at Alba. The Board approved the minutes of the previous meeting, which was held on Wednesday September 28, 2016 as well as reviewed the reports of the Board Executive Committee, Board Audit Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee during the meeting. At this meeting, the Board reviewed and approved the 2017 Annual Operating Plan. In addition, the Board reviewed the 2016...
Nicholas Crane, the author of a biography on the famous 16th-century Flemish cartographer Gerard Mercator, once wrote: "maps codify the miracle of existence." In the new era, some of the most creative new maps being produced use aluminium as a key component in making miniature world. Michal Porycki, an artist in Olsztyn, a north-eastern city along the Lyna River, Poland, utilizes advanced technology to design relief maps in wood and aluminium, structure them in a 3D printing process that layers the lakes into a visual model based on a fairly niche discipline: bathymetry, the science and study of underwater topography. Once the process is complete, Porycki and his father finish the aluminium lake map in wood, to surround the lake with an equally precise image of the land and place it...
Schools in the Island of Guam on Pacific Ocean will be receiving new recycling bins for aluminium cans under the novel I*Recycle Programme. The initiative is aimed at encouraging youngsters in as many as 60 schools to recycle more aluminium cans for a greener earth and a better tomorrow. New trendy plastic recycling bins will replace the current metal bins that have been in use for the last ten years. The new bins though a little costly at about $1,150 per piece will add to the excitement of the school going children, expect Guam government and I*Recycle Programme authorities. According to the Guam Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the island country managed a recycling rate of 29 per cent in 2015. While the rate is down four percentage points from the previous year, the island...
Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (Balco) is planning to step up its bauxite mining operations in India in order to address the raw material crises it has been facing at its alumina refining facility. Presently, the Vedanta controlled aluminium company is producing 2 million tonnes of bauxite in a year from two of its mines in Sarguja and Kawardah districts of Chhattisgarh. Balco had boosted its aluminium output capacity to 5,70,000 tonnes per annum at its Korba unit. Even as the company keeps reeling under raw material crunch, it has feeding the unit with aluminium powder shipped from Australia; but it has been adding significantly to the cost of production. To cope with the situation and curtail cost, Balco now plans to enhance production at its two mines. According to a Balco...
Dr. Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago told Parliament on Friday that “there still remains an opportunities for an aluminium downstream industry” even after abandoning such plans six years ago. According to him, a major stakeholder in the original plan is still seeking US$208 million in compensation for the deal. The project was scuttled at that time by a High Court judge over concerns that the appropriate environmental due diligence had not been carried out. He further stated that a Memorandum of understanding about the development of a downstream industry was carried out in 2005 between the National Energy Corporation (NEC), Venezuelan aluminium downstream firm Sural, Alcoa, and China Machinery Engineering Company (CEMEC). The government has signed an agreement with...
The U.S. is one of the biggest markets of global aluminium foils. According to the Aluminum Association, the aluminium foil market in the North American country is currently valued at $5 billion, and about 36% of the total demand is met through imports, up from only 16% in 2007. As an interesting observation, net U.S. exports of aluminium sheets, plates, and foil displayed a generally upward trend from 2007 to 2013. However, over the last two years, this growth has slowed down significantly. In fact, exports of rolled aluminium products including aluminium foil have fallen by almost three times larger in value, resulting in a huge trade surplus of $511 million in 2015. {newsStudioGallery} Aluminium rolled products and foil imports from China to the U.S. have risen almost 10-fold, to 265...
One of the most desirable bike brands Ducati has recently unveiled The Ducati Multistrada 950- the brand new machine for 2017 at the EICMA 2016 show in Milan. A smaller version of the Multistrada 1200, the Multistrada 950 is designed to be more accessible in both its price range and its lighter weight, thanks to its aluminium intensive built, and riding size, with a lower seat that reaches to a standard 840 mm. The slimmed-down bike has a frame made from billet aluminium, along with other features that include that two-sided, cast aluminium swingarm, and cast aluminium wheels, respectively 19-inch and 17-inch. The Ducati Design Center aimed to strike the balance between the compact bike they intended – and a visibly light overall weight that would add to the appeal – while keeping it...
Navratna PSU N alco is ready to provide hand-holding support to its regular MSME vendors who ensure quality and timely delivery of products, the aluminium major's CMD T K Chand said. As a responsible large-scale industry, Nalco shall make efforts to publicise select MSME brands, along with its own brand image publicity, he added. Chand was addressing the inaugural ceremony of MSME-Expo Odisha 2016 in Cuttack yesterday. The Expo, along with a 3-day National Level Vendor Development Programme, is being held at Killa Maidan, Cuttack. Addressing representatives of various industries, banks, small enterprises, start-ups, as well as officials of MSME departments of the state and Centre, Chand appreciated the micro, small and medium enterprises of Odisha for scoring better in terms of providing...
