KAP Minerals and Cymat Technologies are exploring a partnership to produce scandium-aluminium master alloy in Ontario, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding. The partnership would use scandium oxide from KAP’s Kapuskasing critical minerals project and Cymat’s aluminium-processing technology to produce alloys for aerospace, defence and manufacturing applications. To know the global production, demand and consumption forecasts of aluminium extrusions, explore our report " The World of Aluminium Extrusions to 2035 " Scandium-aluminium alloys can improve strength, performance and weldability while reducing weight. The companies aim to use the proposed venture to establish a domestic supply chain, converting Canadian critical minerals into value-added industrial materials....
India’s renewable energy transition is gathering pace, with installed renewable power capacity surpassing 300 gigawatts (GW) in 2026, almost quadrupling over the past decade. The country has also achieved its target of sourcing 50 per cent of installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources five years ahead of schedule, strengthening its position as one of the world’s fastest-growing clean energy markets. The expansion is beginning to deliver measurable energy security benefits by reducing dependence on imported fossil fuels, while competitive renewable power costs and expanding domestic manufacturing are opening new investment opportunities. However, sustaining this momentum will require substantial improvements in electricity transmission, storage infrastructure and...
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The New South Wales Government has vouched to work together with the most emission-prone industries of the area to morph them into low-carbon facilities. This is to commemorate the milestone-worthy decision the NSW Government made to plot for total decarbonisation in the heavy industrial zones. The most esteemed participants in the drive would be non-ferrous metal manufacturer Tomago Aluminium, chemical discoverer Orica, cement maker Boral and starch-generating group Manildra. Member of the NSW legislative assembly, Mr Kean, exemplified: “We are working with industry to transform NSW into an innovative, thriving low carbon economy. Accelerating the deployment of deep decarbonisation technology will help the industry prosper in a net zero economy and open up new markets for NSW-made...
Hörmann UK, one of Europe's leading suppliers of construction components, expanded their range of aluminium entry doors with the ThermoSafe Decoral line. A line developed to provide customers with a range of high-quality, secure aluminium doors combined with a selection of new modern décor finishes and door styles. The Hörmann ThermoSafe line of doors is made to the highest quality standards and has a strong 73mm door leaf enclosed in an aluminium frame. The door is strong yet beautiful, offering high levels of security, long life, outstanding acoustic insulation, and great thermal qualities with a U-value of 0.87 W/M2K attainable. The advent of the Decoral version expands the ThermoSafe lineup's already wide range of door designs, materials, and colour choices. "The ThermoSafe Decoral...
On Wednesday, February 1, Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced it successfully certified Yunnan Hongtai New Material Co., Ltd., a subsidiary operation of China Hongqiao Group Co., Ltd., against the Performance Standard V2 (2017) Certification. Yunnan Hongtai, located in Wenshan City, is involved in research and development, production and sales of liquid aluminium and aluminium ingots products. Its smelting operations, with a design capacity of 2.03 million tonnes per year of liquid aluminium and aluminium ingot, are based on hydropower. ASI Performance Standard sets out 59 criteria under the three sustainability pillars of Environment, Social, and Governance, which address critical issues like biodiversity, labour rights, Indigenous Peoples rights, and greenhouse gas emissions. On...
According to a report on Wednesday, February 1, Rusal has started producing aluminium-scandium master alloys, the most technologically complex among melted master alloys, at its Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Smelter. Master alloy is a base metal consisting of a relatively high percentage of one or two other elements and is used to make alloys. The project, with a production capacity of over 5,000 tonnes of melted master alloys per year, needed an investment of US$7.5 million. Employees of the Rusal Engineering and Technology Centre worked hard on the project for several years. The main consumer of the product will be Rusal itself, while some will be supplied to external customers, which are major metal producers in Russia. Rusal is the largest consumer of master alloys in Russia. Earlier, the...
LME aluminium opened at US$2,641.5 per tonne on Wednesday and closed the session at US$2,605.5 per tonne, down US$42.5 per tonne or 1.6 per cent. On Wednesday, February 1, both LME aluminium cash bid price and LME aluminium official settlement price surged by US$77.5 per tonne or 3.06 per cent and 3.05 per cent to stand at US$2,610 per tonne and US$2,611 per tonne. 3-month bid price and 3-month offer price also hiked by US$68.5 per tonne or 2.66 per cent and US$70 per tonne or 2.71 per cent. December 24 bid price and December 24 offer price gained US$58 per tonne or 2.11 per cent to score at US$2,798 per tonne and US$2,803 per tonne. LME aluminium opening stock halted at 404150 tonnes. Live warrants and Cancelled warrants came in at 231125 tonnes and 173025 tonnes. LME aluminium 3-month...
Introduction Since the last part of 2022, the world has witnessed a number of developments and conflicts in the world of technology. Those had been related to the new-age technology areas known as Exponential Technologies. It started when the San Francisco headquartered & Microsoft-backed company OpenAI launched ChatGPT, an advanced Generative Progressive Transformer (GPT-4) based chatbot. Since the launch, it has disrupted not only the chatbot space but also the overall AI and the perception of the same. Globally the enthusiasts, testers, potential users, competitors and even the scientists started testing the beta version of ChatGPT, and across the board, mesmerisation was the consistent initial reaction. Of course, the free beta version had some limitations, like the training data set...
Recycling is a crucial component of the aluminium sector, which is commercially, technically, and environmentally sound. Similar is the situation with a group of volunteers at St. Bruno Parish in South Greensburg, who are acclaimed for their recycling initiative. In 2016, the Creation Care Team was established due to Pope Francis' encyclical from the year before. Locals have welcomed the Creation Care Team's drop-off recycling programme for commodities like aluminium cans and glass containers. Their efforts have been appreciated by Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, a Greensburg-based non-profit organisation whose goals include promoting clean-ups of litter and unlawful dumping around the state. According to Tom Niggel, one of the founding members of the volunteer group, "care for the natural...
Zimmatic centre pivot systems are being hailed for successful cultivation around fertile lands in Zimbabwe. The process can be achieved quite easily by laying out aluminium pipelines in order to streamline water to the respective cultivable lands. A second-generation farmer, Tobias Musariri from Chegutu, a province situated 100 kilometres southwest of Harare, acknowledges the role of Zimmatic centre pivots in making his farmland more productive. The aluminium pipeline laid around his fields in the maze farm of Kwamasita allows continuous, yet regulated water flows into the 400 hectares of the commercial valley. "This is a second-generation farm. It was founded by my late father, Tobias Musariri, senior, in 1979, after retiring from the motoring industry. I continued with the farm when he...
Vedanta Limited has curtailed its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices by INR 3,500 per tonne, with effect from February 1, 2023. That brought the company’s aluminium ingot price to INR 238,500-269,000 per tonne versus INR 242,000- 272,500 per tonne on January 31. Vedanta’s aluminium wire rod price has come in at INR 246,000-253,500 per tonne as of February 1, down by INR 3,500 per tonne or 1.4 per cent from INR 249,500-257,000 per tonne on January 31. Aluminium billet price stands at INR 247,500 per tonne, with effect from February 1, in contrast to INR 251,000 per tonne a day ago. Vedanta links its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices to the three-month futures of aluminium on the London Metal Exchange, which declined for the past three consecutive days by US$64.50 per...
Polestar 0 is a project that aims to create a genuinely climate-neutral car by 2030. Gränges will contribute to the research and development of circular and low-climate impact aluminium materials and processes through its expertise in rolled aluminium. Jörgen Rosengren, the CEO of Gränges, said, "We seek to collaborate with companies who share our sustainability ambitions and net-zero targets. To get there, we need to accelerate all parts of the value chain, from material sourcing, recycling, product development and production processes to use the end product. The partnership for Polestar 0 is an excellent example of how we use our expertise in sustainable materials and processes to help customers and partners on their decarbonization journeys." Gränges' strategy is based on...
The leader in aluminium recycling, Hydro Extrusion USA, has been accused of an air pollution crime and charged almost half a million dollars in penalties. The recycling firm has taken up the blame and agreed to pay up. As early as August 2022, Federal prosecutors had led the accusation statement against the recycling firm, which is an inseparable part of Norway-based aluminium giant Norsk Hydro. The legal proceedings are to be held under the Clean Air Act, wherein the party has been found one count guilty of negligence and endangering the atmosphere. The blame was directed at the company’s Dalles facility, which has been storing contaminated aluminium scrap and inducing air pollution during the recycling process. As cited in these official documents by the prosecutors and state...
The Q-Beam Ractical 225 flashlight is designed to withstand harsh weather conditions outside. Drop tested to 30 feet, this sturdy flashlight made of aluminium is waterproof to a depth of 1 meter. With a beam distance of 380 metres, the flashlight covers a wide range of areas. The Q-Beam Ractical 225 aluminium flashlight comes in 3 different modes (high, low and strobe) and features an impact resistance of up to 9 metres. Additionally, this flashlight features three adjustable brightness levels that, depending on the circumstance, may be used as a floodlight or a beacon. With a run time of around 18 hours, this battery-run aluminium lightweight flashlight is one of the most popular flashlights among campers. One of the main reasons for using aluminium in a flashlight is its strength,...
A report has recently revealed that Iran produced 176,239 tonnes of alumina powder in the nine months of the Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21, 2022). The report suggests a 1 per cent rise year-on-year from 175,284 tonnes. In the third quarter (September 21-December 21), Iran’s alumina output amounted to 57,394 tonnes, up by 1.50 per cent over a quarter following a downfall in the previous quarter by 9.20 per cent from 62,291 tonnes to 56,554 tonnes. In the first half of the Iranian calendar year, the alumina powder output in Iran totalled 118,845 tonnes, in contrast to 116,192 tonnes during the same period of the previous year. Alumina powder, also known as aluminium oxide due to its chemical compound of aluminium and oxygen, is an inert, odourless, white amorphous material...
Calderys, known globally for its advanced refractory products and services, has become an independent company encompassing the full scope of the High-Temperature Solutions business (HTS) area formerly under Imerys. US-based Platinum Equity owns the new company after completing regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Calderys specialize in thermal protection for industrial equipment with a wide range of refractory products and advanced solutions to enhance steel casting, metallurgical fluxes and moulding processes. With a global network of experts and 36 industrial sites in 16 countries, Calderys leverages over a century of experience, a worldwide reach and a truly diverse team, to continuously innovate and offer a best-in-class end-to-end solution tailored to customers’...
This week, POSCO Chemical Company has intertwined in a ten-year supply agreement for essential materials required in Electric Vehicles (EV) battery cells with local battery producer Samsung SDI, as was reported by South Korean sources. POSCO Chemicals, a subsidiary of steel and chemicals firm Posco Holdings has agreed upon a supply contract of nickel cobalt aluminium (NCMA) cathode materials amounting to KRW40trn or US$32.5 billion. The supply of NCMA cathode materials to Samsung SDI will be fulfilled by 2023. Cathode materials conventionally take up almost 40 per cent of the cost of producing EV battery cells, and they are incredibly vital for proper energy storage and uninterrupted output. Though POSCO Chemical is fundamentally responsible for the production of nickel cobalt manganese...
Ali Al Baqali, the CEO of Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), one of the world's largest aluminium smelters ex-China, was recognized by the National Safety Council's (NSC) list for the 'CEOs Who Get It' list in 2023. Being the only Arab on the list, he was honoured for his dedication to preserving and enhancing the safety culture for Alba employees and Contractors' workers across the Company. The National Safety Council (NSC) honours executives each year who have developed their organizations' safety strategies utilizing four essential elements: risk reduction, performance assessment, safety management tools, leadership, and employee involvement. "We are Safety-minded as we have established the right balance between our top-down and the bottom-up management and the key to a strong Safety culture is...
The Italian company Inca Packaging, with headquarters in Porto Valtravaglia, north of Milan, engaged in creating aluminium and plastic components for packaging in the cosmetic sector, has revealed some exciting plans for 2023. However, these plans include new investors, a new management team, and a new logo. Since 1951, Inca has been a manufacturer of aluminium and plastic primary packaging for perfumes, cosmetics, and skincare products. The company's history is closely linked to the processing of aluminium components. Stefano Parodi, the new CEO of Inca, said, "We have learnt to shape this material into all possible shapes and sizes, regardless of the quantities required, thanks to the great flexibility of our industrial process." As a result of aluminium's 100 per cent and indefinitely...
Sustainability means addressing current needs without jeopardizing future generations' ability to meet their own. Sustainability has progressively moved up the corporate agenda in recent years, and it is now a major strategic goal for many companies. The aluminium industry is not an exception. As aluminium is a fundamental component of solutions for a sustainable world, it has an even more significant impact on the sector's future in many ways. Aluminium is a valuable resource in increasing end-use industries, including transportation, electrical infrastructure, and packaging. As green regulations evolve, aluminium has a lot of potential to become a material of choice, but to realize these prospects, the sector needs to be sustainable. Alcoa expands its sustainable brand EcoSource™ to...
