Highway Roop Precision Technologies Limited, backed by Carlyle, has completed the acquisition of Chamundi Die Cast Private Limited, an Indian manufacturer of complex, precision-machined aluminum die-cast components for automotive and industrial applications. The acquisition adds aluminum die-casting and precision-machining capabilities to Highway Roop’s existing forging and machining platform. The combined business will serve applications across steering, transmission, powertrain and electric vehicle components while expanding Highway Roop’s manufacturing footprint into South India. Chamundi’s capabilities complement Highway Roop’s existing strengths in forging and precision machining, allowing the company to offer a broader range of lightweight engineered solutions. Lightweighting has...
X-Rite Pantone, Sun Chemical, and CMA Imaging have announced the commercial availability of the CanJET digital proofing ecosystem in North America, giving beverage brands, can makers, and packaging converters a way to match color and opacity directly on aluminum cans. The connected workflow combines CMA Imaging’s CanJET printing system, Sun Chemical’s extended color gamut inks, PantoneLIVE digital color references, and X-Rite measurement technology. The companies say the solution can reduce proofing iterations and accelerate design approvals before production. CanJET received a Bronze Innovation Award at METPACK 2026. The workflow is designed to provide a faster and more flexible alternative to conventional pilot-line proofing and prototyping. “On metal, matching a colour also means...
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TRIMET Aluminium SE, located in Essen, Germany, has been enlisted against the ASI Performance Standard Certification for the development, production, and sale of various aluminium products. These include extrusion billets, rolling ingots, and primary die-casting alloys made from primary and secondary aluminium inputs. The facility has an annual capacity to produce 165,000 metric tons of primary aluminium and recycle 100,000 metric tons of scrap/dross. TRIMET Aluminium SE has three other ASI Performance Standard-certified production sites in Germany and France. The ASI Certification program addresses sustainability issues in the aluminium value chain. It defines 59 criteria under the three sustainability pillars of Environment, Social, and Governance, including biodiversity, labour rights,...
According to the International Aluminium Institute, world primary aluminium production amounted to 5.628 million tonnes in April 2023, reflecting a fall of 3.18 per cent month-on-month from 5.813 million tonnes. The output in March recorded an increase of 10.03 per cent month-on-month from 5.283 million tonnes. On a year-on-year comparison, world primary aluminium production in April grew marginally by 0.34 per cent from 5.609 million tonnes. In the first four months of 2023, world primary aluminium production totalled 22.582 million tonnes, up by 1.77 per cent from 22.136 million tonnes during the same period last year. World’s average daily primary aluminium production was 187,600 tonnes in April’23 compared to 187,500 tonnes a month ago and 187,000 tonnes a year earlier. In China,...
The Shanghai Metal Market has recorded a decline of RMB 270 per tonne in the aluminium spot price, finally settling down at RMB 18,090 per tonne today, May 24. The average aluminium price trends are between RMB 18,070 per tonne and RMB 18,110 per tonne. The premium prices have ranged around RMB 160 or 120 per tonne. The eight provinces in China have marked de-escalating prices today, with the aluminium price falling the highest in places like Gongyi, Foshan, Wuxi and Hangzhou by RMB 270 per tonne, officially closing at RMB 17,940 per tonne, RMB 18,050 per tonne, and RMB 18,080 per tonne in the last two areas. In Shenyang, the aluminium price has shed RMB 255 per tonne, resting at RMB 18,145 per tonne, while in Linyi, the aluminium price has plunged by RMB 220 per tonne, closing at RMB...
Three-month LME aluminium opened at $2,266 per tonne on Tuesday, with its low and high at US$2,216per tonne and US$2,270 per tonne, respectively, before closing at US$2,220 per tonne, a drop of US$43.50 per tonne or 1.92 per cent. On Tuesday, May 23, the LME aluminium cash bid price extended its fall by US$59.50 per tonne to close at US$2,201.50 per tonne, while the LME aluminium official settlement price decreased further by US$60 per tonne to US$2,202 per tonne. On the same day, the 3-month bid price and 3-month offer price settled at US$2,225 per tonne and US$2,227 per tonne, down by US$35 per tonne from US$2,260 per tonne and US$2,262 per tonne on May 22 , respectively. December 24 bid price and December 24 offer price slipped US$20 per tonne to peg at US$2.398 per tonne and US$2,403...
The Rathmann Xterminator go-kart was created in 1961 by Jim Rathmann Racing Products Inc in Dallas, Texas. Jim Rathmann, a successful race car driver who won the Indianapolis 500, developed the go-kart with a lightweight aluminium alloy frame, which was unique for its time. This frame was advantageous because it was lighter and less prone to corrosion than the more common tubular steel frame. Jim Rathmann had a successful racing career, consistently placing in the top five positions at the Indianapolis 500 throughout the 1950s. In 1960, he won the Indianapolis 500 in a thrilling race against Rodger Ward, which solidified his legacy as one of the greatest racers of his time. Jim Rathmann Racing Products Inc produced a series of advanced go-karts with duralumin aluminium alloy chassis, and...
Diageo, the parent company of renowned liquor brands like Johnnie Walker, Baileys, Smirnoff, Captain Morgan, Gordon, Guinness, and Tanqueray, has recently announced funding the establishment of an organisation in the UK market that aims to create a circular economy for aluminium. The organisation, also known as the British Aluminium Consortium for Advanced Alloys (BACALL), comprises industry experts who will work together to achieve this sustainability goal. As per Diageo's ideation, they will construct a unit to "roll hundreds of thousands of tonnes of aluminium sheet in the UK, more than enough for over 400 million cans of Guinness and pre-mixed Gordon's and tonic". "Currently, to recycle and remake cans, the UK is reliant on an energy-intensive supply chain that is based on the...
Driven by its purpose of shaping a sustainable world together, Novelis Inc., on May 22nd, announced the start-up of its new roll-forming development line. The latest development line will support Novelis in meeting industry demand for a process that can produce large volumes of high-strength aluminium automotive components. The new cutting-edge roll-forming development line, which is situated in the business' Automotive Customer Solution Centre in Novi, Michigan, a suburb of Metro Detroit, will give Novelis the distinct benefit of conducting full-scope, year-round research and development on roll-forming in-house. The ability to access the line at all times will speed up the development of complicated, high-strength aluminium roll forming and enable more rapid process robustness testing,...
Orbex has unveiled the world's first marketplace for the trade of internationally certified recycled metals, intending to create a circular economy. The platform facilitates the trading of environmental commodities and has secured one of the largest supplies of recovered ferrous metal in North America, as well as access to 2% of the global recycled aluminium and copper markets. Recycled aluminium is one of the non-ferrous metals with the lowest carbon content as it stays in the material loop forever, negating the percentage of CO2 emissions with each cycle. To ensure the authenticity of all secondary metals transacted, the company applies a certification of origination (COO), which details the materials' proof of provenance and origin. Orbex develops authentication standards and processes...
Reusable aluminium cups from War on Single-Use Plastic (WOSUP) will be tested at the Wallabies vs Argentina rugby union test match at Sydney's CommBank Stadium on July 15th. Instead of single-use plastic, 20,000 WOSUP cups will be used during the match, eliminating approximately 220kg of plastic waste and offsetting 60,000kg CO₂-e, which is equivalent to planting 95 trees through WOSUP's partnership with Greenfleet, Australia's first carbon offset provider. The aluminium cup initiator has a tree planting collaboration with Greenfleet, which offers a net carbon reduction of 3kg CO₂-e peruse. This trial is the first step in testing the feasibility of using and returning WOSUP's reusable aluminium cups by rugby fans. WOSUP aims to establish a long-term, sustainable partnership with Rugby...
Aluminium is a metal for limitless creativity in the hands of the architect, allowing them to design structures not possible with wood, plastic, or steel. Strong impetus for the reduction of carbon footprint throughout the world has also made aluminium a popular building and construction metal. Aluminium’s usage in the building and construction industry is expected to reach 21.8 million tonnes by 2023. In several regions worldwide, the building and construction industry advanced in 2022 with varying degrees of growth. In 2022, the worldwide usage of aluminium in building and construction was 21.6 million tonnes, a 1.2 per cent rise over the previous year. Aluminium use in the building and construction industry is expected to reach 21.8 million tonnes by 2023. Globally, the building &...
Emirates Global Aluminium, a leading industrial company in the UAE besides oil and gas, has signed a memorandum of understanding with BP. The purpose is to explore potential projects and opportunities that could decrease the carbon intensity of EGA's calcined petroleum coke supply. This non-binding and non-exclusive agreement was exchanged in Abu Dhabi between Abdulnasser Bin Kalban, EGA's CEO, and William Lin, bp's Executive Vice President of Regions, Corporates & Solutions. Calcined petroleum coke is turned into carbon anodes that are used in reduction cells during the aluminium smelting process. EGA uses approximately one million tonnes of calcined petroleum coke per year. EGA imports most of it, while up to 40% comes from ADNOC. BP has been supplying EGA with calcined petroleum coke...
Pre-book your calendar for the Aluminium GDC Tech (Great Die Casting) mega event and the Forging Technology Forum mega event at the Chennai Trade Centre from December 1 to December 3, 2023. The event is a great place to gain in-depth knowledge about aluminium die casting and forging technology, growth and development related to the industry and other important details. The event will focus on theme-based conferences and panel discussions guided by industry stalwarts and leaders discussing new technologies and emerging problems in separate conference halls for forging and casting. The event will also encourage college and technical institute students and researchers to engage in the following: Special STUDENT DAY for engineering colleges Project Competition for Postgraduate and PhD...
LME aluminium opened at US$2,288 per tonne on Monday, with its low and high at US$2,249.5 per tonne and US$2,289.5 per tonne respectively before closing at US$2,263.5 per tonne, a drop of US$20.5 per tonne or 0.9 per cent. On May 22, Monday, the LME aluminium cash bid price closed at US$2,261 per tonne, with a fall of US$37 per tonne or 1.61 per cent and the LME aluminium official settlement price halted at US$2,262 per tonne, decreasing by US$38 per tonne or 1.65 per cent. The 3-month bid price stopped at US$2,260 per tonne, with a slump of US$35 per tonne or 1.52 per cent and the 3-month offer price declined by the same number, anchoring at US$2,262 per tonne. December 24 bid price and December 24 offer price both have shed US$30 per tonne or 1.22 per cent, officially closing at...
On Tuesday, May 23, China's average alumina spot price has dipped by RMB 8 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,867 per tonne. The price in Shandong has fallen by RMB 10 per tonne to close at RMB 2,875 per tonne. As per the SMM data, the prices in Henan and Shanxi have dipped by RMB 10 per tonne to come in at RMB 2,935 per tonne and RMB 2,865 per tonne. The A00 aluminium ingot price has also dropped by RMB 10 per tonne to score at RMB 18,360 per tonne, with the average prices between RMB 18,340 per tonne and RMB 18,380 per tonne. The spot contract price is expected to be traded at a premium price of RMB 130 to RMB 170 per tonne. On the same day, the prices in Linyi and Tianjin have slumped by RMB 60 per tonne and RMB 50 per tonne to clock at RMB 18,360 per tonne and RMB 18,340 per tonne. In...
The Hurunui District Council has collected record-breaking 24 sacks of aluminium wine bottle lids to help patients suffering from kidney failure and their families in Canterbury during the 2022-2023 year. The council partners with the Amberley Lions Club, which sells these aluminium lids for recycling and donates the proceeds to the Christchurch Kidney Society. This initiative has received support from various organizations and aims to give back to the Canterbury communities. Sally Cracknell, the path shower to the Council's Waste Minimisation Team, claimed that the collection has heightened from the 2021-2022 phase, accumulating a sum of 13 sacks full of aluminium lids. "It's only beaten by the 2019-2020 year, which had included unused lids from the district's wineries, inflating the...
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the world's largest aluminium smelter ex-China, has entered into an operation and maintenance agreement with Bahrain's Electricity and Water Authority (EWA). As part of this agreement, both entities can exchange energy annually and seasonally to increase power efficiency by strategically scheduling the timing between exports and imports within their electric systems. According to EWA President Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed, this agreement falls under the Kingdom's energy programs aimed at improving the quality of energy production and investing in the best possible methods. The energy exchange process follows rigorous technical procedures to ensure that all connected lines operate efficiently and adhere to operational standards that maximise the benefits of energy...
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has stepped forward towards increasing its sustainability initiative by joining forces with Re:Water, making it the official water supplier of both Lords and the club. As part of the agreement, innovative licencing options will be sought to make Lord's and MCC branded aluminium water bottles, adding an exciting and sustainable item to the larger offering to fans visiting the Home of Cricket. Re:Water will be available for purchase across the arena ahead of a spectacular summer of cricket at Lord's, including men's and women's Ashes, matches. It is the world's first spring water in a bottle of recycled aluminium. "At MCC, we are taking sustainability seriously, and we believe this new and exciting partnership with Re:Water signals our intent. WE BELIEVE THAT...
During the second half of April 2023, the Govt. of India gave the go-ahead to the National Quantum Mission (NQM) with a grant of INR 6,000 CR (around USD $725 million) to build quantum computers and apply quantum computing in various fields of research. Quantum Computing operates in qubits, i.e. they can process ones and zeroes simultaneously. Standard computers operate in bits (ones and zeroes only). As quantum computers can read the patterns or streams of ones and zeroes, they are 100 million times faster than even the most powerful supercomputer in the world. For example, Google’s sycamore computing system with 54 qubits processing capacity can carry out some calculations in 20 seconds which even the fastest supercomputer in the world will take 10,000 years to process. Many other...
