Jaguar has unveiled the Type 01, the first model built on its new Jaguar Electric Architecture (JEA), and it is not exactly arriving quietly. With 73% aluminum, a 118kWh battery, three electric motors and a rather serious 1,015 horsepower (hp), the new electric grand tourer is Jaguar’s answer to a simple question: what happens when a century-old luxury carmaker decides to start over? The answer, apparently, is a very large piece of aluminum with no rear window. From a gloomy reset to a 1,015-hp comeback The Type 01 is the product of a long and fairly dramatic reset at Jaguar. After years of declining sales, the company ended production of the XE, XF and F-Type in 2024 as it moved towards an all-electric future. By the end of 2025, Jaguar had stopped producing vehicles altogether. To know...
Ma’aden’s aluminium business delivered strong revenue growth in Q2 2026 as higher realised prices lifted the segment, although weaker phosphate and ammonia guidance creates a mixed operating backdrop. Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) saw aluminium revenue rise 49 per cent year on year to USD 1.01 billion in Q2 2026, with realised aluminium prices increasing 51 per cent to USD 3,915 per tonne. Read more about Maaden aluminium revenue jump in Q2 2026 The stronger aluminium performance provides the clearest quantified growth signal in Ma’aden’s latest operating picture. However, revised production guidance for phosphate and ammonia adds a counterweight as investors assess the company’s broader portfolio. Higher aluminium prices drive revenue growth The aluminium division produced...
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LME aluminium opened at US$2,418 per tonne on Tuesday, with its high and low at US$2,485 per tonne and US$2,407 per tonne, respectively, before closing at US$2,454 per tonne, an increase of US$43.5 per tonne or 1.8 per cent. On Tuesday, December 13, both LME aluminium cash bid price and LME aluminium official settlement price climbed down by US$2.5 per tonne or 0.10 per cent and US$2 per tonne or 0.08 per cent to halt at US$2,387 per tonne and US$2,388 per tonne. 3-month bid price and 3-month offer price inched down by US$1 per tonne or 0.04 per cent and US$2 per tonne or 0.08 per cent. December 23 bid price and December 23 offer price slipped by US$3 per tonne to halt at US$2,503 per tonne and US$2,508 per tonne. LME aluminium opening stock came in at 496425 tonnes. Live warrants and...
The United States aluminium scrap imports in September 2022 stood at 50,200 tonnes, down by 9.39 per cent or 5,200 tonnes month-on-month from 55,400 tonnes, and 14.04 per cent or 8,200 tonnes less than 58,400 tonnes a year ago, found the US Census Bureau data. In the third quarter of 2022, the import volume totalled 163,700 tonnes, reflecting a decline of 8.65 per cent quarter-on-quarter from 179,200 tonnes. It is to be noted here the United States’ aluminium scrap imports declined gradually through each month of Q3. Prior to September, the import volume decreased in August by 4.65 per cent to 55,400 tonnes, while that in July dropped by 5.22 per cent from 61,300 tonnes to 58,100 tonnes. From January to September 2022, the United States imported 494,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap in total,...
Headquartered in Australia, a clean tech company, Graphene Manufacturing Group Ltd. (GMG), has announced a supplementary investment of AU$ 600,000 in capital expenditure for extensive developments of its Battery Development Centre (BDC). The company intends to use the CAPEX for future discoveries, prototyping and production in the BDC. This expenditure is vital for GMG as it amplifies BDC's semi-automatic pouch cell prototype manufacturing process for consumer verification and the precise constitution of Graphene Aluminium Ion (G+AI) Battery cells. The Brisbane-based company also has expanded its functional ability by appointing new experienced staff in pouch cell production, in turn causing significant progress in its battery performance optimisation initiative. GMG is optimistic that...
The George and Judy Marcus Hall (Marcus Hall) for the Liberal and Creative Arts, by Mark Cavagnero Associates, is a fusion of glass, concrete, and steel. The 75,000-square-foot academic building combined a substantial concrete foundation with a rectangular volume of thin, recycled aluminium sheets. Cavagnero chose aluminium insulated panels and a horizontal aluminium sunshade for the project due to their noncorrosive properties despite considering San Francisco's generally mild weather and temperature conditions. The site's proximity to the Pacific Ocean, the resulting marine airflow, and the city's famous fog were also considered. While the building envelope's energy efficiency was prioritised in the choice of construction materials and systems, the structure's aesthetic appeal was also...
Vedanta Industries Limited has curtailed its aluminium products and aluminium ingot prices by 2.2 per cent or INR 5,500 per tonne, with effect from December 13, bringing the aluminium wire rod price to INR 235,750- 243,250 per tonne. Prior to this, the last revision of price was on December 6 when Vedanta’s aluminium wire rod price came in at INR 241,250-248,750 per tonne versus INR 236,750-244,250 per tonne on December 3. The latest price cut has brought the company’s aluminium billet price to INR 237,250 per tonne per tonne, compared to INR 242,750 per tonne last week. Vedanta’s aluminium ingot price currently stands at INR 228,250- 259,250 per tonne, also down by INR 5,500 per tonne from INR 233,750- 264,750 per tonne a week ago. Vedanta has reduced its aluminium prices on December 13...
The integrated technology group Rheinmetall has bagged a new order in the highly competitive emissions reduction market, further solidifying its market lead. In the course of its lifetime, a well-known automaker will spend approximately EUR300 million on exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) modules supplied by Group subsidiary Pierburg. The order includes both low-pressure and high-pressure EGR modules. These are water-cooled poppet valves in the low-pressure loop. EGR modules with two poppet valves were ordered for the high-pressure loop. The systems are made of aluminium and include a bypass with a fully integrated water-cooling circuit. However, production will begin in August 2026. A portion of the actuators will be manufactured at the Pierburg plant in Abadiano, Spain, with the electric...
Hindalco Industries Limited has slashed its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices, with effect from Tuesday, December 13, following a hike a weak ago. According to the latest price chart revealed by the company, aluminium ingot price has experienced a cut of INR 5,500 per tonne or 2.36 per cent to stand at INR 227,250 per tonne as of December 13 versus INR 232,750 per tonne on December 6. Hindalco’s aluminium wire rod price has also seen a decline of INR 5,500 per tonne, with effect from December 13, to peg at INR 238,350 per tonne, compared to INR 243,850 per on December 6. Aluminium billets price is no exception but also undergone a fall by the same amount to come in at INR 241,350 per tonne. On December 6, the price stood at INR 246,850 per tonne after been raised by INR 4,500...
European solutions provider for carton packaging and filling machines, SIG Combibloc Group Ltd (SIG), has allotted US$1.9 million in funding to enhance the available technology to acquire a better value-added method of recycled aseptic cartons in Brazil. To promote recycling, polymers and aluminium from used aseptic carton packs will be extracted utilising the newly developed technology. The retrieved aluminium and polymer will then be sold in the commercial market for respective sectors that bid for raw materials, industrialising the entire loop. A subsidiary of Onex Corp, SIG seems quite certain that this is the company's ever initiative in the Brazilian sector. The polyethene and aluminium concoction (PolyAl or polyaluminium) is derived from end-of-life aseptic carton packs. The...
Wight Aluminium, one of New Zealand's largest aluminium fabricators, commemorated the creation of its first batch of aluminium window frames, which occurred 50 years ago. The Whanganui-based aluminium fabricator attributed its journey to a strong base of employees and knowledge. "It grew from doing [...] residential and smaller scale buildings to now, the wide range of the work we do, including some pretty big stuff. For us, celebrating 50 years in business is in large part a celebration of our team, past and present - all those who have been with us along the way," said Wight, the managing director of the company. The business was founded in 1965 as a construction firm by Gavin Wight's grandfather, and in 1972, its factory at Tower Crescent on Durie Hill produced its first batch of...
On November 24, 2022, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued a ruling that mandates the Jamaican government take action to address the effects of bauxite mining on the health of people of particular St Ann villages. The Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) applauds this decision. The non-profit, non-governmental membership organization based in the Kingston and St. Andrew area, the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET), was established in 1991 by a group of citizens concerned about the state of Jamaica's natural environment. Among other things, the human rights non-profit organization Freedom Imaginaries alleged that exposure to bauxite dust had severe and detrimental consequences on the overall health, documented medical conditions, and illnesses of the people in their appeal...
China’s bauxite imports in October 2022 amounted to 8.98 million tonnes, reflecting a month-on-month rise of 9.27 per cent but a year-on-year downfall of 5.87 per cent, found the General Administration of Customs. Guinea, being the top exporter, provided 4.41 million tonnes, up both M-o-M and Y-o-Y by 6.38 per cent and 1.84 per cent, respectively. From Australia, China imported 3.31 million tonnes of bauxite in October – 22.3 per cent more than the previous month and 15.25 per cent higher than a year ago. Import from Indonesia also edged a 20.88 per cent hike on a M-o-M basis to stand at 1.06 million tonnes but registered a plunge of 51.45 per cent on the year. Montenegro, Jamaica, Ghana, Malaysia and India emerged as the new bauxite suppliers to China in October’22. China’s bauxite...
LME aluminium opened at US$2,468 per tonne on Monday, with its high and low at US$2,468 per tonne and US$2,402 per tonne respectively before closing at US$2,411 per tonne, a drop of US$59 per tonne or 2.39 per cent. On December 12, Monday, LME aluminium cash bid price and the LME aluminium official settlement price both downsized by US$63.50 per tonne or 2.59 per cent, beginning the week at US$2,389.50 per tonne and US$2,390 per tonne, respectively. The 3-month bid price saw a decline of US$59.50 per tonne or 2.39 per cent, settling at US$2,428 per tonne, while the 3-month offer price had a price slump of US$58 per tonne or 2.33 per cent, resting at US$2,430 per tonne. December 23 bid price and December 23 offer price both plunged US$53 per tonne or 2.07 per cent, stopping at US$2,500 per...
On Tuesday, December 13, the average alumina spot price in China went up by RMB 15 per tonne to halt at RMB 2,897 per tonne. The price in Shandong and Bayuquan has climbed up by RMB 35 per tonne and RMB 30 per tonne to settle at RMB 2,850 per tonne and RMB 2,930 per tonne. On the same day in Guangxi, the alumina price recorded a growth of RMB 15 per tonne to peg at RMB 2,815 per tonne. As per the data, prices in Henan and Shanxi moved up by RMB 10 per tonne to clock at RMB 2,960 per tonne and RMB 2,940 per tonne. In Guizhou, the price grew by RMB 5 per tonne to halt at RMB 2,810 per tonne. Only in Lianyungang, the price remained restrained at RMB 2,875 per tonne. On the other hand, China’s A00 aluminium ingot decreased by RMB 40 per tonne to settle at RMB 18,920 per tonne, with the...
The globally recognized windows and doors brand, Tostem, celebrates its 100th anniversary by launching the latest innovation, which is also a first in the aluminium door and window manufacturing industry. The latest anodizing colour, "Dusk Gray", marks the start of a new era for Tostem, which is continuing after a century. On December 11, 2022, Masakatsu Kudo, the leader of PT LIXIL Aluminum Indonesia, oversees Tostem Indonesia, "When the sun amplifies the view, the sunset unites the home with nature. Inspired by the nuances of twilight in Japan, Dusk Gray is an exclusive colour to create uniqueness in residential spaces." Tostem is part of LIXIL Corporation's manufacturing bases in Japan and Asia, with an aluminium production capacity of around 220,000 tonnes per year. Tostem products...
American leader of aluminium packaging supplies, Ball Corporation EMEA, has decreased carbon emissions by 82 per cent in its integrated supply chain following collaboration with the international supply chain specialists Woodland Group. The data provided informing the public about lower carbon emissions rate belongs from the phase March 2021 to September 2022. Woodland Group successfully introduced the latest rail route specially laid for Ball, adhering to the transport chain at its Doncaster unit. This entire upgradation resulted in 4.3 times lower carbon emissions across 1,442 FEUs (forty-foot equivalent containers) which is equal to 886 tonnes of less carbon emitted than the usual transportation carried out by the road. This programme also resulted in freight trucks operating more...
The 24th edition of the Arab International Aluminum Conference (Arabal) hosted by Egyptalum from November 29 to December 1, 2022, was a massive success at the Nile Ritz Carlton in Cairo, Egypt. With around 22 exhibitors, the event was attended by top companies like Sohar Aluminium, EGA, Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), Mozal Aluminium, etc. The theme of this year's event was "Enabling a more sustainable future," and it included insights from top industry stalwarts from every segment of the aluminium supply chain, including smelters, producers, technology providers, financiers, and end users. Arabal is the region's premier aluminium event and offers a prime setting for networking and exchanging answers to the world's problems. The event was attended by top industry experts like Abdulnasser Bin...
According to a recent report, Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) has certified Novelis do Brasil LTDA against Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard V1 (2017) Certification for rolling operations at Pindamonhangaba, for fourteen aluminium cans collection centres throughout Brazil and one distribution centre. The rolling plant at Pindamonhangaba is one of the world’s largest integrated sites that recycles aluminium beverage cans and produces aluminium-rolled products. Its annual production volume is about 694,000 tonnes of aluminium sheet, primarily destined for beverage packaging. Earlier in October 2021, the same plant received Performance Standard Certification from ASI, while the fourteen aluminium recycling collection centres and one distribution centre were added to that certification...
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On December 12, 2022, under the directives of Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)’s Chief Executive Officer Ali Al Baqali, the company rolled out a mini plant-wide Safety & E.S.G. Campaign, ‘Back to Core Basics’. The campaign was commenced with a welcoming note by Alba’s CEO, followed by an interactive Executive Panel Discussion featuring Alba’s Chief Marketing Officer, Khalid A. Latif and Chief Operations Officer, Dr Abdulla Habib, as well as senior officials from Major Contracting Companies -- MD of SMS WLL John Witter and MD of SKD Group S. Hassan Al Durazi. The panel discussion was moderated by Mohamed Khalil Saeed, Alba's Director of Safety, Health, and Environment, and explored ways to improve Alba's and Contractors' Safety missions. While speaking at the launch event of this...
