London-based Primetals Technologies has won a new order from the Chinese aluminium flat-rolled products (FRPs) and processing items manufacturer Jiangsu Dingsheng New Materials, to supply 23 equipment packages for its aluminium foil mill expansion projects in China. Signed in August 2026, the contract covers Air Bearing ShapeMeters (ABSM), ISV-Electric and ISV-Electric Compact spray bars, and VPT3 position transducers for several locations. The technologies are designed to strengthen strip shape control and process performance, reinforcing Dingsheng’s efforts to expand aluminium foil capacity while maintaining consistent product quality and efficient mill operation. Explore: The most comprehensive and forward-looking industry-focused report – Aluminum Foil Market Report Forecast Till 2035...
With only 10 per cent of globally traded alumina changing hands on the spot market, Hindalco is moving its tenders online in an effort to strengthen the evidence behind benchmark prices. For a commodity market where a relatively small number of transactions can influence prices across a much larger pool of long-term contracts, the quality of the underlying data matters. That is the challenge facing alumina, and Hindalco is now testing whether digital trading infrastructure can help address it. Hindalco is expected to conduct its first digital tender for metallurgical-grade alumina on Metalshub before the end of 2026. The physical cargo sold through the tender may be only part of the significance of the transaction. The more important outcome could be the structured market data generated...
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In August 2022, world alumina production stood at 11.943 million tonnes, reflecting a dip of 1.12 per cent month-on-month, found the International Aluminium Institute. However, the output in July recorded a monthly rise of 2.70 per cent to come in at 12.078 million tonnes. On a year-on-year basis, world alumina output in August’22 improved by 2.33 per cent from 11.671 million tonnes. From January to August, world alumina production totalled 92.463 million tonnes – 0.56 per cent less than 92.985 million tonnes a year ago. The daily average world alumina production in August 2022 was 385,300 tonnes, down by 1.1 per cent from 389,600 tonnes in July but up by 2.34 per cent from 376,500 tonnes in August 2021. In China, alumina output in August recorded a monthly restraint at 6.95 million...
On Friday, September 30, LME aluminium cash bid price and LME aluminium official settlement price plunged by US$81 per tonne, following an outstanding surge on the previous day. While LME aluminium cash bid price came in at US$2,179.50 per tonne, LME aluminium official settlement price stood at US$2,180 per tonne. 3-month bid price and 3-month offer price totalled US$2,195 per tonne and US$2,197 per tonne, down by US$178 per tonne and US$181 per tonne, respectively. December 23 bid price and December 23 offer price lost 3.37 per cent and 3.36 per cent to rest at US$2,293 per tonne and US$2,298 per tonne. LME aluminium opening stock declined 1,925 tonnes to stand at 332175 tonnes. Live warrants and Cancelled warrants for the same day were recorded at 261300 tonnes and 70875 tonnes. LME...
The end-user sector is where all the upstream components meet to form various utility products to be sold in the retail market. The Managing Director of the Gujarat-India headquartered Goldi Solar, Ishver Dholakiya, on September 26, announced an investment plan worth US$600 million by 2025 in order to accelerate its module producing capacity to 6 gigawatts. UK-based Sainsbury's, the supermarket chain, has replaced plastic with aluminium in making their patent coffee pods. Velux, an aluminium extrusion specialist, has joined with Hydro to provide its customer with low-carbon aluminium products. UK-based Sainsbury's is completely shifting to infinitely recyclable aluminium instead of plastic for making their flagship coffee pods. The users only would have to empty the aluminium pods, wash...
Sumanth Sarkar, a mechanical engineer professor and research scientist Xiaochun Zeng developed an entirely new class of alloys named Nemalloy that combines aluminium and iron to produce a high-strength material at least 35 per cent lighter than a conventional aluminium alloy. In August, under the Future of lightweighting category of the 'Altair Enlighten Award 2022' recognized the project's potential impact on the industry. The awards, which cooperate with the Michigan-based Center for Automotive Research (CAR), honour innovations that lighten vehicles to save money, increase efficiency, save fuel, and pave the way for a more sustainable automotive future. This unique creation was the result of an effective partnership between McMaster researchers, industrial partner Nemak, and the...
The global primary aluminium segment witnessed a lot of events. To begin with, on Thursday, September 29, the global aluminium benchmark price saw a dramatic expansion of US$181 per tonne due to the ban on Russian supplies by the London Metal Exchange. As a result of traders' worries about supply shortages following the London Metal Exchange's declaration that it was considering blocking new Russian metals from accessing the market, the price of nickel and aluminium rose dramatically on Thursday. On the other hand, the Norwegian aluminium smelter had to partially cut its aluminium output at Hydro Karmøy and Hydro Husnes due to declining demand for aluminium billets in Europe owing to the unfavourable economic climate in Europe and rising energy expenses. On the other hand, Tomago...
Hindalco Industries’ aluminium products and aluminium ingot prices built up sharply by INR 14,750 per tonne or 7.07 per cent on Friday, September 30. That brought the company’s aluminium wire rod price to INR 223,350 per tonne versus INR 208,600 per tonne on September 28. Hindalco’s aluminium billets price came in at INR 226,350 per tonne as of September 30 compared to INR 211,600 per tonne on September 28. Aluminium ingot price also saw an increase of INR 14,750 per tonne to stand at INR 212,250 per tonne, effective from Friday. Hindalco Industries links its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices to the three-month futures of aluminium on the London Metal Exchange, which skyrocketed by US$181 per tonne on September 29 from US$2,080 per tonne to US$2,261 per tonne. Aluminium...
On 29 th September 2022, the Slovenian aluminium producer Talum, also one of the leading energy-consuming industries in the country, declared that the company had decided to reduce its primary aluminium production w.e.f 1 st October 2022 due to the energy crisis. Europe is facing a massive energy crisis following the Ukraine-Russia geopolitical, and already the aluminium producers in Europe have scaled down their productions, while a few closed down completely. Aluminium production is a high-energy-intensive process, constituting around 40% of the production cost. The Kidričevo located Talum has been producing aluminium for more than 60 years and belongs to the category of top-notch producers. Talum, as the contemporary production company, belongs to a narrow range of the most efficient...
As lightweight and low carbon emissions have become the two prime criteria for manufacturing vehicles, aluminium is hogging maximum limelight as a crucial raw material in the transportation industry for obvious reasons. The silvery-white metal is lightweight and infinitely recyclable, which has made the use of aluminium popular in manufacturing automobiles. To throw more light on the demand and consumption of aluminium in the transportation sector, AlCircle has published a report on “Future of Aluminium in Transportation Sector - an industry analysis with forecasts to 2027.” The report has revealed that aluminium consumption in the global transportation sector stood at around 25.5 million tonnes in 2021, representing 27% of the total global usage of 93.5 million tonnes. It grew 5.8% per...
ASAŞ Alüminyum from Turkey has purchased two new aluminium extrusion lines from SMS Group to manufacture aluminium profile sizes that are yet to be found in Europe. ASAŞ has been dependent on the latter's extrusion technology for a long time now, and these new lines are 150 MN extrusion and a tube array, well accompanied by a 45 MN HybrEx® line. ASAŞ Alüminyum pays extra attention to the quality of products shipped from its factory, along with showing utmost importance to plant efficiency and stress-free operations, all of which require an incredible amount of technological prowess. ASAŞ already have been manufacturing with the help of four extrusion lines from SMS, a single-stand aluminium cold rolling mill and a colour coating line (CCL). But this 150 MN extrusion press can be regarded...
The government of Kentucky finally received $15 million that was invested in an abandoned aluminium plant project, which stood unfinished for five years. On Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced that the money from the previous administration of Gov. Matt Bevin had been returned. The money was earmarked for Unity Aluminum, formerly Braidy Industries, which recently announced intentions to construct a roughly $1.7 billion plant in the greater Ashland region. “This announcement has been a long time coming, and I want to recognize members of this administration and Commonwealth Seed Capital, as well as Unity Aluminum, for coming together to do what is right for the community and Kentucky by returning these funds to the commonwealth. Given the current economic momentum we are experiencing...
As part of a fast-track EPC project in Guinea, TAKRAF will supply two conveyors to Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG). In Phase 2 expansion, this conveyor system package was brought forward, and TAKRAF's award follows the successful execution of an EPC contract for Phase 1 of that project at the end of 2016. Earlier this year, the EPC order was received. One conveyor is expected to be commissioned at the end of the year, followed by the second shortly thereafter. The contract's scope covers replacing two existing conveyors to serve for the upcoming and planned Phase 2 expansion, which aims to increase bauxite production capacity to 5,400 tonnes per hour. TAKRAF supplies both conveyors as complete new installations from the head to the tail end, packed with various other unique...
Hailing from Denmark, VELUX, a global provider of construction variants, has signed an agreement with Hydro to reach a level below 2.0 kg of carbon emitted per kilogram of aluminium by 2030. This partnership will focus on the whole aluminium value chain, particularly on the extruded aluminium components Hydro supplies to Velux. As the manufacturer claims, by the end of 2022, this conglomeration would help Velux recede almost 15,000-20,000 tonnes of carbon from its aluminium profiles, where in the beginning, 94 per cent of its carbon footprint emerged from raw materials used in making the products. The roof window and skylights maker, Velux's Executive Vice President responsible for Products & Innovation, Tina Mayn, illustrated: "With buildings accounting for almost 40 per cent of CO2...
National Aluminium Company has axed its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices, with effect from September 27, following a cut of INR 2,500 per tonne ten days ago. NALCO’s aluminium ingot price has seen a slash of INR 7,300 per tonne to come in at INR 203,450-206,950 per tonne versus INR 210,750-214250 per tonne on September 17. NALCO’s aluminium wire rod price has also been reduced by INR 7,300 per tonne, effective from September 27, to stand at INR 206,950- 211,300 per tonne compared to INR 214,250-218,600 per tonne. Aluminium billets price is no exception but experienced a similar downfall to range between 207,900- 210,550 per tonne as of September 27. NALCO has further reduced its aluminium prices, in line with the sharp fall of the three-month futures of aluminium on the...
LME aluminium opened at US$2,134 per tonne on Thursday and closed at US$2,232 per tonne, an increase of US$97 per tonne or 4.54 per cent. Following the London Metal Exchange's announcement that it was contemplating preventing new Russian metals from entering the market, traders became concerned about supply constraints, which led to a dramatic increase in the price of aluminium and nickel on Thursday. On Thursday, September 29, both LME aluminium cash bid price and LME aluminium official settlement price skyrocketed by US$181.5 per tonne or 8.73 per cent and US$181 per tonne or 8.70 per cent to record at US$2,260.50 per tonne and US$2,261 per tonne. 3-month bid price and 3-month offer price heightened by US$169 per tonne or 8.03 per cent and US$170 per tonne or 8.08 per cent to reside at...
According to the International Aluminium Institute, primary aluminium production in Russia & Eastern Europe stood at 350,000 tonnes of primary aluminium in August 2022, reflecting a monthly and yearly restraint. In the first eight months of the year, primary aluminium production in Russia & Eastern Europe totalled 2.729 million tonnes, down by 1.03 per cent from 2.757 million tonnes during the same period last year. In Western & Central Europe, primary aluminium production during August’22 amounted to 250,000 tonnes, seeing a loss of 1,000 tonnes month-on-month from 251,000 tonnes. The output in July saw an increase of 8,000 tonnes from 243,000 tonnes in May. On a year-on-year calculation, Western & Central Europe’s primary aluminium output in August’22 stood 29,000 tonnes or 10.40 per...
A00 aluminium ingot price has augmented by RMB 200 per tonne to close at RMB 18,340 per tonne, as the Shanghai Metals Market recorded on Friday, September 30. The average prices are expected to range between RMB 18,320 per tonne and RMB 18,360 per tonne, with spot contracts trading at discount prices of RMB 60 per tonne and RMB 20 per tonne. The provinces in China have witnessed increasing prices today, with the A00 aluminium ingot price rising the highest in Gongyi by RMB 240 per tonne to RMB 18,380 per tonne. Most of the other provinces in China marked an RMB 200 per tonne escalation. Like in Foshan and Shenyang the aluminium prices stood at RMB 18,360 per tonne, in Wuxi it rose to RMB 18,330 per tonne, in Hangzhou the aluminium price shifted upwards to RMB 18,370 per tonne and in...
UK-based Sainsbury's is completely shifting to infinitely recyclable aluminium instead of plastic for making their flagship coffee pods. This attempt at sustainability has been followed by an initiative Sainsbury's took the previous year by morphing some of its coffee pod packagings from plastic to aluminium to aid customers in recycling their used coffee pods at home. The users only would have to empty the aluminium pods, wash them and put them in their local kerbside recycling bin. The supermarket chain claims this new aluminium packaging might save 10 million pieces of plastic annually. Overall, 11 SKUs, including Lungo, Espresso and Taste The Difference Signature Light Roast, will all be subjected to the change. Sainsbury's is also going to downsize the use of cardboard by 20 per cent...
The Australian hydrous kaolin producer and exploration company Suvo Strategic Minerals has publicized its plan to secure a 26% stake in low-carbon high purity alumina (HPA) production. Through a private placement, the ASX-listed company will acquire a stake in Australian proprietary company Dingo, which intends to produce HPA from recycled aluminium feedstock. In order to complete the placement, Suvo will acquire 220, 000 shares at A$1 each. Aside from the placement, Dingo will grant Suvo a clear path to acquire up to 76% of the company's issued capital. As soon as the Stage 3 earn-in period ends, Suvo will have an exclusive opportunity to negotiate a share purchase acquisition of Dingo, subject to further regulatory approvals. A concept study is currently being conducted on Dingo's...
