Amazon's Kindle made of aluminium introduces recycled aluminium into its entry-level e-reader range, highlighting the metal's growing application in consumer electronics. The aluminium-backed model combines a rigid metallic construction with a matte finish, built-in magnets for folio covers and a design that allows users to replace the battery. Compared with the standard plastic Kindle (2026), the aluminium version also offers additional storage and an ad-free lock screen. The Kindle made of aluminium features a rigid, matte-finished metal chassis that provides a premium appearance while eliminating body flex and naturally resisting oily fingerprint marks. Its construction incorporates built-in magnets on the back for attaching snap-on folio covers, while accessible external Torx screws...
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has been named a strategic partner of Dubai Future Week 2026, highlighting the aluminium producer's focus on industrial innovation, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing as the UAE looks to strengthen its future industrial capabilities. Organised by the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), Dubai Future Week will take place from November 18 to 21, 2026, at Emirates Towers and the Museum of the Future under the theme 'For the Human of the Future'. The event is expected to attract more than 10,000 participants, including business leaders, policymakers, investors, entrepreneurs, innovators and technology experts from around the world. EGA's participation will bring attention to its ongoing industrial transformation, which includes developing proprietary...
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The EU Commission’s draft proposal which is now available to a global media agency reveals that the European Union will introduce so-called carbon import tariffs on aluminium among other commodities as a part of the initiative fight against climate change. This is purposeful in regards to safeguard European companies from CO2 -intensive cheap imports. The full effect of the taxes could initiate from 2026. Since the community has set itself more aggressive climate targets that make production more expensive, imports from countries without such conditions are to be subject to CO₂ border tariffs. The exporters from these countries would then have to buy CO₂ certificates, for example, that corresponds to the number of greenhouse gases emitted for their product. Their price should be based on...
Century Aluminum will expand production capacity at Mt. Holly aluminium smelter. The expansion is likely to be completed by the end of 2021. The company also announced an investment of more than $60 million to create 100 new jobs in Berkeley County at its Mt. Holly plant. The smelter casts molten aluminum into standard-grade ingot, HDC ingot, extrusion billet and other value-added primary aluminium products. The plant is registered completely to the ISO 9001 Quality System Standard. “At the Century Aluminum Mt. Holly smelter, the aluminum we produce every day is a key input for many sectors of the economy, including automotive, electrical, construction and aerospace industries as well as our military. Thanks to the leadership of Governor McMaster, Secretary Hitt and their teams, Century...
Toothbrush made of aluminium is now available in the market, thanks to Colgate. Called the Link Replaceable Head Toothbrush, Colgate has rolled out a toothbrush with aluminium handle in a bid to convince consumers to cut down the use of plastic. The product claims to use 80 per cent less plastic than a regular brush, attempting at providing an easy-breezy solution for consumers looking for simple ways to reduce plastic waste. Also, it claims to be used for a lifetime. Each set comes with two replaceable brush heads and one aluminium handle. They are available in two colours – silver and navy. The outer packaging of the product also contains 60 per cent recycled content. Two-pack refill kits of the brush heads are available in two bristle variants - deep clean and whitening....
European aluminium and aluminium alloy producers have been seeing a strong demand from carmakers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) until now in 2021. But some market participants fear a dip in demand as auto sales continue to run below pre-pandemic levels. They also forecast a significant fall in aluminium premiums later this year. When markets started reviving after the COVID-19 related lockdown restrictions in the latter part of 2020, automotive companies were among the main drivers for aluminium and aluminium alloys demand and remained so in 2021. Aluminium premiums and prices also rose consistently. LME aluminium benchmark prices traded at above US$2,400 per tonne through the early part of June so far, having ended 2020 at below US$2,000 per tonne. To sustain this high price...
Hindalco Industries Limited has slashed its aluminium products price by INR 4,000 per tonne. With effect from Friday, 04 June 2021, aluminium billets price has reduced by 1.87% to stand at INR 210,100 per tonne from INR 214,100 per tonne on June 02. The wire rods and aluminium ingots prices stand at INR 214,100 per tonne and INR 203,000 per tonne on Friday, 04 June 2021.That was down INR 4,000 per tonne each from INR 218,100 per tonne and INR 207,000 per tonne. The Indian aluminium producers generally link prices of its products to the three-month futures of aluminium on London Metal Exchange. The aluminium price on stood at US$ 2386.5 per tonne on Thursday, June 3, down from US$ 2442 per tonne on June 2. Aluminium operations of the company, excluding those of its US arm Novelis Inc,...
South Korea remains the fourth largest economy in Asia and its growth is driven by exports of chips and electronics and a rise in investments. The governor of the Bank of Korea, Lee Ju-yeol said earlier in April that ‘mid-3%’ growth was very possible this year, up from a previous forecast for 3% growth in 2021. The East Asian nation’s import of aluminium wires during 2019-20 was recorded at 20,783 tonnes and the expenditure accounted for the import was $79.85 million. In 2019, South Korea’s import of aluminium wires was registered at 10,503 tonnes and the expenditure occurred was $33.23 million, whereas, in 2020, the import manifested a marginal decline by 2.12%, as the import volume dropped to 10,280 tonnes, while the expenditure grew to $46.62 million. South Korea’s import of aluminium...
Vedanta has cut its aluminium products price by more than 2%. With effect from Friday, 4 June 2021, the prices of some aluminium ingots have declined by INR 5,000 per tonne to stand at INR 201,750-214,750 per tonne as against INR 206,750-219,750- per tonne on June 2. The company’s billets price stands at INR 209,750 per tonne on Friday, 4 June 2021, indicating a drop of INR 5,000 per tonne or 2.33%. Billets price was INR 214,750 per tonne on June 2. The Indian aluminium producers generally link prices of its products to the three-month futures of aluminium on London Metal Exchange. The aluminium price on stood at US$ 2386.5 per tonne on Thursday, June 3, down from US$ 2442 per tonne on June 2. Vedanta’s aluminium business typically accounts for one-third of the company’s consolidated...
Constellium, the City of Issoire, and Dalkia have signed an agreement to launch the Energ'Iss heating network project. Bertrand Barraud, Mayor of Issoire, Stéphane Corre, Director of the Constellium plant in Issoire, and Jérôme Aguesse, Regional Director of Dalkia, were present during the signing ceremony. Constellium installed a system to collect residual heat at the exit of its furnaces. T Dalkia is will install a heat exchanger to provide heat and hot water to some 40 buildings and homes in the city of Issoire. "The City of Issoire is committed to the energy transition thanks to this technologically innovative and environmentally friendly partnership. This project strengthens the close ties between our city and its economic fabric and contributes to the influence of the entire region....
The metal aluminium stands as a crucial role player for all the major sectors that will shoulder the Indian economy to reach the goal of $5 trillion. The mammoth mineral resources and their exploitation have always remained as the backbone of the Indian metal sector including downstream production. In addition, to fulfil the surge in demand for these commodities, the mineral sector remarkably stands as a vital contributor to the national economy and also delivers job to more than five crore people attached to direct and indirect employment status. However, if strategically nurtured, the contribution of the mineral sector to the nation’s GDP can be boosted from the current 1.75% to 6%-8%, while the government has envisioned 2.5%. The Govt. of India’s $5 trillion aspiring growth plan...
In March 2021, the United States aluminium scrap imports from Mexico stood at 19,300 tonnes, indicating a month-on-month hike of 5,800 tonnes or 42.96 per cent, found the US Geological Survey. In February, the United States imported 13,500 tonnes of aluminium scrap from Mexico compared to 14,500 tonnes in January 2021. On a year-on-year calculation, the United States aluminium scrap imports from Mexico in March 2021 stood up by 15,630 tonnes from 3,670 tonnes. Total aluminium scrap imports by the US from Mexico in Q1 2021 came in at 47,300 tonnes in comparison with 7,730 tonnes a year ago. The United States total aluminium imports (including aluminium crude metals and alloys and aluminium plates, sheets and strips) from Mexico stood at 26,000 tonnes in March, up by 7,600 tonnes or 41.30...
SMM aluminium ingot price plunged by RMB 410 per tonne on Friday, 4 June 2021. The price stood at RMB 18260 per tonne, from RMB 18670 per tonne on June 3. The price is expected to move within a range of RMB 18240-18280 per tonne today. In Foshan and Wuxi, the price dropped by RMB 370 per tonne and RMB 395 per tonne to stand at RMB 18500 per tonne and RMB 18265 per tonne on Friday. Aluminium prices in Hangzhou and Chongqing stood at RMB 18260 per tonne and 18310 per tonne, down RMB 430 per tonne and RMB 400 per tonne. Aluminium ingot prices in Shenyang, Tianjin, Linyi, and Gongyi decreased to stand at RMB 18280 per tonne, RMB 18300 per tonne, RMB 18300 per tonne, and RMB 18280 per tonne on Friday, 4 June 2021. The aluminium alloy (ADC12) price decreased by RMB 200 per tonne to RMB 18700...
State-backed research house Antaike said on Thursday, June 3, that primary aluminium production in China is expected to increase until 2024, after which secondary or recycled metal will claim a bigger share of consumption. China is by far the world’s biggest aluminium producer. In 2020, the country churned out a record 37.08 million tonnes of the metal. But the government is now determined to cap annual smelting capacity at 45 million tonnes considering carbon emission issues. Hence, producers are looking to recycle more scrap metal instead. After years of rapid growth, China’s aluminium consumption has “entered the stage of slowing down” and is also expected to peak around 2024, said Antaike chief aluminium expert Xiong Hui. He explained, "There will be the growth in secondary aluminium...
Three-month LME aluminium lost 1.23 per cent to settle at US$ 2,405 per tonne in the overnight trading, and is expected to trade between US$ 2,380-2,460 per tonne today. The strong US employment data and the concerns of currency policies boosted the US dollar and weighed on non-ferrous metals. Both LME aluminium cash (bid) price and LME official settlement price extended downfall sharply by US$ 55.50 per tonne or 2.27 per cent to close at US$ 2,386.50 per tonne on Thursday, June 3. SHFE Aluminium Price Trend Benchmark aluminium price for SHFE also continued to decline marking the fourth day in a row. As of Friday, June 4, SHFE aluminium price is standing at US$ 2,854 per tonne, down by US$ 60 per tonne or 2.06 per cent from the previous day. The most-liquid SHFE 2107 aluminium contract...
The provider of software and IIoT services to industrial companies, GE Digital has announced the accessibility of its latest Process Analytics solution, the Digital Smelter. GE Digital said: “The software creates a Digital Twin of the aluminium smelting process to deliver insights and prescriptive guidance to safely maximise production, reduce raw material costs, and optimise energy consumption.” The technology boosts the digital transformation strategy of aluminium smelters in the Middle East region, which holds 8% of aluminium production globally. The new Digital Smelter can encourage the region’s aluminium industry to secure higher levels of productivity as well as preventive insights to enhance the uptime of the plants. The solution also strengthens GE Digital’s position in the metals...
As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, social inventories of primary aluminium across eight consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, continued to decline this week. The stocks dropped by 8,000 tonnes from the week before to 954,000 tonnes as of Thursday, 03 June 2021. The chart below shows the status of the primary aluminium inventories across China in more details: Primary aluminium stocks in Wuxi, Shanghai and Gongyi contributed to the decrease, standing at 382,000 tonnes, 90,000 tonnes and 68,000 tonnes on Thursday, 03 June 2021, down 4,000 tonnes, 4,000 tonnes and 7,000 tonnes from last Thursday. Tianjin and Chongqing stocks remained unchanged at 60,000 tonnes and 5,000 tonnes. Inventories of primary aluminium in Nanhai and Hangzhou rose 7,000 tonnes and 1,000 tonnes from...
Aluminium billet inventories in China have inched up by 1,100 tonnes or 1.2 per cent week-on-week across the five major consumption areas, following the three consecutive weeks of decline. The inventories are thus standing at 89,400 tonnes as of June 3, according to the Shanghai Metals Market. The slight rise in aluminium billet inventories could be attributed to the weaker performance of aluminium prices this week that led to the unwillingness of downstream sector for receiving goods. At the same time, the demand for purchasing raw materials declined due to the pandemic and power curtailment in South China. The chart below indicates the current status of aluminium inventories across China in more details: In Foshan and Wuxi, aluminium billet inventories today have decreased by 1,600...
The Ministry of Finance, Latvia has revealed in their latest financial positions the measures the country will initiate to recover from the damage wreaked by Covid-19 during coming years. The forecast is based on the Covid-19 vaccination plan, which foresees that 70% of the Latvian population will have been vaccinated by the end of this summer; therefore a rebound of the disease in autumn 2021 is not expected, or if vaccination targets fail to be met, there would be an obvious downside risk to forecasts. The Ministry has developed macroeconomic indicator forecasts for the period up to 2024. According to the updated forecasts, Latvia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth will reach 3.0% in 2021, accelerating to 4.5% growth in 2022. The nation located in the Baltic Baltic region of Northern...
Bahrain exported 9,770 tonnes of crude metals and alloys to the US in March 2021, from 8,800 tonnes exported in February 2021, reflecting a growth of 11.02% month-on-month, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from US Geological Survey. On a yearly basis, exports jumped from 299 tonnes in March 2020. Bahrain exported 30,700 tonnes of crude metals and alloys in the first three months of 2021. Total exports were 323 tonnes in the first three months of 2020. Exports of aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.), crude metal and alloys and scrap to the US stood at 14,400 tonnes in March 2021, from 10,660 tonnes in February 2021. Exports climbed by 35.85% month-on-month. Total exports in the first three months of 2021 came in at 37,200 tonnes.
