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 south-eastern European nation, Romania, needs ‘A scrap for windows program’ to support more efficient thermal insulation, surpassing the thermal rehabilitation programs of apartment buildings and hence it would attract fresh investments in this segment. Daniel Popa, Country Manager for Reynaers Aluminum, Romania, said: "A scrap for windows program is a need in the market for a window scrap program. We have in Belgium, the Netherlands, France and such subsidized programs in this segment to replace the windows with better ones. In Italy, they exceed 50% of the cost, while such a program will have an impact because CO2 emissions are also reduced. We proposed through the employers and the employers' federation a proposal to have a result of a Scrap for windows program.” Reynaers Aluminum...
South Korea's imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 19,700 tonnes in March 2021, a decrease of 28.36% from 27,500 tonnes in March 2020, as updated by the US Census Bureau. On a monthly basis, imports declined by 12% from 22,400 tonnes in February 2021. In the first quarter of 2021, South Korea imported 65,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap, from 73,500 tonnes imported in the first quarter of 2020. That was down by 8,500 tonnes or 11.56% year-on-year. South Korea's imports of total aluminium (semi-finished products, crude metals and alloy and scrap) from the US were 20,800 tonnes in March 2021. That was down from 29,600 tonnes in March 2020 and 23,500 tonnes in February 2021. In the first three months of 2021, total imports came in at 68,700 tonnes, from 80,300 tonnes imported in in...
Novelis, the world leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, has announced today, May 28, that it will supply sustainable, lightweight aluminium body sheet to Nissan for the all-new Qashqai SUV and create a closed-loop recycling system in Europe. Novelis aluminium body sheet will be used in the hoods and doors of Qashqai to reduce weight and increase fuel efficiency. Through Novelis’ global Customer Solution Center network, engineers have proved to automakers that the use of aluminium doors and hoods is a cost-effective way to reduce weight. By using aluminium, the all-new Nissan Qashqai has achieved 21 kg of the total 60kg of body-in-white weight savings compared to the previous model. This demonstrates the growing trend of using aluminium in smaller vehicle segments and high-volume...
Vedanta has continued to raise its aluminium products price by more than 1%. With effect from Friday, 28 May 2021, the prices of some aluminium ingots have inched up by INR 3,250 per tonne to stand at INR 200,500-213,500 per tonne from INR 197,250-210,250- per tonne on May 26. The company’s billets price stands at INR 208,500 per tonne on Friday, 28 May 2021, an increase of 1.58% or INR 3,250 per tonne from INR 205,250per tonne on May 26. 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$ 2,388 per tonne on Thursday, May 27, an increase from US$ 2,359.5 per tonne on May 26. Vedanta’s aluminium business typically accounts for one-third of the company’s consolidated sales....
The Maltese economy is a highly industrialised, service-based economy. It is classified as an advanced economy by the International Monetary Fund and is counted as a high-income country by the World Bank and an innovation-driven economy by the World Economic Forum. The economy is expected to rebound strongly by 7% in 2021 as per IMF. The island nation over the central Mediterranean recorded importation of 969 tonnes of aluminium foil during 2018-19 and the revenue expended for the expenditure was $5.57 million. The import for 2020 stood at 641 tonnes and expenditure remained at $3.75 million. However, when the import volume and expenditure of 2020 gets clubbed with the existing two years, it illustrates 1610 tonnes and $9.32 million respectively. In 2018, the Maltese import of aluminium...
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has reduced its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices for the third time with effect from Thursday, May 27. NALCO’s aluminium ingot price has come in at INR 196,350-199,850 per tonne after being reduced by INR 4,000 per tonne or 2 per cent from INR 200,350-203,850 per tonne on May 22. With the latest cut, NALCO’s aluminium wire rod price is ranging between INR 199,850-204,200 per tonne compared to INR 203,850-208,200 per tonne on May 22. NALCO’s aluminium billets price has also witnessed a cut of INR 4,000 per tonne from INR 203,800-206,450 per tonne to INR 199,800-202,450 per tonne. NALCO, like any other Indian aluminium producers, links its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices to the three-month futures of aluminium on the...
IMT Italia S.p.A has joined ASI as a Production & Transformation member, bringing the total number of ASI Members to 170. The company operates in the metallurgical sector whose ultimate purpose is the marketing of secondary aluminium ingots produced from aluminium scraps recovered and re-valorized within its industrial Group. IMT Italia S.p.A, founded in 2002, provides products for the automotive sector, and has various quality certifications such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001; OHSAS 18001. The traceability of the products offered is guaranteed by the international material data system (IMDS). All semi-finished products meet the ROHS, REACH and Conflict minerals criteria. “Since our company was founded in the early 2000’s we have focused our view and business in aluminium, trusting in its...
A00 aluminium ingot price in China has surged by RMB 450 per tonne to come in at RMB 18,820 per tonne on Friday, May 28, found the Shanghai Metals Market. The average prices are expected to range between RMB 18,800 per tonne and RMB 18,840 per tonne, with spot contract to be traded at a premium price of RMB 10-30 per tonne, down by RMB 10 per tonne from the previous day. In Chongqing, primary aluminium ingot price has soared by RMB 455 per tonne to stand at RMB 18,845 per tonne, followed by the hike of RMB 450 per tonne in Gongyi and Foshan to RMB 18,810 per tonne and RMB 18,990 per tonne, respectively. In Shenyang and Tianjin, A00 aluminium ingot price has climbed by RMB 430 per tonne to peg at RMB 18,805 per tonne and RMB 18,800 per tonne, while the price in Wuxi and Hangzhou has...
Three-month LME aluminium rose 3.02% to close at US$2,486.5 per tonne on Thursday. SMM expects the contract to trade between US$2,460-2,500 per tonne today. As of Thursday, May 27, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stands at US$ 2388 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 2388 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 2421 per tonne, 3-months offer price is US$ 2421 per tonne; Dec 22 bid price stands at US$ 2432.50 per tonne, and Dec 22 offer price stands at US$ 2432.50 per tonne. The LME aluminium opening stock stood at 1724075 tonnes. Live Warrants totalled 1136900 tonnes, and Cancelled Warrants were 587175 tonnes. LME aluminium 3-months Asian Reference Price is hovering at US$ 2423.14 per tonne. SHFE Aluminium Price Trend Benchmark aluminium price for SHFE increased to...
Anil Agarwal led Vedanta Ltd., a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Limited, counted as one of the world's leading diversified natural resource companies plans to invest INR 10,000 crore in setting up an aluminium park in Odisha, an eastern state in India to encourage companies that use the metal to set up their manufacturing units in the facility. On 27th May 2021, the Company said: “This aluminium park is along the lines of major industrial towns in other parts of India. It will generate additional livelihood for more than 100,000 people and will touch the lives of more than 400,000.” The proposed aluminium park will benefit small and medium downstream enterprises by setting up their manufacturing units and extract hot metal from Vedanta’s aluminium smelter in Jharsuguda to produce their...
Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd reported that its net profit doubled in the first quarter of 2021, bolstered by record-high aluminium prices. The company expects the global economy to revive further to drive demand, keeping selling prices at elevated levels. In the first three months of the year ended on March 31, Press Metal’s net profit surged to RM205.7mil or 2.55 sen a share from RM102mil or 1.27 sen a share during the corresponding period year. <iframe width="500" height="320" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sHerVzYDOfY" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> The company’s revenue rose to RM2.1bil from 1.8bil a year ago, as declared in a filing with...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, stocks of 6063 aluminium billet across five major consumption areas in China declined by 200 tonnes from previous week to stand at 88,300 tonnes as of Thursday, 27 May 2021. Aluminium billet Shipments out of warehouses reduced by 13,700 tonnes on the week to 52,100 tonnes last week. The inventories are expected to rise slightly next week due to measures to regulate and control commodities prices. The chart below indicates the current status of aluminium billet inventories across China in more details: Inventories of aluminium billets in Wuxi reduced by 2,831 tonnes, standing at 16,737 tonnes as of Thursday, 27 May 2021. But the stocks in Foshan, Huzhou and Nanchang climbed by 1,200 tonnes, 1,000 tonnes and 1,400 tonnes to stand at 44,600 tonnes, 8,000...
The global aluminium giant, Rio Tinto partnering with aluminium semi-solid castings solution provider Comptech to drive in a new generation of aluminium alloys to the market towards the usage in advanced technologies such as electric vehicles and 5G antennas. The metallurgical experts of Rio Tinto have designed the alloys for the semi-solid Rheocasting process offered by Comptech, to match the requirements of producing large, specialised single-piece designs, known as giga-casting. The alloys offer high strength, electrical and thermal conductivity properties, while Rheocasting allows fast, low-cost production of advanced lightweight designs. The products are currently undergoing qualification with automakers in Europe. Tolga Egrilmezer, Vice President of Sales and Marketing Aluminium,...
In 2020, Europe´s largest aluminium gravity die-casting companies with customers worldwide, Jydsk Aluminum Industri (JAI) booked DKK 0.6 million profits before tax and it is counted as significantly better than the loss of DKK 5 million in 2019. The far better result has brought some fresh air to the organization, as several employees were laid-off due to a slow production rate. Kenn Christensen, CEO, JAI said: “The previous year has gone in such a way that we, like many others in the metal industry, experienced a total collapse in the second quarter, and were also strongly negatively affected in the third quarter.” “What makes us still come out with a profit is that we have embarked on a multi-year strategic transformation process, where we have been in the process of replacing large...
In West Europe, alumina production in April 2021 stood at 440,000 tonnes, reflecting a month-on-month decline of 51,000 tonnes or 10.39 per cent, showed the International Aluminium Institute. In March, alumina production in West Europe increased by 52,000 tonnes or 11.85 per cent from 439,000 tonnes in February to 491,000 tonnes. In January 2021, West Europe’s alumina production came in at 479,000 tonnes. In the first four months of 2021, alumina output in West Europe totalled 1.849 million tonnes, down by 2.27 per cent from 1.892 million tonnes during the same period last year. On a year-on-year calculation, alumina production in West Europe in April 2021 stood 32,000 tonnes or 6.78 per cent lower than 472,000 tonnes. Alumina production in East & Central Europe, on the other hand, stood...
Hydro has signed a NOK 200 million contract for the supply of new state-of-the-art casting lines. In total, four new casting lines will be supplied to the customer. Hycast, a fully owned subsidiary of Hydro, and Innovation Group, the leading manufacturer of extrusion ingots in China, have inked an agreement to deliver casting technology (Low Pressure Casting - LPC) for extrusion ingots, including control system, launder system, inline melt treatment systems (Siphon Inert Reactor - SIR) and other equipment. “We are very happy to have landed one of the biggest contracts in Hycast’s over thirty-year history,” said Hycast Managing Director Ola Ulvund. “Large parts of our Hycast organization have been working on this deal over a long period of time, including the newly opened Hycast China...
Primary aluminium inventories have continued to decline to stand below 1 million tonnes. According to the Shanghai Metals Market, social inventories of primary aluminium have decreased by 58,000 tonnes or 5.69 per cent across eight major consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, to come in at 962,000 tonnes as of Thursday, May 27. Last week on May 20, primary aluminium inventories stood at 1.02 million tonnes, losing 41,000 stocks across China, showed SMM. The chart below indicates the current status of primary aluminium inventories across China in more details: Wuxi has seen the highest plunge in primary aluminium inventories today of 25,000 tonnes to come in at 386,000 tonnes, followed by the decrease of 24,000 tonnes in Gongyi to 75,000 tonnes. In Hangzhou and Nanhai,...
South America’s alumina production stood at 1.064 million tonnes in April 2021, 5.24% higher than the same period last year, according to the latest data showed by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI).The output was 1.011 million tonnes in April 2020. On a month-on-month basis, the alumina production declined by 5.17% from March’s production of 1.122 million tonnes. In January-April 2021, alumina production was 4.220 million tonnes as against as 4.087 million tonnes in January-April 2020.That was up by 3.25% year-on-year. North America’s alumina production dropped 2.34% year-on-year and 5.43% month-on-month in April 2021. The output stood at 209,000 tonnes in April.In the first four months of 2021, alumina output totalled 840,000 tonnes, from 886,000 tonnes in the first four months...
