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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Tata Motors has inked an agreement with Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) for the supply of 300 electric cars with three years of warranty. The total cost of the agreement is expected to be around INR 44 crore. Shailesh Chandra, President, Passenger Vehicle Business Unit, Tata Motors, said, “Tata Motors is committed to support the Government’s vision of actively embracing e-mobility and we are delighted to partner with CESL once again. Purposeful collaboration amongst stakeholders is key to accelerate the mass adoption of environmentally-friendly solutions. As the leader in the rapidly growing electric mobility space, we remain focused on ramping up the access and use of EVs across India.” CESL is a fully owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL). The project...
Drinking water in pet bottle has been rooted a cause of concern for many livelihoods, as plastic throws a negative impact on our health and it is also extremely hazardous for the environment. As time has progressed, Volnaa Beverages has come to bring a change, as they are ready to launch their packaged drinking water in aluminium cans, a step towards replacing plastic bottled water available in the market. The beverage company’s vision is to abolish plastic pollution, which is counted as a global problem, and by launching drinking water in aluminium cans that are 100% recyclable with relock revolution. The beauty of this revolution is that it can go from shelf to the bins and back to the shelf again within just 60 days. New water - new life: is their mantra. Kartik Rajput & Kushagra...
Primary aluminium production in East & Central Europe stood at 341,000 tonnes in April 2021, reflecting a downfall of 12,000 tonnes or 3.40 per cent month-on-month. However, in March, the output stood up by 34,000 tonnes or 10.66 per cent from 319,000 tonnes in February to 353,000 tonnes. East & Central Europe’s primary aluminium production in Q1 2021 totalled 1.025 million tonnes, down by 1.54 per cent from 1.041 million tonnes in Q1 2020. On a year-on-year calculation, primary aluminium production in East & Central Europe in April 2021 stood down by only 1,000 tonnes from 341,000 tonnes. Total production during January-April 2021 amounted to 1.366 million tonnes, down by 1.23 per cent from 1.383 million tonnes during the same period last year. Primary aluminium production in West Europe...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange-listed company Sonali Paper and Board Mills Ltd of Bangladesh has inked a deal with Chinese firm Zhangjiagang Fineness Aluminium Foil Co Ltd to set up an aluminium foil paper plant in Naraynganj district’s Rupganj administrative area. On 23rd May 2021, Mohammad Younus, Chairman of Sonali Paper and Managing Director of Younus Group and Md Zahidul Alam, Chief Executive Officer of IBN Corporation on behalf of Zhangjiagang Fineness Aluminium, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective sides in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The fully automatic aluminium foil paper machine can deliver on an average 100,000 pieces of aluminium foil container boxes in a single day. Mohammad Younus added: “This will increase the annual sales of Sonali Paper by 25%.” The usage...
Emirates Global Aluminium, the world’s largest producer of ‘premium aluminium’, with smelters in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, has unveiled its new corporate purpose: Together, innovating aluminium to make modern life possible. The company also aims to achieve its new mission—to generate value from mining to metal. The company has an alumina refinery in Abu Dhabi, and a bauxite mine and export facilities in the Republic of Guinea. Abdulnasser Bin Kalban, EGA’s Chief Executive Officer, said: “We sum up our new purpose in eight simple words: Together, innovating aluminium to make modern life possible. Fulfilling it over the decades ahead will require us to transform our operations and make step-changes in how we contribute to the world and the societies in which we operate, as well as for our...
Hydro has signed a BRL 2.2 million agreement with the University of São Paulo to explore uses for bauxite residue in civil construction. The waste will be used in the production of cement floors that prove to be advantageous from the environmental point of view and throughout their life cycle. The research will also focus on other uses in the construction sector. The two year deal will focus on using bauxite residue from Hydro’s mining operations in the State of Pará in the construction industry, more specifically in the cement components sector. The research will be conducted by the Laboratory of Microstructure and Eco-efficiency of the Department of Civil Construction Engineering of the Polytechnic School of University of São Paulo (USP). "We have invested heavily in the search for...
In April 2021, operating rates at China's secondary aluminium producers stood at 41.35 per cent, inching down by 0.25 percentage point month-on-month but up by 17.92 percentage points year-on-year. Operating rates at large enterprises increased slightly as furnaces resumed normal operation from maintenance in April. However, small and mid-sized enterprises saw a dip in their operating rates due to the aluminium price rally of as much as RMB 2,000 per tonne month-on-month in April. Hence, downstream aluminium die-casting enterprises saw pressure in terms of raw material costs, resulting in narrow profit margins and even losses. In addition, the “core shortage” of automobiles continued to restrict the growth of secondary aluminium orders. On the supply side, the market for circulating scrap...
Three-month LME aluminium rose 0.32% to close at US$2,379.5 per tonne on Friday. SMM expects the contract to fluctuate between US$2,250-2,350 per tonne today. As of Friday, May 21, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stands at US$ 2403 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 2403 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 2434 per tonne, 3-months offer price is US$ 2434 per tonne; Dec 22 bid price stands at US$ 2435per tonne, and Dec 22 offer price stands at US$ 2435 per tonne. The LME aluminium opening stock stood at 1750350 tonnes. Live Warrants totalled 1178250 tonnes, and Cancelled Warrants were 572100 tonnes. LME aluminium 3-months Asian Reference Price is hovering at US$ 2364.85per tonne. SHFE Aluminium Price Trend Benchmark aluminium price for SHFE decreased to stand at...
The International Aluminium Institute found primary aluminium production in Africa stood at 130,000 tonnes in April 2021, reflecting a marginal drop of 1,000 tonnes month-on-month. On a year-on-year calculation, the output in April recorded a downfall of 3,000 tonnes or 2.26 per cent from 133,000 tonnes. In March 2021, Africa produced 131,000 tonnes of primary aluminium, bringing the total production for Q1 2021 to 385,000 tonnes. The output in March was up by 10,000 tonnes or 8.26 per cent from 121,000 tonnes in February 2021 but down by 8,000 tonnes or 5.76 per cent from 139,000 tonnes in March 2020. Africa’s aluminium production in Q1 2021 stood down by 7,000 tonnes or 4.23 per cent from 402,000 tonnes a year ago. In the first four months of 2021, primary aluminium production in Africa...
According to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations, the Mexican GDP tp predicted to reach $1113 billion by the end of 2021and in the long-term, the GDP is projected to trend around $1158.00 billion in 2022. The lack of bauxite mines has kept Mexico on the back foot toward primary aluminium production, but the country is popular for its secondary aluminium smelters and die-casters which cater to the domestic automotive industry. The country situated in the southern portion of North America has recorded 706,635 tonnes of aluminium scrap export during 2018-19 and $1.06 billion revenue generated from export. The export for 2020 stood at 393,714 tonnes and the earnings remained at $516.21. However, when the export volume and expenditure gets assorted with the existing...
The average alumina spot price in China has recorded a rise for the second day in a row, albeit lower than the previous day, by RMB 18 per tonne, found the Shanghai Metals Market. So, as of Monday, May 24, the price is standing at RMB 2,449 per tonne. In Shanxi, alumina price has increased by RMB 25 per tonne to RMB 2,465 per tonne, while the price in Henan has grown by RMB 20 per tonne to come in at RMB 2,455 per tonne. In Shandong and Bayuquan, alumina spot price has inched up by RMB 5 per tonne to come in at RMB 2,435 per tonne and RMB 2,480 per tonne, respectively. Australian alumina FOB price, on the other hand, has continued to hover at US$ 276 per tonne, according to the Shanghai Metals Market. A00 aluminium ingot price, however, has extended the downfall for the fourth consecutive...
The Australian Aluminium Council, which represents Australia’s bauxite mining, alumina refining, aluminium smelting and downstream processing industries has appointed Alcoa’s Vice President Operations Australia and President Alcoa Australia Michael Gollschewski as its new President. On his appointment as the President of the Aluminium Council, Michael Gollschewski, said: “I am looking forward to supporting the important role the Council has to play in representing the industry as it faces an exciting and challenging decade of transition ahead.” “Global demand for aluminium is strong and aluminium use is highly correlated with the transition to a lower-carbon future. Australia is well placed to capitalise on this trend as the world’s largest producer of bauxite and the largest producer of...
On 20 th May 2021, three-month LME aluminium fell 2.49% to close at US$ 2,554 per tonne. The world primary aluminium production stood at 5.560 million tonnes in April 2021, reflecting a month-on-month downfall of 3.20% from 5.744 million tonnes, as revealed by International Aluminium Institute. On a year-on-year calculation, the output in April edged higher by 5.26% from 5.282 million tonnes. On the other hand, the trusted source of commercial intelligence for the world's natural resources sector, Wood Mackenzie’s analysis has indicated that a long-term rise in price for copper is likely to counter serious contention from aluminium. Let us check some of the top-rated global primary aluminium news, which kept the week progressive: Three-month LME aluminium fell 2.49 per cent to close at...
The Aditya Birla Group subsidiary, Hindalco Industries intends to commence all the projects there that were put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic and also plans to invest around INR 2700 crore in the current fiscal against ₹1,600 crore in FY’21. The world’s largest aluminium rolling company had slashed the proposed Capex from INR 2,500 crore in June’20 due to Covid-19 and ceased the downstream project in Western Odisha’s Hirakud. The organization also reduced the pace on the 34,000-tonne aluminium extrusion plant at Silvassa with an investment of INR 730 crore. Satish Pai, Managing Director, Hindalco, said: “The demand for aluminium has surpassed the pre-Covid levels and the company is confident that revival in demand will sustain in coming days despite the concern of the third wave of...
The global downstream aluminium sector has been eventful this week, with the European Union’s decision to suspend tariffs on the United States aluminium and steel exports to Constellium, a global manufacturer of aluminium rolled products, announcing new members to the Board and China’s unwrought aluminium and aluminium products imports grown to record high. Let us here take a quick recap of each event spotted this week during May 17-21. According to a report this week, the European Union and the United States have mutually agreed to discuss and resolve trade disputes around aluminium and steel, and until then, the former has decided to suspend tariffs on the latter. Following the United States announcement of additional tariffs on the European Union’s aluminium and steel in March 2018,...
On 22nd May 2021, a higher management staff of India’s largest auto component manufacturer, TVS Group promoted Wheels India Ltd. revealed that the company has planned for a capital expenditure of INR 100 crore in 2021 towards the wind energy segment and all set to develop a plant near Chennai. Srivats Ram, Managing Director of Wheels India said that the Chennai-based organisation would consider investing a 'large chunk' for the cast aluminium plant phase II development. He added: ''Wheels India is planning a capital expenditure of INR 100 crore that will go into the wind segment where we will be setting up a new plant in Thervoy Kandigai near Chennai.” “We currently have built up capacity for 350,000 wheels and we will be taking this upto 750,000wheels'', he said. “The order book was very...
The Longueuil-based bus manufacturing company Letenda has secured a $1 million grant from the Quebec government’s Minister of the Economy and Innovation, on 18 th May 2021, towards developing 100% zero-emission bus made from 50%-70% aluminium. While the leader in aluminium beverage packaging, Ball Corporation has launched recyclable Ball Aluminium Cup at major retailers in all 50 US states. Let us summarise some of the aluminium end-user news which kept the week eventful: On 18th May 2021, Pierre Fitzgibbon, Minister of the Economic and Innovation, Quebec announced a $ 1 million grant to Letenda. The bus manufacturing company is developing a new generation 100% zero-emission bus adapted to winter conditions, named the Electrip®. To know more:...
The Australian exploration and mining company based in Brisbane, Queensland, Metro Mining Limited with its flagship project, the Bauxite Hills Mine is restructuring its boards, which includes the appointment of Douglas Ritchie and Simon Wensley as non-executive directors. Following the accomplishment of Metro Mining’s annual general meeting (AGM) on 25 th May 2021, these decisions will come into effect. In further addition, Stephen Everett will step down as the Chairman after the AGM and Douglas Ritchie will be appointed as the new Chairman. However, Everett will sit on the board as a non-executive director. The restructuring and the appointments will notably enhance the experience and skill set available to the organisation towards successfully managing and growing its bauxite business....
