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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Three-month LME aluminium weakened 0.31% to end at US$2,446.5 per tonne last Friday, with open interest adding 11,000 lots to 738,000 lots. SMM expects the contract to fluctuate between US$2,450-2,500 per tonne today. As of Friday, May 14, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stands at US$ 2438 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 2438 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 2462.50 per tonne, 3-months offer price is US$ 2462.50 per tonne; Dec 22 bid price stands at US$ 2450 per tonne, and Dec 22 offer price stands at US$ 2450 per tonne. The LME aluminium opening stock stood at 1762525 tonnes. Live Warrants totalled 1219000 tonnes, and Cancelled Warrants were 543525 tonnes. LME aluminium 3-months Asian Reference Price is hovering at US$ 2441.70per tonne. SHFE Aluminium...
The pandemic-hit Italian economy is predicted to grow 4.1% in 2021 and 4.2% in 2022 in an “uncertain ascent from the abyss”, the country’s business lobby Confindustria said in April 2021. The European nation at the Mediterranean coastline, Italy registered bauxite importation of 86,447 tonnes during 2018-19 and the expenditure involved in the import accounted for $22.60 million. The import for 2020 stood at 24,633 tonnes and the expenditure remained at $7.30 million. However, when the import volume and expenditure of 2020 gets assorted with the preceding two years, it denotes 1,11,080 tonnes and $29.90 million respectively. Italy’s import of bauxite in 2018 was recorded at 47,908 tonnes and $10.17 million revenue was expended for the import, whereas, in 2019, the import saw de-growth by...
The non-ministerial government department of the United Kingdom, Serious Fraud Office (SFO), which investigates and prosecutes serious or complex fraud and corruption in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, stated on 14 th May 2021, that it has initiated an investigation suspected of fraudulent trading and money laundering linked to companies within the GFG Alliance, led by metal tycoon Sanjeev Gupta. The investigation mounts pressure on Sanjeev Gupta, the CEO and Chairman of GFG Alliance, who has been struggling to refinance his international business network of aluminium, steel, and energy following the collapse of lending firm Greensill Capital in March 2021. The SFO said: “The investigation covers the company's financial arrangements with Greensill Capital UK Ltd.” "The SFO is...
Vedanta has reduced its aluminium products price by INR 3,000 per tonne. With effect from Saturday, 15 May 2021, the prices of some aluminium ingots have declined by more than 1% to stand at INR 206,500-219,500 per tonne from INR 209,500-222,500 per tonne on May 13. The company’s billets price stands at INR 214,500 per tonne on Saturday, 15 May 2021, a decrease of INR 3,000 per tonne or 1.38% from INR 217,500 per tonne on May 13. The Indian aluminium producers generally link prices of its products to the three-month futures of aluminium on London Metal Exchange. The aluminium price on stood at US$ 2,438 per tonne on Friday, May 14, an increase from US$ 2,422.5 per tonne on May 13. Vedanta’s aluminium business typically accounts for one-third of the company’s consolidated sales. Vedanta...
The Bulgari Aluminium Steve Aoki Special Edition has reportedly joined the recently relaunched Aluminium family of timepieces, the first generation of which was introduced in the late ’90s. The design of the watches was then influenced by the livery of Alitalia jumbo jets, matched an aluminium case with a rubber strap. Like many other luxury watches at that time, the original Aluminium edition contained a quartz movement, superseded by in-house mechanical calibers in the modern versions. Difference from the last year’s models of Steve Aoki Special Edition is the coating of Super-LumiNova on the entirety of the white dial, which is also adorned with Steve Aoki’s signature logo that exhibits boldly glowing face asserting itself in the darkness with a glorious radiance, according to the...
In a briskly booming market, the world's largest pure-play coffee and Tea Company by revenue, JDE Peet’s is injecting €110 million at its French production site, in Andrézieux Bouthéon, in order to raise 60% of aluminium coffee capsules production. The company while keeping its dynamic activity the same and in order to meet new consumer expectations, its L'Or brand is launching a range of organic aluminium coffee capsules and a series of ephemeral creations, made from rare arabica. In 2020, the consumption of hot drinks in France has grown at a considerable rate. Coffee, which is still the second most-consumed drink in the nation after water, saw its market jump by 7%, driven by the Single Serve 2 category (capsules and pods) which experienced a value increase of 11.2%. At the heart of...
SMM aluminium ingot price started the week with an increase of RMB 340 per tonne on Monday, 10 May 2021 to RMB 20030 per tonne. The price on Wednesday increased to stand at RMB 19980 per tonne from Tuesday’s price of RMB 19820 per tonne. The aluminium price closed the week lower at RMB 19660 per tonne on Friday, 14 May 2021, down RMB 160 per tonne. It is likely to trade between RMB 19640- 19680 per tonne. As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, social inventories of primary aluminium across eight consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, reduced by 54,000 tonnes from the week before to 1.06 million tonnes as of Thursday, 13 May 2021. The alumina price in China performed higher this week. The average spot alumina price stood at RMB 2376 per tonne and RMB 2388 per tonne on May 10...
On 14 th May 2021, the Indian State-owned integrated mining and metal company, Nalco stated that it is expanding its support towards the 70-bed Covid centre at Saheed Laxman Naik Medical College at Koraput, Odisha to make the facility fully functional. Equally, Nalco has also extended its support for a 66-bed COVID healthcare facility at ESI Hospital in Angul, Odisha by shouldering the cost of the total operation and maintenance of the facility, as said the organisation. The company is extremely concerned about the rise in the number of COVID-19 cases and the sufferings of people. "Moved by the second wave of the COVID pandemic, National Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) is leaving no stone unturned to stand in solidarity with the people of Odisha, in the fight against COVID-19," it said. The...
Three-month LME aluminium fell 0.1 per cent to close at US$ 2,529.5 per tonne on Monday, May 10. However, on Tuesday, it rose 0.14 per cent to close at US$ 2,533 per tonne. On Wednesday, May 12, again fell by 1.46 per cent to US$ 2,496 per tonne and further by 1.68 per cent to close at US$ 2,554 per tonne on Thursday, May 13. LME aluminium cash (bid) price and LME official settlement price opened the week on Monday, May 10, with a hike of US$ 46.50 per tonne to stand at US$ 2,565 per tonne. But Tuesday onwards, the prices started showing downtrend to US$ 2,549.50 per tonne. On Wednesday, May 12, both LME aluminium cash (bid) price and LME official settlement price declined further by US$ 75.50 per tonne to stand at US$ 2,474 per tonne. On Thursday, May 13, the prices came in at US$...
The Brisbane-Australia-based Graphene Manufacturing Group has come up with a cutting-edge technology that has the potential to revolutionize the electric car market, and substantially enrich the usage of renewable sources of energy. GMG, the aluminium-ion battery developer has come up with one that can deliver up to three times the range on EVs and charge 60 times faster. This simply signifies a 10-hour charging cycle could be reduced to 10 minutes while matching up with the current generation of lithium-ion batteries. The graphene company has combated this issue with a new genre of batteries that have been developed by nanotech. Ironically, these batteries are also safer as there is no upper ampere limit to cause impulsive combustion and this also makes it more sustainable, simpler to...
The value of Bahrain’s exports of national origin increased 59 per cent in April 2021 to BD295 million ($778 million), of which unwrought aluminium alloys accounted for BD54 million and aluminium wire non-alloyed BD12 million. During the same month last year, Bahrain’s export value of national origin stood at BD186 million. The top 10 countries accounted for 81 per cent of Bahrain's total export value, with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) ranking first by importing worth BD57 million. Egypt BD38 million, and the UAE BD36 million. The total value of re-exports grew 39 per cent to reach BD53 million during April 2021, compared to BD38 million during the same period last year. The top countries accounted for 87 per cent, of which the UAE ranked first with BD19 million, KSA second with BD14...
The economy of Romania will grow by 6% in 2021, as stated by the International Monetary Fund, increasing its forecast for a 4.6% growth made in October’20. In 2022, the IMF expects Romania's economy to grow by 4.8%, as said in the April edition of its World Economic Outlook (WEO) report. The southeastern European nation’s importation of aluminium foil during 2018-19 touch 32,971 tonnes and the revenue expended for the import was $94.69 million. The import for 2020 remained at 16,894 tonnes and the expenditure stood at $50.78 million. However, when the import volume and expenditure of 2020 gets added with the existing two years, it exhibits 49,865 tonnes and $145.47 million respectively. Though the graph representation resembles instability in the import, while the import volume has always...
The German multinational corporation which produces luxury vehicles and motorcycles, BMW Group is fostering its mission for sustainable mobility with ambitious goals for the reduction of greenhouse gases. On 12 th May 2021, during the Annual General Meeting, the company announced that it will avoid the emission of over 200 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030. BMW said that this is equivalent to more than 20 times the annual CO2 emissions of a city with over a million residents. To attain this target, the automotive company will diminish its carbon footprint throughout their lifecycle – from raw material extraction to production and the use phase to end-of-life recycling. However, the usage of fewer resources and materials will be one of the priorities for the company in this process. At the AGM...
Hindalco Industries Limited has extended its aluminium ingot and aluminium product price cut for the second day in a row, with effect from Thursday, May 12. Aluminium ingot price has witnessed a reduction of INR 6,250 per tonne to INR 209,250 per tonne. On the previous day, May 12, the company’s aluminium ingot price stood at INR 215,500 per tonne, inching down by INR 1,500 per tonne from INR 217,000 per tonne as of May 11. Since the latest cut, Hindalco is selling its aluminium wire rod price at INR 220,350 per tonne, which is also down by INR 6,250 per tonne from INR 226,600 per tonne on May 12. Hindalco’s aluminium billets price has come in at INR 216,350 per tonne on May 13 from INR 222,600 per tonne on a day earlier. Hindalco links its aluminium products and aluminium ingot prices to...
A00 aluminium ingot price in China has decreased for the second day in a row by RMB 160 per tonne to close the week on Friday, May 14, at RMB 19,660 per tonne, according to the Shanghai Metals Market. The average prices are expected to range between RMB 19,640 per tonne and RMB 19,680 per tonne, with spot contract to be traded at a premium price of RMB 30-10 per tonne. Linyi has seen the highest decline of RMB 180 per tonne to RMB 19,670 per tonne, followed by the plunge of RMB 170 per tonne in Foshan and Chongqing to RMB 19,740 per tonne and RMB 19,640 per tonne, respectively. In Gongyi and Wuxi, A00 aluminium ingot price has decreased by RMB 160 per tonne to come in at RMB 19,570 per tonne and RMB 19,660 per tonne, while the price in Hangzhou and Shenyang has slid by RMB 145 per tonne...
Europe’s one of the biggest, most modern and constantly developing manufacturers of secondary aluminium casting alloys and primary alloys, Alumetal has confirmed from the beginning of the Q4 2020, the metal company is hopeful about the market situation, which has developed an impact on the level of financial results achieved in the Q1 2021. However, the improvement of financial results is influenced not only by the market situation but also by the permanent changes in the company itself and investments realization, as stated by Agnieszka Drzyżdżyk, CEO of Alumetal. “2021 started very well for us. In the first quarter of this year, we increased the sales volume by approx. 30%, which we informed the market in the current statement on 25 th February 2021. Currently, we estimate the share of...
Three-month LME aluminium fell 1.68 per cent to close at US$ 2,554 per tonne on Thursday. It is expected to trade between US$ 2,400-2,480 per tonne today. LME aluminium cash (bid) price and LME official settlement price continued to decline for the third day in a row by US$ 51.50 per tonne to come in at US$ 2,422.50 per tonne on Thursday, May 13. 3-months bid price and 3-months offer price slid by US$ 56.50 per tonne from US$ 2,492.50 per tonne to US$ 2,436 per tonne. Dec 22 bid price and Dec 22 offer price came in at US$ 2,430 per tonne on Thursday, reflecting a decrease of US$ 58 per tonne from US$ 2,488 per tonne. The LME aluminium opening stock declined further from 1772700 tonnes on May 12 to 1766025 on May 13. Live Warrants totalled 1219700 tonnes, while Cancelled Warrants stood at...
The United Steelworkers union at the invocation of the Association of the aluminium industry in regards to seeing employment requirements evacuated from government investments reacted by commenting: “The aluminium industry wants the butter, the butter money and the money to sell in the United States, all this, financed by our taxes and duties.” The Quebec aluminium smelter lobby is opposed and criticised by the Steelworkers. Alexandre Fréchette, the person in charge of aluminium at the union said: "It is not true that the money from our taxes will be used to finance robots that will make us lose our jobs and reduce the economic spinoffs for Quebec.” The union also stated that they are aware of the need for technologies like Elysis, which is focusing to displace carbon anodes to reduce...
