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 developer of the energy-saving aerofoil shelf strips, Aerofoil Energy, has been awarded Queen’s Award for Innovation in Enterprise, as it gets shelf-edge technology installed on open-fronted multi-deck supermarket fridges. The UK supermarkets industry comprising Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Scotmid Co-op, Waitrose, WH Smith, and M&S has widely secured the Aerofoil product. It is evaluated since 2016, Aerofoil has conserved the sector around £100m in energy costs and already evaded some 150 thousand tonnes of CO2 emissions. Paul McAndrew, CEO, Aerofoil Energy said: “We are honoured to have been recognized by Her Majesty with this award for our energy-saving technology and commercial success. Open-fronted supermarket fridges are a great way to display food and make it easy for customers to...
Three-month LME aluminium rose 0.56% to close at US$2,413.5 per tonne on Thursday. Aluminium stocks increased 56,350 tonnes and Klang inventory grew 61,150 tonnes, and the upward pressure appeared, SMM reported. The contract is likely to trade between US$2,400-2,430 per tonne today. As of Thursday April 29, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stands at US$ 2432 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 2432 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 2429.50 per tonne, 3-months offer price is US$ 2429.50 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 1838950 tonnes. Live Warrants totalled 1245350 tonnes, and Cancelled Warrants were 593600 tonnes. LME aluminium 3-months...
Hindalco Industries Limited has further expanded its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices for the third time in a row. The last hike was a week ago, on April 23, by INR 2,750 per tonne. This week the prices have witnessed a hike of INR 2,250 per tonne with effect from Friday, April 30. Therefore, Hindalco’s aluminium ingot price is standing at INR 208,250 per tonne compared to INR 206,000 per tonne on April 23. Hindalco’s aluminium wire rod price has come in at INR 219,350 per tonne, also up by INR 2,250 per tonne from INR 217,100 per tonne last week. The company is now selling its aluminium billets at INR 215,350 per tonne compared to INR 213,100 per tonne on last Friday. Hindalco links its aluminium products and aluminium ingot prices to the three-month futures of aluminium on...
A00 aluminium ingot price in China has reached a new high of RMB 18,830 per tonne on Friday, April 30, expanding further by RMB 100 per tonne after a surge of RMB 330 per tonne on the previous day, found the Shanghai Metals Market. The average prices are expected to range between RMB 18,810 per tonne and RMB 18,850 per tonne, with spot contract to be traded at a premium price of RMB 50-10 per tonne, down by RMB 10 per tonne from April 29. In Linyi, A00 aluminium ingot price is also stand at RMB 130 per tonne, climbing by RMB 130 per tonne. In Wuxi, the price has surged by RMB 125 per tonne to stand at RMB 18,835 per tonne, while the price in Hangzhou and Tianjin has grown by RMB 115 per tonne and RMB 110 per tonne to come in at RMB 18,840 per tonne and RMB 18,780 per tonne, respectively....
On 28 th April 2021, Qatar Aluminium Manufacturing Company (Qamco) posted a net profit of QR124 million for the first quarter (Q1 2021). This is considered as a record increase ever in the history of organization for quarterly performance as it crossed over 1000% compared to QR11 million Y-o-Y. Earnings per share (EPS) rose at QR0.022 compared to QR0.002 for Q1 2020. Qamco’s enhanced financial result during the period was driven by growth in global aluminium prices on the back of improved macroeconomic dynamics. The overall growth in average realized selling prices increased by 15% in the first quarter against the same period in 2020 which contributed QR83 million positively to the net profits in Q1 2021 compared to the same period last year. QAMCO, a 50% shareholder in Qatalum also...
On 29th April 2021, RUSAL announced that it had appointed Roman Andryushin as Deputy CEO of sales in Russia, the CIS and China. The Company is also gratified to see the return of Steve Hodgson as Director of Sales and Marketing. The dual appointments are an indication of the Company’s refreshed and innovative growth plans. Roman Andryushin in his new role will be shouldering the responsibility for developing one of the strategic sales areas – the domestic market, introducing new innovative products manufactured by RUSAL, as well as managing export sales to China and interacting with RUSAL's key traders. This appointment will strengthen the Company's presence in these markets and will deliver fresh input to the development of RUSAL's sales process. Since 2000, Roman Andryushin has been...
As we continue to discover the importance of Industry 4.0 or the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the manufacturing and industrial sector, including the aluminium industry, AlCircle is determined to come up with the third edition of e-Magazine on “ Aluminium Industry 4.0: Drivers & Change Makers of 2021 ”. A large number of aluminium smelters are still harnessing the transformational potential of the 4th Industrial Revolution in a quest to position themselves as the ‘Smelter of the Future’. Especially in the background of the COVID-19 pandemic, the adoption of Industry 4.0 and Digitisation has proved to be inevitable in achieving higher productivity at a lesser time and with fewer workforces as it uses large-scale machine to machine communication (M2M) to enable data transfer and...
According to the Shanghai Metals Market, 6063 aluminium billet inventories in China have decreased by 28,700 tonnes week-on-week across the five major consumption areas as of Thursday, April 29. SMM data shows the billet stocks have totalled 134,000 tonnes today compared to 162,800 tonnes last Thursday, April 22. The downfall in billet inventories could be attributed to the increase in purchase volume even amid the primary aluminium ingot price hike to a new high of RMB 18,730 per tonne on April 29. The chart below indicates the current status of aluminium billet inventories across China in more details: In Foshan, aluminium billet inventories have plunged the highest by 16,100 tonnes to 69,000 tonnes on April 29, while the inventories in Wuxi have decreased by 4,930 tonnes to come in at...
Constellium reported revenue of €1.3 billion for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021, a decrease of 7% year-on-year due to weaker price and mix and lower aerospace shipments, partially offset by higher metal prices. Shipments decreased by 2% to 385 thousand tons on lower shipments in the Aerospace & Transportation segment, partially offset by higher shipments in the Automotive Structures & Industry segment. Net income increased to €48 million. Adjusted EBITDA was €121 million, a decrease of 18% due to weaker results in the Aerospace & Transportation segment, partially offset by improved results in the Automotive Structures & Industry and the Packaging & Automotive Rolled Products segments. Jean-Marc Germain, Constellium’s Chief Executive Officer said, “Our team delivered solid first...
The economy of Austria is counted as one of the most stable in Europe, as the country anticipates a very strong network of export-focused SMEs, excellent academic standards and significant spending for research and development. The COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures have strongly affected the Austrian economy. It countered an economic setback, registering a negative growth of -6.6% in 2020. According to the IMF's updated April 2021 forecast, GDP growth is expected to rebound to 3.5% in 2021 and 4% in 2022, subject to the post-pandemic global economic recovery. The landlocked East Alpine nation in the southern part of Central Europe registered 145,205 tonnes of aluminium structures importation during 2019-20 and the revenue expended for the import stood at $747.33....
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 25,000 tonnes from last Thursday to 1.12 million tonnes as of Thursday, 29 April 2021. The chart below shows the status of the primary aluminium inventories across China in more details: Primary aluminium stocks in Wuxi declined the most, standing at 427,000 tonnes on Thursday, 29 April 2021 from 450,000 tonnes last week. That was down by 23,000 tonnes. The stocks in Hangzhou and Gongyi stood at 99,000 tonnes and 139,000 tonnes, a drop of 5,000 tonnes and 2,000 tonnes. Inventories of aluminium in Tianjin remained unchanged at 60,000 tonnes as of Thursday, 29 April 2021. In Shanghai, Nanhai and...
AMAG Austria Metall AG announced that the first quarter of 2021 showed positive trends for the company, with revenue increased 1.95 per cent year-on-year to EUR 251.2 million. The company attributed the growth to a solid shipment volume of 98,500 tonnes and higher aluminium prices. However, about 11,000 tonnes of primary aluminium were not recognised for the quarter as a result of the delayed departure of a transport ship. Due to the ongoing effects of COVID-19 and delayed shipment mentioned above, AMAG’s EBITDA recorded a low from EUR 36.5 million in Q1 2020 to 30.3 million in Q1 2021. The metal division of AMAG benefitted from attractive aluminium and alumina prices. Production at the Alouette plant in Canada was carried out at a consistently stable level, with EBITDA amounting to EUR...
On 28 th April 2021, at the Dapilon bauxite mining site in Boke tension rose high, as the workers from the WAP company blocked the road to the mining port, halting the transport of bauxite. As per our report, the workers' primary demand in particular is the renewal of their union office whose mandate has expired. Following their demonstration in the previous week, workers from the mining company WAP made their voices heard again on 28 th April. They stormed the Dapilon mining road, blocking access to the site and preventing any bauxite transport activity. The demonstrators demanded: “Renewal of our union office whose mandate has expired and the improvement of their working conditions.” The workers are astute to have a new union office before the commencement of rail transport which many...
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, a leading producer of semi-fabricated specialty aluminum products, serving customers worldwide announced first quarter 2021 results.Net sales increased to stand at $324 million, from second half 2020 run-rate of $264 million on higher shipments. On a yearly basis, net sales decreased from $369 million. Value added revenue increased to $172 million, from second half 2020 run-rate of $153 million driven primarily by increasing demand for the Company’s general engineering and automotive applications. Adjusted EBITDA stood at $38 million in the first quarter 2021, up $8 million compared to the second half 2020 run-rate. Compared to the record prior year period, adjusted EBITDA decreased $22 million reflecting the total sales impact of approximately $26 million....
SMM aluminium ingot price registered a jump after a drop yesterday. The aluminium price stood at RMB 18730 per tonne on Thursday, 29 April 2021, an increase of RMB 330 per tonne from RMB 18400 per tonne on April 28. The price is expected to move within a range of RMB 18710-18750 per tonne today. In Foshan and Wuxi, the price grew by RMB 330 per tonne and RMB 285 per tonne to stand at RMB 18750 per tonne and RMB 18710 per tonne on Thursday, 29 April 2021.Aluminium prices in Hangzhou and Chongqing stood at RMB 18725 per tonne and 18660 per tonne, up RMB 315 per tonne and RMB 325 per tonne. Aluminium ingot prices in Shenyang, Tianjin, Linyi, and Gongyi increased to stand at RMB 18675 per tonne, RMB 18670 per tonne, RMB 18700 per tonne, and RMB 18610 per tonne. The aluminium alloy (ADC12)...
On 28 th April 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce declared its preliminary determinations has uncovered imports of aluminium foil from four countries are being sold at less than fair value (or “dumped”) in the United States. Subsequently, the department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) to require U.S. importers of certain aluminium foil from Armenia, Brazil, Oman, and Russia to deposit estimated antidumping duties at the time of importation. Tom Dobbins, President and CEO of the Aluminum Association, said: “We are grateful for today’s decisions by the Commerce Department demonstrating Secretary Gina Raimondo’s and the Joe Biden administration’s commitment to addressing unfair trade.” “Unfortunately, we are all too familiar with foreign producers pouring imports...
Aluminum Corporation of China Limited, popularly known as Chalco, announced on Tuesday, April 27, that its net profit in Q1 2021 recorded a thirtyfold year-on-year surge and stood five-year high at RMB 966.7 million ($149 million), driven by aluminium price growth to decade peaks and production increase. The company’s best result was a profit of more than RMB 1 billion in Q4 2015. China’s domestic aluminium prices grew more than 20 per cent in 2020 on subsequent recovery led by resurgent Chinese demand. They further climbed 11.3 per cent in the first quarter of this year and hit 11-year high at RMB 18,655 per tonne. Chalco said its revenue in Q1 2021 advanced 32.6 per cent over the year to come in at RMB 52.6 billion, attributing to the increase of its realised aluminium sales price by...
Three-month LME aluminium inched up 0.04 per cent to settle at US$ 2,400 per tonne on Wednesday. Shrinking LME aluminium stocks and recovering overseas economy lent support to LME aluminium. It is expected to fluctuate between US$ 2,390-2,410 per tonne today. LME aluminium cash (bid) price and LME official settlement price further rose US$ 3.50 per tonne to stand at US$ 2,392.50 per tonne on Wednesday, April 28. 3-months bid price and 3-months offer price grew to US$ 2,397.50 per tonne from US$ 2,394 per tonne, also up by US$ 3.50 per tonne. Dec 22 bid price and Dec 22 offer price came in at US$ 2,401 per tonne on Wednesday, increasing by US$ 9.50 per tonne from US$ 2,391.50 per tonne on Tuesday, April 27. The LME aluminium opening stock declined from 1787525 tonnes to 1782600 tonnes....
