Iran is expanding its domestic aluminium manufacturing capabilities through nanostructured anodising technology, developing specialised aluminium sheets and profiles for applications across aerospace, medical equipment, electronics and automotive industries. The initiative reflects a move towards higher-value aluminium products by improving the metal's surface properties and expanding its potential industrial applications. According to Pars Today, citing Mehr News Agency, an Iranian aluminium complex is using the technology to produce aluminium components with nanostructured ceramic coatings designed to improve resistance to corrosion and wear. The complex is also working on developing specialised aluminium standards and has so far established eight standards in this field. The...
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...
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ALVANCE Aluminium Duffel BV, a manufacturer and supplier of aluminium rolled products for end-use industries, including Architecture & Design, Automotive and Industrial applications, has joined ASI as a new Production and Transformation member, bringing the total number of ASI Members to 124. ALVANCE Aluminium Duffel has state-of-the art technology, including the widest Automotive cold rolling mill in Europe and a CALP-line (Continuous Annealing Line with Pre-Treatment). The facilities produce rolled aluminium for building facades to automotive body sheet. The plant employs around 1.000 people and annually produces 200.000 tons of high-value aluminium rolled products. “ALVANCE Aluminium Duffel BV, previously already ASI member as Aleris Aluminum Duffel BV, continues to join ASI because of...
After remaining restrained for the past ten days, the average alumina spot price in China has recorded an increase of RMB 12 per tonne to stand at RMB 2,352 per tonne on Monday, April 26, found the Shanghai Metals Market. In Shanxi, alumina price has grown by RMB 15 per tonne to RMB 2,360 per tonne, while the price in Shanghai and Guangxi has gained RMB 10 per tonne to come in at RMB 2,350 per tonne. In Henan, alumina spot price has also inched up by RMB 10 per tonne to settle at RMB 2,345 per tonne. In Guizhou, however, alumina price has remained restrained at RMB 2,350 per tonne. Australian alumina FOB price has also remained unchanged at US$ 275 per tonne as of April 26, 2021. A00 aluminium ingot price has surged by RMB 140 per tonne to clock at RMB 18,350 per tonne on April 26,...
Three-month LME aluminium settled 0.45% higher at US$2,369 per tonne last Friday. The increase in price was due to lower LME aluminium stocks, improved overseas economic and weak US dollar. SMM expects the contract to move between US$2,350-2,390 per tonne today. As of Friday, April 23, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stands at US$ 2373.50 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 2373.50 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 2378.50 per tonne, 3-months offer price is US$ 2378.50 per tonne; Dec 22 bid price stands at US$ 2379 per tonne, and Dec 22 offer price stands at US$ 2379 per tonne. The LME aluminium opening stock stood at 1796925 tonnes. Live Warrants totalled 1238750 tonnes, and Cancelled Warrants were 558175 tonnes. LME aluminium 3-months Asian Reference Price is...
Novelis is showcasing its portfolio of cutting-edge automotive aluminium at Auto Shanghai 2021. The company is aiming to implement China’s first world-class closed-loop recycling system in Zhenjiang, to meet customers’ sustainability targets. “China’s national strategy of “Carbon Neutrality by 2060” is empowering Novelis to further strengthen its own ambitions to achieve net carbon neutrality by 2050 or sooner and reduce its carbon footprint by 30 percent by 2026.” China’s automotive market is witnessing growth at a rapid rate despite ongoing pandemic. Sustainable and aluminium solutions from Novelis’ are helping key traditional automakers and electric vehicle start-ups launch new products. On January 2021, Novelis completed the expansion of the Changzhou plant for its new heat treatment...
According to a recent report, a team of scientists in India has developed a new cost-effective and efficient aluminium scrap recycling technology that reduces material losses in the process. This new technology can be used by tiny & cottage industries, small-scale industries, MSME aluminium foundries, and also recycling industries. The new technology is developed by Dr C. Bhagyanathan and Dr P. Karuppuswamy, Associate Professor and Professor from Sri Ramkarishna Engineering College, Coimbatore, along with Dr M. Ravi, Sr. Principal Scientist from CSIR-NIIST Trivandrum, inspired by the Government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative and supported by the Advanced Manufacturing Technologies programme of the Department of Science & Technology (DST). The technology combines value added/ non-value added...
The Southeast Asian nation, Vietnam, onward 25 th April 2021 will impose anti-dumping duties of 4.39%-35.58% on aluminium products imported from China. According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, “The anti-dumping duties will apply to certain extruded aluminium products produced by 18 Chinese companies, with the tax rate depending on the Chinese producer.” The ministry had already imposed anti-dumping duties of 2.49%-35.58% on aluminium products of 16 Chinese companies in October 2019. “The Chinese firms’ dumping activities had seriously hurt domestic aluminium producers, some of whom had to halt production and lay off large numbers of workers”, stated the ministry. The ministry added: “In some cases, the aluminium, which had already been blocked by other countries with trade...
The Danish aluminium and metal supplier Alumeco, providing aluminium solutions for the metal-consuming industries are experiencing a fierce battle for raw materials, which has also risen in prices. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the balance of demand and supply. Since May’20, the price of aluminium has soared by 55%, while the price of copper has risen by 80%. Jakob Jespersen, Sales Director, Alumeco, said: “We are reluctant to disappoint our customers, but the risk has become greater and greater in recent times when the battle for deliveries of everything from aluminium and copper to brass has exploded.” “A very chaotic situation exists at the moment. There is a total imbalance in supply and demand. This has made it very difficult for us to keep items on the shelves and we risk...
Larbaletier Group, the manufacturers of aluminum-based materials in Aube, North-east of France, stated the economic recovery is on the way, while the surge in the price of raw materials is the new problem which is alarming and the outcome could be dreadful to the sector and the organization. Olivier Choiselat, Director of the Larbaletier Group located in Fontaine-Les-Grès in the Aube department, France said: "We had to put employees on short-time work during the crisis because orders were missing, now the order books are full and we risk putting employees back on short-time work, because we do not have enough raw materials. The situation is mind-blowing.” “It must be said that the problem affects many manufacturers in France and worries more and more. In fact, for the past few weeks, the...
India’s imports of aluminium scrap from the US stood at 27,200 tonnes in February 2021, with a year-on-year decrease of 17.33%. India had imported 32,900 tonnes in February 2020. On a monthly basis, imports increased by 12.86% from 24,100 tonnes in January 2021, as updated by the US Census Bureau. In the first two months of 2021, India imported 51,300 tonnes of aluminium scrap from the US, from 61,800 tonnes imported in the first two months of 2020. That marked a decline of 17% year-on-year. India’s imports of total aluminium (semi-finished products, crude metals and alloy and scrap) from the US came in at 27,300 tonnes in February 2021. That indicated a slip of 17.27% from 33,000 tonnes in February 2020 but growth of 12.81% 24,200 tonnes in January 2021. Total imports of aluminium scrap...
A group of funds managed by the UK-based asset manager Ashmore Investment Management Limited is planning to sell a part of their stake in a Karachi-based beverage packaging manufacturer Pakistan Aluminium Beverage Cans Limited (PABC). The funds are looking to sell 26 per cent of the stake through a first-time share sale in Karachi in June 2021, said PABC CEO Azam Sakrani; while the remaining 51 per cent holdings will be invested through a private placement to local investors, according to Syed Saquid Ali, director of investment banking at Arif Habib Ltd. and the sole adviser to the IPO. The aluminium can manufacturing company is expecting to raise at least 3.3 billion Pakistani rupees ($22 million) through the IPO, the largest in Pakistan, since steelmaker Agha Steel Industries Limited...
IMF has revised the GDP growth projections for Italy to 3% in 2021 and 3.6% in 2022, in its January 2021 update of the world economic outlook. The European nation with a long Mediterranean coastline recorded export of 3453 tonnes of aluminium powder and flakes during 2018-19 and the revenue earnings that occurred for the export was $6.08 million. The export for 2020 remained at 1394 tonnes and the earnings stood at $2.77 million. However, when the export volume and earnings of 2020 get assorted with the existing two years, it denotes 4847 tonnes and $8.85 million respectively. Italy’s export of aluminium powder and flakes in 2018 was documented at 1684 tonnes and the earnings accounted for $2.26 million, whereas, in 2019, the export saw growth by 5.04%, as the export volume rose to 1769...
Hydro has delivered fabricated aluminium profiles to SolarDuck for floating solar solution. Floating solar will be deployed for testing to see whether the photovoltaic-covered three-sided structure can become a viable addition to global power generation. SolarDuck will launch its floating solar solution in April. It contains around 3.5 tonnes of fabricated aluminium profiles. The aluminium profile will keep the solar panels and electrical parts more than three meters above water level. SolarDuck is building four units at Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands for its full-scale pilot. The four triangular structures will be connected somewhat like a jigsaw puzzle, then towed upstream to the project location. “What we’ve done is create a unique design that fuses maritime expertise with solar...
Hindalco’s Aditya Aluminium is reportedly conducting vocation trainings through its CSR project “Swabalmb” in Sambalpur’s Lapanga village to help people become self-reliant. The end objective is to make them employable. The project rolled out in October 2020 and until now, over 270 youngsters have been trained in Ophthalmologist Paramedical services, tailoring, beautician, motor binding, driving etc. Among the trainees, two beneficiaries worth noted here are Sevati (19) & Rajashree (18) of Lapanga village. They were trained in ophthalmologist paramedical services at Trilochan Netralaya and today they earn INR 10,000 every month. Their families now live a life of dignity. Lauding the initiative, Mr Subrat Roy, the Director of SBI Regional Self Employment Training Institute says, “This is a...
The Indonesia based PT Cita Mineral Investindo Tbk (CITA), a bauxite mining company and the first Smelter Grade Alumina (SGA) producer in the nation through its associated entity PT Well Harvest Winning Alumina Refinery (WHW), yielded a positive performance in 2020, amid the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. All over 2020, CITA posted a net income of IDR 4.34 trillion and the realization was an upswing of 11.55% compared to CITA's 2019 net income which was only IDR 3.89 trillion. Yusak Lumba Pardede, Director, CITA, said: “Despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, during 2020 CITA succeeded in strengthening the Company's financial position. This can be seen from the significant increase in the value of equity and a decrease in the liability component.” “The company is optimistic about...
Vedanta Limited has raised its aluminium products and aluminium ingot prices by INR 3,750 per tonne with effect from Friday, April 23. Hence, the company is now selling its aluminium wire rod price at INR 213,250-220,750 per tonne compared to INR 209,500-217,000 per tonne on April 20. Vedanta’s aluminium billets price has come in at INR 213,750 per tonne as of April 23, up by INR 3,750 per tonne or 1.79 per cent from INR 210,000 per tonne. The company’s aluminium ingot price has also been grown by INR 3,750 per tonne to INR 205,750-218,750 per tonne on April 23. Vedanta links its aluminium products and aluminium ingot prices to the three-month futures of aluminium on the London Metal Exchange, which after April 20 increased by US$ 49.50 per tonne to US$ 2,373.50 per tonne as of Thursday,...
The fresh documents released under the Official Information Act, an important part of New Zealand's constitutional framework showcased, in 2020, the owners of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter refused the offer of direct payment from the Government. As an opening offer to the aluminium smelter, a payment of between $15 million and $35 million was at one stage being discussed by officials, the documents reveal. The payment would have been conditional on the Tiwai smelter spending more than the $300 million it has currently allocated to clean up the smelter site following its shut down and tied to the smelter staying open until 2024. In November’20, an offer was made by the government, which was called "Southland Transition Bond”. However, the released document by OIA clearly states the...
Hindalco Industries Limited has further increased its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices this week with effect from Friday, April 23. With the latest hike, Hindalco’s aluminium ingot price has come in at INR 206,000 per tonne, up by INR 2,750 per tonne or 1.35 per cent from INR 203,250 per tonne on April 20. Hindalco’s aluminium wire rod price is standing at INR 217,100, reflecting an increase of INR 2,750 per tonne from INR 214,350 per tonne on the previous day. Hindalco’s aluminium billets price has also been raised by INR 2,750 per tonne to INR 213,100 per tonne as of April 23. Hindalco links its aluminium products and aluminium ingot prices to the three-month futures of aluminium on the London Metal Exchange, which after April 20 increased by US$ 49.50 per tonne to US$...
SMM aluminium ingot price has edged higher by RMB 30 per tonne to stand at RMB 18210 per tonne on Friday, 23 April 2021, from its previous price of RMB 18180 per tonne on April 22. This marks the second consecutive hike in aluminium price. The price is expected to range at RMB 18190-18230 per tonne. In Foshan and Wuxi, the price grew by RMB 30 per tonne and RMB 35 per tonne to stand at RMB 18250 per tonne and RMB 18210 per tonne on Friday, 23 April 2021. Aluminium prices in Hangzhou and Chongqing came in at RMB 18220 per tonne and 18200 per tonne, up RMB 25 per tonne and RMB 50 per tonne. Aluminium ingot prices in Shenyang, Tianjin, Linyi, and Gongyi increased to stand at RMB 18205 per tonne, RMB 18170 per tonne, RMB 18220 per tonne, and RMB 18090 per tonne. The prices of aluminium alloy...
