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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According to a recent report, a team at Wageningen University and TNO in the Netherlands has designed a device that enables reliable point-of-care tests for COVID-19 at an inexpensive cost. The device, made of empty aluminium coffee capsules recycled into miniature chemical reactors and combined with 3D-printing, also shares its usage instructions freely to maximise the COVID-19 testing and accelerate its impact in remote and low-income regions. Vittorio Saggiomo, who led the innovation, said: “We designed a 3D-printed plastic holder that fits four Eppendorf vials to perform the tests.” This device shows the test results in just 30 minutes, said Mr Saggiomo. It uses loop-mediated isothermal amplification (Lamp), a reaction that heats different primers and enzymes to make several copies of...
PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminum (Inalum) has announced that it will improve its aluminium smelting furnace technology with the help of three EPC companies, namely SAMI, PT Waskita Karya (Persero), and PT Unefeco. The news came after the executive director of PT Inalum (Persero), Sophia Issabella Watimena in Kuala Tanjung, officially announced this while adding the improvement project will enhance the smelting furnace to operate at a current of 235 kA instead of 193 kA. The improvement will be implemented in potline 1 and as many as 170 furnaces, resulting in the enhancement of Inalum’s aluminium production capacity by 25,000 tonnes per year. Sophia Issabella Watimena stated, "With the improvement of technology in potline 1 as many as 170 furnaces, it is expected that the production capacity...
The economy of Namibia is projected to grow by 2.6% in 2021 and 3.3% in 2022, astride of a steady recovery in financial services, tourism, retail and wholesale trade and the mining industries—combined with a refinement in the regional and global economic environment. But the economy still faces substantial risks and challenges in the short to medium term, for instance, if the pandemic continues, the revival of critical sectors such as tourism, agriculture, and retail and wholesale trade would be slower than much anticipated. The southern western African nation has recorded 32,908 tonnes of aluminium cans importation during 2018-19 and the amount expended for the import remained at $270.07 million. The import for 2020 stood at 6848 tonnes and the expenditure accounted for $57.68 million....
The United States aluminium scrap exports to South Korea stood at 22,900 tonnes in January 2021, reflecting a month-on-month increase of 4,000 tonnes or 21.16 per cent. In December 2020, the US scrap exports to South Korea were 18,900 tonnes, down by 6,300 tonnes or 25 per cent from 25,200 tonnes in November 2020. On a year-on-year calculation, aluminium scrap exports from the US to South Korea in January stood almost flat compared to 22,300 tonnes. The United States total aluminium scrap exports in January 2021 came in at 153,000 tonnes, up by 7,000 tonnes or 4.79 per cent from 146,000 tonnes. South Korea’s total aluminium imports (including aluminium crude metal and alloys and aluminium plates, sheets and bars) amounted to 24,400 tonnes in January 2021, almost flat compared to 24,700...
On 14 th April, the MBF Aluminium employees are going leave with their vehicles to show a demonstration from Saint-Claude to reach Lons-le-Saunier as slowly as possible, as agreed on 12 th April 2021. The start of this snail operation demonstration is scheduled for 1 p.m., in front of the factory. The procession will be heard in particular in the villages crossed as far as Lons-le-Saunier. Employees will park on Rue de la Préfecture and avenue Aristide-Briand. A meeting between their representatives and the prefect of Jura is planned. “We will thus address directly to the representative of the State in our department," recalls Naïl Yalcin of the CGT. “Since we have understood that only ministers can now put pressure on car manufacturers so that they keep their commitments, as far as...
A00 aluminium ingot price in China has jumped by RMB 290 per tonne on Wednesday, April 14, to reach near 10-year high at RMB 17,760 per tonne on fears that Chinese primary aluminium producers will limit their output to meet environmental targets. The average prices are expected to range between RMB 17,740 per tonne and RMB 17,780 per tonne, with spot contract to be traded at a premium price of RMB 40-0 per tonne. Some traders said that China’s Xinjiang region would cut the production of aluminium, an energy intensive industry, as the country strived to curb pollution. However, there has been no confirmation of such event until now. In Chongqing, A00 aluminium ingot price has soared by RMB 350 per tonne to come in at RMB 17,760 per tonne, followed by the surge of RMB 300 per tonne and RMB...
Nevine Gamea, Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Industry send out a decision to impose anti-dumping measures on imports of selective aluminium products for three years. The products comprise moulds, cylinders and wire, with the measures to initiate from mid-April, at a rate of 16.5% of Insurance and Freight (CIF) value with a minimum of $333 per tonne for the first year. Moreover, this enfolds 13.5% of the CIF value, with a minimum of $271 per tonne for the second year, and 10.5% of the CIF value, with a minimum of $211 per tonne in the third year. Ibrahim Al-Sigini, Assistant Minister of Trade and Industry for Economic Affairs, said: “The ministry had previously agreed, in April 2020, to start implementing preventive measures against the large increase in imports of aluminium products that...
Three-month LME aluminium settled 1.65 per cent higher at US$ 2304.50 per tonne on Tuesday, April 13, and is likely to range between US$ 2270-2320 per tonne today. LME aluminium cash (bid) price and LME official settle price surged by US$ 24 per tonne to close at US$ 2278 per tonne on Tuesday, April 13, marking the second consecutive day of hike. 3-months bid price and 3-months offer price stood at US$ 2293 per tonne, up by US$ 25.50 per tonne from US$ 2267.50 per tonne on April 12. Dec 22 bid price and Dec 22 offer price also grew by US$ 18 per tonne to come in at US$ 2326 per tonne as of April 13. The LME aluminium opening stock continued to fall from 1847600 tonnes to 1841575 tonnes. Live Warrants totalled 1336850 tonnes, while Cancelled Warrants stood at 504725 tonnes. LME aluminium...
On 13 th March 2021, the self-taught British designer Tom Dixon will unveil on a digital platform, the new and innovative chair at his Studio '24 hours in Milan'. The chair made of recyclable aluminium is named as ‘HYDRO Chair’ and is designed for longevity, multiuse and importantly for easy recycling. As it is manufactured with 100% aluminium and with few components, it is effortless to take apart when sometime in the future it will reach the end of its life as a chair. Tom Dixon is renowned for his love of metals and chose aluminium due to its endless design opportunities like light and robust and the chair is designed keeping sustainability in mind. Tom Dixon, Founder and Creative Director of Tom Dixon Studio, said: “I have always been obsessed with materials and aluminium in...
The metals segment of En+ Group, the world’s largest low-carbon aluminium and independent hydropower producer, has recently produced aluminium with the industry’s lowest carbon footprint. Carbon generated during smelting per tonne of metal was less than 0.01 tonnes. So, the purity of the aluminium produced was higher than 99 per cent. The lowest-carbon aluminium was produced at En+ Group’s experimental industrial site of the new-generation inert anode electrolysers, located at the Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Plant (KrAZ). The capacity of the electrolysers is to produce about 1 tonne of aluminium per day at a current of 140,000 A. According to Lord Barker of Battle, Executive Chairman of En+, this achievement represents a significant step towards the goal of net-zero carbon by 2050 and reducing...
The economy of Bangladesh has visualized being one of the fastest-growing contenders in the world in context to the past few years, with a stable economic performance that has supported to shrink poverty and social inequalities. The country’s GDP growth was estimated to have reached 8.2% in 2019 and remained positive at 3.8% in 2020 despite the global economic effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is predicted to shot up to 4.4% in 2021 and 7.9% in 2022, according to the updated IMF forecasts. The South Asian nation to the east of India has registered importation of 26,061 tonnes of aluminium stranded wire in 2019-20 and the foreign revenue expended for the import remained at $68.86 million. Bangladesh import of aluminium stranded wire in 2019 was recorded at 9242 tonnes and the revenue...
Cardiff-based aluminium fabricator Dudley’s Aluminium has promoted its five senior staff to director-level positions for strengthening the management team further. Selected by the company’s Board of Directors, Neil Andrews and Simon Hoggett are the new Estimating Director and Sales Director, respectively. Neil will manage a team of three estimators and review all tender enquiries to ensure that complaints and competitive bids are submitted for new projects. The team will liaise closely with Sales Director Simon, who has 30 years of experience in sales within the aluminium curtain walling and window industry. Simon, the new Sales Director, will support the development of existing and new client projects and the overall company growth. Neil Andrews said: “Having worked with Dudley’s for...
The bauxite importation of Ukraine during January-March 2021 has shown a significant rise by 6%, when compared to the same period the previous year, to 1.303 million tonnes. As the data statistics released by the Ukrainian State Customs Service, it states that during this phase, bauxite imports in monetary terms increased by 11.8%, to $59.853 million. The imports were carried out majorly from Guinea with 56.17% of supplies in monetary terms, 25.85% from Brazil and 17.12% from Ghana. In January-March 2021, Ukraine re-exported 71 tonnes of bauxite to Poland and Germany. Mykolaiv Alumina Refinery LLC is the primary importer of bauxite into Ukraine.
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the largest smelter in the world ex-China, is progressing towards becoming the world’s safest aluminium smelter by achieving 10 million safe working-hours without Lost Time Injuries (LTI), according to a report on Monday, April 12, 2021. Commenting on this achievement, Alba’s Chief Executive Officer Ali Al Baqali said: “Achieving 10 million safe working-hours without LTI is no coincidence, when collectively as a team we do the Right Choice. Safety is not an act, but rather a lifestyle for Alba employees and contractors’ workforce. Taking Ownership of Safety is key to our success today and emphasizes Alba’s objective of maintaining a zero-accident work environment within the Company.” Alba recently held a campaign called ‘the Right Choice’ during April...
Mubadala Investment Co., the sovereign fund of Abu Dhabi stated that it’s “close” to an initial public offering of Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC as it examines other crucial deals comprising a role in a consortium investing in Saudi Aramco’s oil pipelines. On 12 th March 2021, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, CEO commented, when questioned about the possibility of IPO of Middle East’s biggest producer of aluminium, EGA: “We’ve been thinking about this for a couple of years and waiting for the right time for that business to be IPO’d.” The $232 billion funds have shown minor sign of slowing down in 2021, coming off its busiest year. However, the deal stroked wide spreads from acquiring a Brazilian refinery to invest in convertible bonds of messaging app Telegram. Mubadala and Investment Corp. of...
A00 aluminium ingot price in China has climbed by RMB 90 per tonne to close at RMB 17,470 per tonne on Tuesday, April 13, following the two consecutive days of decline, learned the Shanghai Metals Market. The average prices are expected to range between RMB 17,450 per tonne and RMB 17,490 per tonne, with spot contract to be traded at a premium price of RMB 20-20 per tonne. In Linyi, A00 aluminium ingot price has surged by RMB 120 per tonne to RMB 17,490 per tonne, followed by the hike of RMB 110 per tonne to RMB 17,530 per tonne as of April 13. In Shenyang, primary aluminium ingot price has increased by RMB 105 per tonne to RMB 17,475 per tonne, while the price in Wuxi and Hangzhou has grown by RMB 95 per tonne and RMB 90 per tonne to RMB 17,485 per tonne and RMB 17,500 per tonne,...
Three-month LME aluminium edged down 0.09 per cent to settle at US$ 2267 per tonne on Monday and is expected to move between US$ 2250-2280 per tonne today. LME aluminium cash (bid) price and LME official settlement price increased by US$ 4 per tonne to come in at US$ 2254 per tonne as of Monday, April 12, following a plunge to US$ 2250 per tonne on Friday, April 9. 3-months bid price and 3-months offer price rose marginally from US$ 2267.50 per tonne to US$ 2268.50 per tonne. Dec 22 bid price and Dec 22 offer price, however, decreased to return to US$ 2308 per tonne as of April 12. The LME aluminium opening stock decreased from 1854250 tonnes to 1847600 tonnes. Live Warrants totalled 1337125 tonnes, while Cancelled Warrants stood at 510475 tonnes. LME aluminium 3-months Asian Reference...
Following the preliminary investigation, the European Union has set provisional tariffs on aluminium flat-rolled products from China, as it was established they were being sold into the syndicate at artificially low prices. On 12 th March 2021, the EU’s official journal stated that the European Commission has set duties of between 19.3% and 46.7%. The Commission administers trade policy in the 27-nation European Union. Jiangsu Alcha Aluminium Group Co. will encounter duties of 28.3%, while the lowest rate will apply to companies of the Nanshan Group, such as Shandong Nanshan Aluminium Co. On 13 th March 2021, anti-dumping duties will be applied, while the investigation will pursue. However, in October 2021, it is due to accomplish, when tariffs may be set for five years. As per the...
