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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The US imports of crude metal and alloys stood at 250,000 tonnes in January 2021. That was a decline of 28% from 347,000 tonnes in January 2020, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey. On a monthly basis, crude metal and alloys imports increased by 9% from December’s imports of 229,000 tonnes. The US imported 3.27 million tonnes of crude metal and alloys in 2020, as compared to 3.8 million tonnes in 2019. This marked a decrease of 13.95%. On the export side, the US exported 15,700 tonnes of crude metal and alloys in January 2021, from 16,600 tonnes exported in January 2020. That was down 5.42% or 900 tonnes year-on-year. On a month-on-month basis, the exports rose 9% or 1,300 tonnes from 14,400 tonnes. In 2020, crude metal and alloys exports...
After a month-long restraint at RMB 3902.50 per tonne, prebaked anode price in east China has surged by RMB 290 per tonne on April 1, 2021, to clock at RMB 4,192.50 per tonne. The average prices are expected to range between RMB 3,885 per tonne and RMB 4,500 per tonne. In central China, prebaked anode price has climbed by RMB 230 per tonne to stand at RMB 4,110 per tonne, with average prices expected to range between RMB 3,960 per tonne and RMB 4,260 per tonne. A00 aluminium ingot price in China has increased by RMB 100 per tonne on Thursday, April 1, after three consecutive days of decline from RMB 17,330 per tonne to RMB 17,160 per tonne, found the Shanghai Metals Markets. According to the data, the price is standing at RMB 17,260 per tonne, with average prices likely to range between...
Three-month LME aluminium dropped 0.67% to settle at US$2,212.5 per tonne on Wednesday, 31 March 2021. SMM expects the contract to move between US$2,210-2,250 per tonne today. As of Wednesday, March 31, LME aluminium cash (bid) price stands at US$ 2212.50 per tonne, LME official settlement price stands at US$ 2212.50 per tonne; 3-months bid price stands at US$ 2235 per tonne, 3-months offer price is US$ 2235 per tonne; Dec 22 bid price stands at US$ 2256 per tonne, and Dec 22 offer price stands at US$ 2256 per tonne. The LME aluminium opening stock stood at 1897075 tonnes. Live Warrants totalled 1330350 tonnes, and Cancelled Warrants were 566725 tonnes. LME aluminium 3-months Asian Reference Price is hovering at US$ 2229.11 per tonne. SHFE Aluminium Price Trend Benchmark aluminium price...
The global leading aluminium producer, Rusal has invested over $1billion in environmental projects between 2011 and 2020. The environmental measures and initiatives implemented by RUSAL over the past decade are highly praised, as the volume of emissions from the Company's enterprises has reduced by almost 20%, industrial wastewater discharges have dropped by more than twice and the consumption of freshwater has shrunk by a third. The introduction of modern production and environmental technologies as part of the modernization and development of existing production was accredited for such results. In 2020, the Company prioritised its work towards achieving its strategic environmental goals. Thus, last year the EcoSoderberg technology was introduced across the Krasnoyarsk aluminium plant...
North West Aluminium, one of the largest manufacturer, wholesaler and distributor of roofing and ventilation products in Ireland & the UK has appointed Steven Nairn as the new Commercial Project Manager for its brand GutterClad as the company expands its product and service offering throughout the Irish and UK market. This new role will empower the company to further strengthen its offering to more substantial building contractors, roofers and aluminium rainwater installers. The company has mushroomed from an established Aluminium Roofing Accessory manufacturer in Ireland and the UK to a supplier of full Aluminium Rainwater product range for both self-build and commercial projects in recent years. In 2019, Steven joined North West Aluminium, carrying extensive construction sales sector...
According to a recent report, the Q2 2021 premiums for aluminium shipments to Japanese buyers are set at $148-$149 per tonne, which reflect a hike of 14-15 per cent from the March quarter. In Q1 ending on March 31, 2021, the premiums were agreed at $139-$140, an increase of 57-59 per cent from the previous quarter. Premiums have increased for the upcoming quarter primarily due to a tight container market and demand recovery from the COVID-19 induced slump, said four sources directly involved in pricing talks. The April-June premiums mark the third consecutive quarterly rise and represent the highest premiums since the same quarter in 2015. Japan is Asia's biggest importer of the light metal and the premiums for primary metal shipments it agrees to pay each quarter over the London Metal...
The European Union has reportedly imposed duties on Chinese aluminium products after determining the materials being sold at unfairly low prices. The news came on Tuesday, March 30, after the EU official journal announced that duties to be imposed on Chinese aluminium extrusions in the form of bars, rods, profiles or tubes by the European Commission would range between 21.2 per cent and 31.2 per cent. These tariffs are lower than the provisional duties of 30.4 per cent to 48 per cent levied midway through the anti-dumping investigation, which opened in February 2020 following a complaint from industry body European Aluminium. Members of European Aluminium include Norsk Hydro, Rio Tinto, and Alcoa. According to the EU report, Guangdong Haomei NewMaterials Co Ltd and Guangdong King Metal...
The economic recovery of Japan in 2020 was proportionately strong, while by Q4, the real GDP was down just 1.2% from a year earlier, and it was due to recoil in consumer spending and ample foreign demand. Japan’s indecisive growth was evident in January 2021, when the Consumption Activity Index fell 2.8% from December ’20. Similarly, the decline in Y-o-Y retail sales degenerated in January. The East-Asian nation’s import of aluminium containers for compressed during 2018-19 was recorded at 3343 tonnes and the expenditure for the import remained at $5.27 million. The import for 2020 stood at 2812 tonnes and the expenditure accounted was $4.15 million. However, when the import volume and expenditure for 2020 gets added with the existing two years, it signifies 6155 tonnes and $9.42 million...
North America's alumina production in February 2021 reflected a month-on-month decline of 32,000 tonnes or 9.41 per cent, found the International Aluminium Institute. From 340,000 tonnes in January 2021, the output decreased to 308,000 tonnes in February, showed the IAI data. North America's alumina production in January 2021 had, however, displayed a rise of 2,000 tonnes or 0.59 per cent from 338,000 tonnes in December 2020. On a year-on-year calculation, North America’s alumina output in February 2021 stood down by 1.95 per cent compared to 314,000 tonnes. In the first two months of 2021, North America’s alumina production totalled 648,000 tonnes, registering an increase of 4,000 tonnes or 0.62 per cent from 644,000 tonnes during the same period last year. Alumina production in South...
Metro Mining Limited will restart operations at Bauxite Hills Mine after the northern Australia wet season. Operations are planned to resume on 19 April. The company aims to mine and ship 4.0M wet metric tonnes (WMT) of bauxite between April and December. Negotiations for additional sales are progressing well. “Last year Metro’s 4.0M WMT target was thwarted by the worldwide impact of COVID 19 on market conditions across the aluminium supply chain. Despite record mining and shipping rates, and lower operational costs, the Mine was forced into an early wet season shutdown in September,” Metro said. The company’s Stage 2 Expansion to an annualised rate of 6.0M WMT remains the core strategy for Bauxite Hills. Financing in Stage 2 is through a $47.5 Million loan facility offered by the...
On 30 th March 2021, Trakia Economic Zone (TEZ) reported that Bulgarian real estate firm Interlink Grup revolutionised towards the development of an aluminium profiles production facility near the city of Plovdiv. Followed by the investment of €20.3 million for the aluminium profiles production unit and storage hall, the Plovdiv-based PVC profiles manufacturer Profilink will initiate production. However, the plant is expected to be operative during the third quarter of 2022 and it will be capable to produce out 10,000 tonnes of aluminium profiles per year in the first instance, through a wholly automated production process, while the project will create 150 new jobs. Sienit Holding, a local construction company has bagged the contract to construct the plant which will blazon on a total...
Hindalco Industries Limited has reduced its aluminium products and aluminium ingot prices with effect from Wednesday, March 31, following two consecutive hikes on March 25 and March 27. Hindalco’s aluminium wire rod price has come in at INR 199,350 per tonne, down by INR 1,500 per tonne or 0.75 per cent from INR 200,850 per tonne on March 27. Hindalco’s aluminium billets price has also seen a cut of INR 1,500 per tonne with effect from March 31. Thus, the price is now standing at INR 195,350 per tonne compared to INR 196,850 per tonne on March 27. The company’s aluminium ingot price is hovering at INR 188,250 per tonne versus INR 189,750 per tonne last week. Hindalco generally links its aluminium ingot and aluminium products prices to the three-month futures of aluminium on the London...
SMM aluminium ingot price dropped for the second time in a row. The aluminium price reduced by RMB 180 per tonne from Tuesday’s price of RMB 17340 per tonne. As on Wednesday, 31 March 2021, the price came in at RMB 17160 per tonne and is expected to move within a range of RMB 17140-17180 per tonne. In Foshan and Wuxi, the price slipped by RMB 170 per tonne and RMB 180 per tonne to stand at RMB 17160 per tonne on Wednesday, 31 March 2021. Aluminium prices in Hangzhou and Chongqing were RMB 17190 per tonne and 17140 per tonne, down RMB 160 per tonne each. Aluminium ingot prices in Shenyang, Tianjin, Linyi, and Gongyi decreased to stand at RMB 17160 per tonne, RMB 17190 per tonne, RMB 17180 per tonne, and RMB 17030 per tonne. The aluminium alloy (ADC12) price was down by RMB 50 per tonne to...
Three-month LME aluminium fell 2.02 per cent to close at US$ 2227.50 per tonne on Tuesday. It is expected to trade between US$ 2220-2280 per tonne today. As of Tuesday, March 30, LME aluminium cash (bid) price and LME official settlement price extended decline by US$ 35 per tonne to stand at US$ 2220.50 per tonne. 3-months bid price and 3-months offer price came in at US$ 2246 per tonne, down by US$ 33 per tonne from US$ 2279 per on March 29. Dec 22 bid price and Dec 22 offer price hovered around US$ 2259.50 compared to US$ 2284 per tonne on the previous day. The LME aluminium opening stock declined from 1917075 tonnes on Monday to 1905375 on Tuesday, March 30. Live Warrants totalled 1267750 tonnes, while Cancelled Warrants stood at 637625 tonnes. LME aluminium 3-months Asian Reference...
The British industrialist Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance is on the radar of the French government for preliminary investigation towards the disappearance of a loan dispensed by Greensill Capital to a French aluminium smelting plant. Greensill filed for insolvency protection on 8 th March 2021. According to the sources, the case recounts a government-backed loan worth about €18 million issued to a GFG-owned facility, Liberty Aluminium Poitou, in central France. The local investigators will look up to ascertain whether any criminal offence occurred, as revealed by an official from the Ministry of Industry, France. As per the report, Liberty Aluminium Poitou smelting plant secured the loan in December’20 but Greensill then solicited the money to be sent back in line with a two-month waiting...
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the world’s largest aluminium smelter ex-China, has received the British Safety Council’s the International Safety Award from the British Safety Council. The company has won award in recognition of its commitment to manage the risk of workplace injury and ill health in 2020. Alba’s Chief Executive Officer Ali Al Baqali said: “There is no limit when it comes to the Safety and well-being of our employees and contractors’ workers. Our priority on ‘Safety First & Always’ has helped us build a strong Safety culture all-year-round as well as empowered us to successfully navigate through the challenging times of COVID-19. We are pleased to be recognised again by the British Safety Council which is vote of confidence that we are what we repeatedly do – Safety Excellence...
The United States aluminium scrap exports started the year in January 2021 with a month-on-month decline of 3,000 tonnes or 1.92 per cent. From 156,000 tonnes in December 2020, the exports decreased to 153,000 tonnes in January 2021. But nevertheless, on a year-on-year basis, the US aluminium scrap exports in January this year reflected a hike of 7,000 tonnes or 4.79 per cent from 146,000 tonnes. To India, the second-largest aluminium scrap export destination for US after Malaysia, the United States exported 24,100 tonnes in January 2021, down by 6,500 tonnes or 21.24 per cent from 30,600 tonnes in December 2020. On a year-on-year calculation, the US aluminium scrap exports to India in January 2021 also stood down by 4,800 tonnes or 16.61 per cent from 28,900 tonnes, despite a hike in the...
On Monday, March 29, HP Inc. announced new ‘EMVY’ laptops made from recycled aluminium. The news came after Ifeyinwa Afe, Managing Director of HP Nigeria, launched the two new laptops - HP ENVYx360 15 and HP ENVY 17 in Lagos, Nigeria. According to her, they are designed to give people the freedom to create and stay connected from anywhere. Afe added the packaging for both the laptops moved away from single-use plastics and moulded fibre packaging to recycled aluminium. The products are primarily meant for creative consumers doing more creative activities during the COVID-19, such as photography, live blogging, and editing short videos. The HP ENVYx360 15 is a stunning mobile creative convertible laptop with 88.7 per cent screen-to-body ratio and thin and light design. The product weighs...
