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Australia unfolds anti-dumping probes into Chinese aluminium
Australia has set in motion three anti-dumping investigations into Chinese export and it includes aluminium, as per records from the Australian Anti-Dumping Commission, adding weight to Beijing’s claims that Canberra has played a lead role in abating up trade tensions between the two nations. The...
Nexans secures major sub-sea HVDC cable contract from Greece’s Ariadne Interconnection S.P.S.A
Nexans has secured a major contract to design, manufacture and install a 335 km subsea high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable system for Ariadne Interconnection S.P.S.A, owned 100% by IPTO, Greece’s state grid operator. The interconnection will link the electricity network on mainland Greece to...
COVID-19 impact: US aluminium’s unfavorable price baffle as premium collapses
The hardest-hit industrial metals by the COVID-19 epidemic are Aluminium. The London Metal Exchange (LME) reflected the price slammed a four-year low of $1,455 per tonne in April’20 and is brawling to recover, as the last trading marked at $1,525. Inventory has spewed, with 663,475 tonnes of metal...
Bahamas import of Aluminium structures displays positive trend during 2017-20
The Bahamas is comprised of 700 islands and over 2000 rocks and cays, sprinkled over 100,000 square miles of ocean. The Bahamas has a predominantly market economy that is heavily dependent on tourism and international financial services. The gross national product (GNP) per capita is one of the...
Constellium delivers Aluminium Auto Body Sheet for the new Toyota Corolla in Europe
Constellium SE made published today that it delivers Auto Body Sheet for the new Toyota Corolla produced at Toyota’s European manufacturing plants. Constellium was recommended as the solitary supplier of Auto Body Sheet for the hood of the new Corolla, produced at the automaker’s facilities in...
Bauxite shipping line in Guinea appoints Bernt Christensen as new Chairman of Guinea Shipping Corporation
Guinea Shipping Corporation (GSC) has announced the appointment of Bernt Meldgaard Christensen as the company’s new executive chairman. Christensen succeeds his brother Henrik, who founded the company in 2010 and passed away recently. Christensen said: “Henrik had the vision to build a shipping...
Amid “Corona” crisis: Malaysian Aluminium Co. Press Metal to focus on upstream and smelting operations for future trend
Multiple industries including automobile, aviation and construction have been catastrophically affected, accordingly diminishing the demand for aluminium that is hugely used in these industries. Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd will be focusing on its upstream investments and expansion of its...
The rapid rise of Croatian export of Aluminium cans during 2017-19: Estimated de-growth by 65.68% for 2020
Croatia is a country in Southeast Europe. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the southeast, sharing a maritime border with Italy. The Croatian economy is one of the strongest economies in Southeast Europe....
ALCORE to start production of aluminium fluoride at Bell Bay, as CSIRO result sends positive note
Tasmania will be hosting the southern hemisphere's first production of lucrative aluminium fluoride. The project can crop up the possibilities to deliver an annual revenue stream of about $20 million, and that too before its potential expansion. The initiatives for a production facility at Bell Bay...
RUSAL enters on production of aluminium anodes with enhanced performance attributes for oil and gas and shipbuilding industries
RUSAL a leading global aluminium producer made public that it has started producing anodes for cathodic protection (CP) for the oil and gas, shipbuilding and other heavy industries to protect critical structures and metal objects from corrosion. The move forms part of RUSAL’s strategy to produce...
Altech Chemicals: Growth of lithium-ion batteries industry has given the wrong space to some producers to use low-grade alumina
Altech Chemicals has delivered a positive outcome from high purity alumina research activities administered by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. The Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS) of Dresden, Germany, specializes in lithium-ion battery research. This research focused on...
Lindian Resources Managing Director Shannon Green resigns within 12 months of his term
Lindian Resources’ Managing Director Shannon Green has resigned from the company and stated due to personal reasons. Still, he will remain at the company until the end of June’20 to ensure a smooth leadership transition. Shannon joined Lindian Resources only 12 months ago from bauxite development...
Solar-mounting systems manufacturer Schletter Group moves to larger site in China
Schletter Group, the international manufacturer of solar-mounting systems, made of aluminium and other metal components remains on a growth course. With the relocation of its Shanghai site to a new plant, the company is remarkably expanding its production capacities in China. Florian Roos, CEO of...
AAI seeks price correction in REC to shun burden on Aluminium Industry
The Aluminium Association of India (AAI) seeks the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to at once look into the distorted market of Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) which, according to it, is stemming an artificial demand and price surge in the power exchange. AAI vice-chairman...
Nigeria’s aluminium foil importation market transforming to a multi-million dollar industry during 2017-20
Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as Africa’s largest economy and with over 200 million people, it is the largest market in the continent. The economy of Nigeria is a middle-income, mixed economy and emerging market, with expanding manufacturing, financial, service, communications, technology and...
Ningbo Xusheng Auto: To start construction of production plant for light-weight aluminium alloy auto parts
Shanghai-listed Ningbo Xusheng Auto Technology stated that it plans to invest 1.92 billion Yuan into the construction of an intelligent automation production plant, designed with an annualised capacity of 10 million light-weight aluminium alloy auto parts. Ningbo Xusheng Auto Technology Co., Ltd....
Metro Mining: “Keeps an eye” on the market forth Bauxite Hills Mine expansion stage-2
Metro Mining Ltd continues to watch closely the market situations forth deciding to formally proceed with stage-2 expansion at the Bauxite Hills Mine in Far North Queensland in Australia. In April’20, the company was instructed by the Queensland Treasury that the Queensland State Government would...
Nova Scotia ventilator project: A vital breakthrough attained for COVID-19 medication
Nova Scotia Ventilator Consortium initiated the project more than two months ago to support any vacuum for a breathing apparatus the COVID-19 pandemic might create. The ventilator is now ready if a second wave of the pandemic impacts the province in the fall. A thoroughly functional mechanical...
