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Ciclo Fapril joins ASI as the new Industrial User member
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced the joining of Ciclo Fapril – Indústrias Metalúrgicas as the new Industrial User member. Ciclo Fapril, S.A., at Alufap by CF, is a Portuguese firm that produces multi-product aluminium components. Ciclo Fapril, founded in 1965, is distinguished in...
Sichuan Qiya to supply 500,000 tonnes of recycled aluminium to Kaili municipal government of Guizhou
Kaili municipal government of Guizhou signed an investment agreement with Sichuan Qiya Aluminium Industry on December 6. Under the agreement, Qiya will supply 500,000 tonnes of recycled aluminium, 300,000 tonnes of aluminium processing projects, 20GW monocrystalline silicon rods and 20GW...
China’s average alumina spot price grows by RMB6/t to RMB3,004/t; A00 aluminium ingot price expands by RMB160/t
On Friday, December 22, China's average alumina spot price increased by RMB 6 per tonne after remaining unchanged since December 19. As per the data, the alumina price as of today has clocked at RMB 3,004 per tonne, followed by a growth of RMB 10 per tonne in Shandong and Shanxi to close at RMB...
Henan Zhongzhou Aluminium honored with the Pilot Enterprise of Industrial Wastewater Recycling Award 2023
Henan Zhongzhou Aluminium, one of the prominent manufacturers of aluminium alloy plates and coils in Series 1xxx, Series 3xxx, and Series 5xxx, was honoured with the pilot enterprise of industrial wastewater recycling 2023 in Henan Province. The China-based company is the only aluminium-related...
LME aluminium benchmark price contracts by US$23.5/t to US$2,192/t; SHFE price drops to US$2,659/t
LME aluminium opened at US$2,272 per tonne yesterday, with its high and low at US$2,279 per tonne and US$2,237.5 per tonne, respectively, before closing at US$2,245.5 per tonne, down US$19.5 per tonne or 0.86 per cent compared to the previous day. On Wednesday, December 20, both LME aluminium cash...
First phase of Shandong Hongcan Material’s RMB1.7 billion aluminium die-casting project put into operation
China-based Shandong Hongcan Material Technology initiated the first production stage for its large-scale, lightweight, integrated aluminium die-casting project. With a total investment of RMB 1.7 billion and a capacity to produce 3 million pieces annually of 8 different kinds of precision...
Schupan ups its sustainability game with two new aluminium sorting facilities in Kalamazoo
Schupan, based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, has invested over $40 million to establish two new aluminium shredding and sorting facilities. The first facility in Kalamazoo is scheduled to begin operations in early 2024 after opening later this month. “This new facility represents our continued commitment...
Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée gets accredited with the ASI Performance Standard V2 Provisional certification
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced that Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) has been accredited with the Performance Standard V2 (2017) Provisional certification. CBG has received the certification for its activities in Boké Prefecture, Guinea, which include bauxite mining near...
Cervejaria Masterpiece achieves dual ASI Certification for its beverage cans manufacturing plant in Niterói
Cervejaria Masterpiece has been certified against the ASI Performance Standard V3 with Provisional status and Chain of Custody V2 by the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI). The firm has a microbrewery that makes various speciality beers packed in aluminium cans and marketed locally and...
China-based Yunnan Aluminium bags three more national-level green factory recognition
Yunnan Aluminium Corporation has added three more national-level green factory recognitions to its resume. The accomplishment of this honour is a complete examination of the energy utilisation efficiency, energy resource utilisation, and product energy consumption level of the company's connected...
SMM A00 aluminium price grows by RMB40/t to RMB 18,980/t; Aluminium powder price adds RMB0.1/kg
On Wednesday, December 20, the A00 aluminium ingot price in China has grown by RMB 40 per tonne to clock at RMB 18,980 per tonne, with average prices between RMB 18,960 per tonne and RMB 19,000 per tonne. The spot contract price may be traded at a discount price of RMB 10 per tonne to a premium...
International Delight launches its much-awaited cold foam creamer in aluminium cans
Creamer brand, International Delight, has launched its much-awaited Cold Foam Creamer in aluminium cans. The Cold Foam Creamer, expected to reach stores in January 2024, will introduce coffee lovers to an inventive new format that efficiently enriches coffee concoctions. Any hot or cold coffee...
Amerimax, the new joint venture of Lippert and Euramax to supply aluminium cladding materials for RVs
Lippert Components Manufacturing, a subsidiary of LCI Industries (Lippert), has entered into a strategic alliance with Euramax for Mobility, Europe's leading supplier of aluminium products for recreational vehicles (RVs). This new alliance will result in the formation of a joint venture called...
Second phase of Xinshen Aluminium’s RMB200 million project launched successfully
The Xinshen Aluminium Technology lightweight phase II project commenced operations on December 8. The total investment for the completion and operation of the project amounts to approximately RMB 200 million. This includes implementing three intelligent production lines, which consist of...
Blackboxstocks to acquire UK-based Evtec Aluminium by Q1 2024
Dallas-based Blackboxstocks Inc., which combines financial technology and social media to provide real-time proprietary analytics for stock and options traders, announced that it has officially agreed to acquire Evtec Aluminium Limited (Evtec). The acquisition is anticipated to be completed during...
LME aluminium price adds US$17/t to US$2,213/t; SHFE price moves up by US$3/t
LME aluminium opened at US$2240.5 per tonne yesterday, with its high and low at US$2286 per tonne and US$2233 per tonne, respectively, before closing at US$2282 per tonne, up 1.83 per cent. On Monday, December 18, both LME aluminium cash bid price and LME aluminium official settlement price grew by...
Average cost of China’s alumina industry in Nov’23 records M-o-M plunge of RMB38.61/t
Based on data provided by Baichuan Yingfu, the average tax-inclusive total cost of China's alumina industry in November 2023 was RMB 2685.91 per tonne. This is a drop of RMB 38.61 per tonne compared to October 2023, a month-on-month decline of 1.42 per cent and a year-on-year decline of 3.80 per...
Downstream aluminium recap: Hindalco to build a new aluminium battery foil manufacturing facility worth INR 800 Cr. in Odisha
Hindalco Industries announced plans to spend INR 800 crore in constructing a battery foil production plant in Sambalpur, Odisha, to enter the rapidly expanding electric car industry. Ball Aerospace was selected to lead a concept study for NASA's planned Chromospheric Magnetism Explorer (CMEx)...
