Across Europe, aluminium extrusion has become closely woven into some of the region’s biggest industrial and construction markets. From automotive and transport to buildings and industrial applications, extruded profiles are finding demand across a wide range of sectors. This is reflected in...
Taber Extrusions has launched a $70 million expansion in Russellville featuring North America’s largest aluminum extrusion press, with production scheduled to begin Wednesday and 70 new jobs expected at the facility. The company marked the grand opening of the expanded facility Tuesday, unveiling...
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At its Die Casting Technology centre in Germany, toolmaker Heck + Becker carries out casting tests for tool acceptance testing and fine-tuning innovative casting processes. It does this with the help of a fully automated die casting cell with a clamping force of 3,200 tonnes. Around 150 tonnes of...
The aluminium extrusions market in Sri Lanka is anticipated to drop 40 per cent, owing to the hit on the property sector by the COVID-19 pandemic, said Lanka Aluminium Industries Plc in a stock exchange filing. “We expect the market size for aluminium extrusions by approximately 40 percent and...
According to the United States Geological Survey data, the US aluminium crude metal and alloys exports to Mexico recorded a month-on-month hike of 55.67 per cent in February 2020 to stand at 9,200 tonnes. In January, the US’ exports to Mexico were 5,910 tonnes after plunging by 3.7 per cent from...
Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. The economy of Belarus is the world's 72nd largest economy by GDP based on purchasing power parity (PPP), which in 2019...
Hydro announced that it has planned to restructure its operations in the UK due to challenging market conditions. The restructuring is expected to be completed by end 2020. The company has also decided to close the aluminium fabrication business unit in Bromyard. The Bromyard plant has 56...
According to Shanghai Metals Market, the aluminium billet inventories in China have continued to decline this week ending Thursday, May 28, driven by healthy demand and limited arrivals of stocks to warehouses. SMM data shows the aluminium billet inventories have decreased by 15,600 tonnes over the...
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...
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...
According to the United States Geological Survey data, the US aluminium crude and alloy imports from Australia saw a downfall in February by 51.75 per cent month-on-month to stand at 9,650 tonnes. Year-on-year, the imports were down by 49.74 per cent. In February 2019, the US aluminium crude and...
Endurance Adler SpA, Italy (EA SpA), the step-down subsidiary of Endurance Technologies Limited and a direct subsidiary of Endurance Overseas Srl, Italy has acquired Grimeca Srl, Italy with effect from 21st May, 2020. The company has acquired a 100% stake in Grimeca for Euro 2.25 million. Endurance...
Shanghai Metals Market, after surveying 41 major aluminium processors in 12 provinces revealed that the average operating rates increased 1.3 percentage points on weekly basis to 78.8 per cent last week. This growth was primarily driven by sustained strong consumption from the construction and...
Hulamin Operations (Pty) Limited has joined Aluminium Stewardship Initiative as a new Production & Transformation member. This brings the total number of members working toward a responsible aluminium value chain to 121. “Hulamin has an organisational culture that places great value on its...
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....
Reynaers Aluminium has reportedly appointed Mr Steve Hubbard as a new operations director. Hubbard comes with more than 30 years of experience in driving operations through process efficiency and best practice implementation. On being appointed by the Reynaers Aluminium, Hubbard said, “These...
China’s aluminium billet inventories, across five major consumption areas, expanded decline this week ending on Thursday, May 21, by 20,000 tonnes to stand at 92.800 tonnes, according to Shanghai Metals Market. Stable shipments from warehouses in contrast to limited arrivals could be attributed to...
Aditya Birla Group as the owner of Hindalco and, therefore, Novelis secured its position as the world’s largest producer of value-added aluminium products with the completion of the $ 2.8 billion acquisition of Aleris in 2019, though the approval from the U.S. Justice Department has been pending...
The Geological Survey of the United States found that after December 2019, the US aluminium crude and alloys exports to Canada fell in February 2020. The decline, as recorded by the USGS data for February, was 8.71 per cent or 740 tonnes month-on-month to come in at 7,760 tonnes. In contrast to...
Liberty Aluminium Technologies has resumed production after a two-month halt, provided with safeguarding from COVID-19 epidemic by reducing the risk. The staffs have started re-joining to their work this week for the production of components towards the automotive sector at sites in Coventry and...
