Novelis has supplied approximately 100,000 m² of aluminium façade materials for six construction projects across the UK, highlighting the metal's growing role in architectural design, infrastructure modernisation and urban regeneration. The materials have been used across developments in Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and London, covering applications ranging from transport infrastructure and residential refurbishment to commercial and mixed-use buildings. The projects demonstrate the versatility of aluminium in modern building envelopes, with Novelis supplying architectural materials designed to combine durability, aesthetic flexibility and performance. Aluminium supports diverse architectural applications Commenting on the projects, Michael Hahne, Vice President Commercial of Novelis...
Bahrain’s aluminium wire exports continued to gain momentum in the second quarter of 2026, with shipments rising significantly compared with the corresponding periods of 2025 and 2024. The country exported 80,895 tonnes of aluminium wire in Q2 2026, taking its total shipments during the first half of the year to 143,518 tonnes. The export data covers aluminium wire under HS code 7605, excluding stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and similar products, electrically insulated wires and strings for musical instruments. Export volume registers strong Y-o-Y growth Comparing the quarterly figures, Bahrain’s aluminium wire export volume increased by 23.76 per cent Y-o-Y in Q2 2026, against 65,366 tonnes shipped during Q2 2025. The latest quarterly volume also marked a considerable rise from Q2...
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With the developments of West-to-east electricity transmission project, electricity transform project and the urbanization process, the needs of cable are in a growing trend. The Report of Chinese Cable Industry Analysis said that in the next 5 years, power cable market will continue to grow at a speed of 8%-9% every year. In the past, copper conductor cable was the most common cable in the market. But there is an obvious imbalance between supply and demand over these few years, and copper price is growing too fast. Some other flaws such as the difficulties and high cost of installation, easy to be stolen and aging problem, also inspired the voice of replacing copper conduct cable. Nowadays more and more users are aiming at a new alloy material--aluminium alloy AA8030 conductor, which is...
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation today announced that Noranda Aluminum Acquisition Corporation, its wholly-owned subsidiary, intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, approximately $225 million of senior unsecured notes due 2019 . The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Noranda and certain of its indirect subsidiaries. AcquisitionCo intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund in part the redemption of its outstanding Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2015 (the "Redemption"), with the balance, if any, to be used for general corporate purposes. There can be no assurance that Noranda will successfully complete the offering or the Redemption on the terms described herein or at all. The Redemption will be made pursuant to the redemption terms...
Aditya Birla Group flagship firm Hindalco Industries today announced a lock-out at its Silvassa plant in Dadra and Nagar Haveli following continuation of workers' strike. "...Due to continuation of illegal strike by workmen at company's Silvassa plant, the company is forced to declare a lock-out there," Hindalco said in a BSE filing. It said, however, that the company does not expect any adverse impact on financials due to the lock-out. Hindalco has eight other manufacturing facilities. When contacted, the company spokesperson declined to give the number of people who work at the plant. The Silvassa plant, covering 97 acres, is located 180 km from Mumbai. It has 30,000 tonnes per annum aluminium foil and converted products manufacturing capacity. The plant was up in technical...
US and Canada aluminum demand (shipments by domestic producers plus imports) totaled an estimated 23.038 billion lb in 2012, 5.3% over 2011, according to figures released Monday by the Aluminum Association. Demand for semi-fabricated (mill) products was up 4.3% to a total of 15.592 billion lb. Apparent consumption (demand less exports) in domestic markets totaled an estimated 19.316 billion lb, up 6.6%. Exports of aluminum ingot and mill products from the US and Canada (excluding cross-border trade) totaled 3.722 billion lb in 2012, down 1.3% from last year, while imports have increased 3.8% to 4,383 million lb. Demand for aluminum semi-fabricated [mill] products in the US and Canada (measured in shipments by domestic producers plus imports) totaled an estimated 1.114 million lb in...
Aluminium manufacturer Hulamin achieved a 19% increase in headline earnings to R64-million for the year ended December 31, 2012, from R54-million in 2011, during what CEO Richard Jacob described as an “up and down” year. “With rand aluminium prices remaining fairly stable, the metal price revaluation declined from a loss of R34-million in 2011 to a loss of R2-million in 2012, after recording a profit of R15-million for the first six months of 2012. The weakening of the rand towards the end of the year has contributed to the improved financial results,” he said. Turnover for the year decreased to R6.54-billion in 2012 from R6.91-billion in 2011 on lower rolled products sales, which totalled 194 000 t compared with 208 000 t in the previous year. The lower production was largely owing to a...
More and more automobile owners prefer aluminium alloy wheel hub for its appearance, comfort and safety. At present almost all the new types use aluminium alloy wheel hubs. And there are more owners who changed their old type wheel hubs to aluminium hubs. The basic material of aluminium hubs is aluminium, certain amount of manganese, magnesium, chromium and titanium were added. Compared to steel hubs, aluminium hubs are safer, more comfortable and more energy-efficient. Thus more and more automobiles take aluminium alloy hubs as standard configuration. Three main characters of aluminium alloy hubs: Energy-efficient Aluminium alloy hub is lighter and the accuracy of manufacturing is high. There is a small possibility that the hub will be out of shape when it is spinning with a high speed....
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation plans to double its initial investment plan for its Discovery Bay port expansion to US$20 million. The scope will also be widened from dredging to include infra-structure works. The United States-based company with local operations in St Ann told shareholders this week that it "plans to extend that project from US$11 million to up to US$20 million, and to expand the scope to include improvements in railing infra-structure used in its bauxite-mining operation". Noranda expects to substantially complete the project by the end of 2013. Last July, the company announced the project to expand harbour capacity at Port Rhodes in Discovery Bay, St Ann. The project scope originally consisted principally of harbour dredging. Noranda, meantime, reported full-year...
Noranda Aluminum Holding had its target price trimmed by Barclays Capital from $8.00 to $7.00 in a report issued on Thursday. They currently have an equal weight rating on the stock. Separately, analysts at Zacks downgraded shares of Noranda Aluminum Holding from a neutral rating to an underperform rating in a research note to investors on Tuesday, January 15th. They now have a $6.10 price target on the stock. Noranda Aluminum Holding traded down 8.76% on Thursday, hitting $5.155. Noranda Aluminum Holding has a 52-week low of $5.38 and a 52-week high of $13.18. The stock’s 50-day moving average is currently $6.16. The company has a market cap of $349.1 million and a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.60. Noranda Aluminum Holding last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February...
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. said it is benefiting from surging global demand for passenger aircraft and forecast a stronger second half, in part because of lean inventories. The Foothill Ranch, Calif., company, which emerged from bankruptcy proceedings in 2006 and makes semifinished aluminum products, reported this week that net profit more than doubled to $86 million, or $4.45 a share, last year from $25 million, or $1.32 a share in 2011. Sales rose 4.5% to $1.36 billion. Kaiser Chief Executive Jack Hockema said aircraft makers, including Boeing Co. BA +1.64% and the Airbus unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co., EAD.FR -2.62% increasingly are buying aluminum plate in large pieces, rather than smaller pieces that are subsequently welded together. The larger pieces, known as aerospace...
Shanghai aluminium price reached new low this week. Stagnated downstream consumption and increasing inventory largely affected aluminium price. From the view of position, main buyers increased holding this week. Qingtongxia, China International and Chalco International Trade increased the most. China Merchants Futures, China International and Shanghai CIFCO Futures focused on increasing short selling, main shorts are a lot more than longs. These factors lead to a low aluminium price. The new low aluminium on Thursday stimulated Qingtongxia and Chalco International Trade to increase holding. Until Feb 21, Shanghai aluminium main increased 283. In conclusion, low price lead to more buys, Shanghai aluminium price is expected to grow.
Aluminium is a popular metal of choice for mobile phone and car manufacturers due to its light weight properties.Now, HTC claims to have come out iwth the world's first full aluminium bodied phone without any plastic elements Launched in London and New York, the phone is unlike any of its predecessors which have plastic and polycarbonate parts. HTC say they are the first company to launch a phone with a full aluminium body and are hoping the phone will compete with Apple’s iphone 5 and Samsung’s Galaxy S3. Available for purchase from next month, the HTC One will also be available in red. Aluminium is a popular choice of metal for mobile phones manufacturers due to its lightweight properties.
Automakers are putting some of their best-selling vehicles on a diet in a race to meet strict new fuel-efficiency regulations that will kick in by the middle of the next decade. The trend has automakers introducing lighter vehicles and embarking on demonstration projects designed to carve hundreds of kilograms off their most popular vehicles. Last month, for example, GM received major awards for its new Cadillac ATS sedan that weighs 3,315 pounds (1503.7 kilograms), making it one of the lightest vehicles in its class, thanks in large part to an all-aluminium hood, magnesium engine mounts, and other lightweight materials. As they contemplate the new fuel standards, which require cars to have an average miles-per-gallon rating of 54.5, automakers cannot rely on consumers to buy more hybrid...
US aluminum sheet maker Aleris plans to close its Roxboro, North Carolina, coil-coating plant by the end of May, spokesman Jason Saragian said Wednesday. Aleris will continue to service its coil-coating customers from its other coil-coating facilities, specifically its Asheville, Ohio, and Lewisport, Kentucky, plants. He said the company recently finished installing a new wide-sheet coating facility at its Asheville plant, which made it ideal to absorb capacity from the Roxboro plant. Overall coating capacity will not decrease because of this move, Saragian said, and will actually increase because of the addition to the Asheville plant. The company will transition the current production over the next few months and will do everything possible to ensure a seamless transition with no...
Imperial Innovations Group, a leading technology commercialization and investment group, has invested £0.5m in Impression Technologies, an aluminium forming technology business based on intellectual property developed at Imperial College London. The new funds will be used to support the development of its aluminium forming process, manufacture demonstration parts and develop a technical and commercial team. The world's automotive and transport industries will have to make a step change in their use of aluminium if they are to meet the environmental challenges of reducing energy consumption and carbon emission targets. Aluminium is difficult to form into complex shapes due to its limited ductility. Professor Lin of Imperial College London and Professor Dean of the University of Birmingham,...
Franklin-based Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp.'s earnings were down 82.7 percent in the fourth quarter compared to a year ago, according to the company's latest earnings report. Earnings were $4.2 million, or 6 cents per basic share, on revenue of $332.9 million. Analysts, on average, had estimated a loss of 3 cents per share on revenue of $332.1 million, according to Thomson Reuters. Noranda ended 2012 with earnings of $49.5 million, compared to $140.9 million in 2011. "Our fourth-quarter results reflect continued stable demand with somewhat improved (London Metal Exchange) aluminum prices," said Layle Smith, Noranda's president and CEO, in the company's earnings report. "Although our 2012 results were negatively affected by LME prices that, in real terms, reached points that were among...
Foothill Ranch-based Kaiser Aluminum Corp. missed expectations on revenue and profits in the fourth quarter, when it saw dampened demand from the automotive and general engineering sectors. The company's shares were down about 5% in early trading today, to a market value of about $1.18 billion. Kaiser Aluminum makes specialty aluminum products, including sheets, plates and bars. It primarily serves the aerospace, automotive and industrial markets. It saw $314 million in sales in the fourth quarter, down about 1% from the same period a year earlier. Analysts had on average expected revenue of about $317.7 million. The sales miss came on lower demand from the automotive industry that was “partially offset by strong aerospace plate shipments.” Profit increased by 50% in the quarter to $9.1...
U.S. aluminium can sales are set to slow in 2013 for a third straight year as more consumers ditch sodas for healthier options such as water and iced teas, traditionally bottled in plastic or glass. The loss of market share in the fizzy drinks capital of the world, also due to loud anti-obesity campaigns such as those promoted by Walt Disney and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has forced producers of sheet aluminium for cans, as well as can fabricators, to seek new, more profitable markets abroad. Novelis, the world's largest flat-rolled aluminium maker, and can producer Ball Corp (BLL.N) have both invested in Asia and in Brazil, where they expect to see can sales spike as the 2014 football World Cup and 2016 Olympics approach. Alcoa, the top U.S. aluminium producer, and Novelis,...
California-based Kaiser Aluminum has reported net income of $86 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 compared to $25 million for the ear ended December 31, 2011. Adjusted net income was $74 million for the full year 2012, up 76% compared with $42 million for 2011. Value added revenue was $736 million for the full year 2012, up 14% over 2011 and reflecting strong aerospace demand and improved pricing compared with the previous year. Adjusted consolidated EBITDA was $174 million, up 56% on the 2011 figure of $111 million and setting a new record for Kaiser in 2012. Adjusted EBITDA margin on value added revenue was 23.6% compared to 17.3% in 2011. Jack Hockema, Kaiser's president, CEO and chairman, said that the company's record figures for 2012 demonstrated a step-change in growth...
