Australia could turn more of its aluminium and copper resources into higher-value battery components, with a new report from national science agency CSIRO identifying opportunities to strengthen the country's domestic battery manufacturing capabilities. The report, The Future of Australian Battery Manufacturing: Cell Cans and Current Collector Foils, examines how Australia could use its existing industrial expertise, materials and manufacturing capabilities to produce key components for lithium-ion and emerging sodium-ion batteries. Rather than focusing solely on the country's critical mineral resources, the analysis explores practical ways to move further downstream and capture more value through local manufacturing. The opportunity comes as global demand for batteries continues to grow,...
Germany and France share one of Europe’s busiest downstream aluminium corridors, and the metal flows in both directions. In the first seven months of 2026, aluminium flat rolled products (FRP), which cover aluminium plates, sheets and strips (HS code: 7606), as well as aluminium foil (HS code: 7607), crossed the border each way, amounting to a total of around USD 692 million. However, the bilateral trade flow is tilted towards Germany, which remains France’s largest FRP supplier. Nonetheless, the inter-dependence remains as the countries do exchange the same products but engage in cross-border trade of specialised high-value products and alloys, feeding the demand on either side. The trade figures for January–July 2026, as compiled from the International Trade Administration, highlight...
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Foshan Gaoming YongLiJian Aluminium Co., Ltd established in September 1986 has created long friendly cooperative relationship with China Aluminum Network. Through years of hard working the company has gained millions of customers all over the world and won praises from competitors and clients. With the rapid development of economy and market environment, YongLiJian has been growing to be one of the large-scale aluminium extrusion companies in southern China. Its extrusion production capacity has now run to 25000 metric tones yearly and its billet production is now up to 40000 metric tones. Its Main Products: Aluminium extrusions,profiles,Aluminium tubes ,pipe, Aluminium windows & doors, Led aluminium profiles, Heatsink profiles.
"We are certainly looking at two-digit premiums next year. Spot physical metal supply has risen and spot premiums have fallen," said a purchaser at a semi-finished aluminum products producer in Asia. The firm also was worried that demand for aluminum products in the euro region and the United States would stay weak next year, cutting Chinese exports of semi-finished aluminum products and needs for primary metal imports, the purchaser said. A manager for a fabricating plant in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong said the firm had not accepted an offer of a premium just above $100 for delivery in the first half of next year. "Internally, we are bearish on next year's premiums because some LME stocks may come out and physical supply could rise," a trader at an international trading...
According to EAFA, aluminum foil total output decreased 4% in September in Europe. Stefan Glimm, the executive director of EAFA is still cautious about 2011 especially in the third quarter. He said aluminum foil enables a bright future as a kind of cyclic utilization packing material and irreplaceable.Aluminum foil also can be used in the production of automobiles, heat change components and industrial applications. Aluminum foil industry is with huge development scope in China. There are 48% of it applied in air-conditioners occupying the most share while 17% are used in packaging and 16% are for electronics industry,while the rest of them are used in construction and decoration. At present, aluminum foil consumption (per capita) is lower than developed countries. As data displays per...
According to data from Italy's nonferrous metals association Assomet, Italy's output of aluminum and alloy semi finished products rose 5.7% YoY to 655,600 tonnes in the first 9 months of 2011. In the Q3 of this year, the production growth slowed down with Italy's output of aluminum and alloy semi finished products egding 0.8% higher YoY to 191,000 tonnes.
Emirates Aluminium, or Emal, one of the largest aluminium companies, has set up a plant in this industrial zone. “It currently produces 750,000 tonne of aluminium and is slated to add another 750,000 tonne to its annual capacity within a short time,” says HE Saeed Fadhel Al Mazrooei, president and chief executive officer, Emal. Since aluminium is an energy intensive industry, the low energy costs in Abu Dhabi (estimated at under 5 cents per kWh compared to over 20 cents in India), will make aluminium production much more cost effective, he adds. Also, it wants to offer at least 30% of its production in liquid metal to downstream units, thus saving them additional costs involved in first purchasing billets, re-melting them and then making aluminium products. The rest of the production will...
The DFB-LD, which incorporates an aluminium indium gallium arsenide active layer and the APD featuring an aluminium indium arsenide (AlInAs) multiplication layer will contribute to simpler networks and faster broadband service. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is launching a distributed feedback laser diode (DFB-LD) (ML7xx42) and an avalanche photodiode (APD) (PD8xx24) suitable for the optical network units (ONU) of symmetric 10 gigabit Ethernet passive optical networks (10G-EPON). The ML7xx42 and PD8xx24 both will launch commercially on November 30, 2011. While current fibre to the home (FTTH) services are mainly based on 1 Gbps gigabit Ethernet passive optical networks (GE-PON), symmetric 10G-EPON offering 10 Gbps upstream and downstream performance are expected to be commercialised...
Accuride Corporation has completed its initial expansion of aluminum wheel production capacity in Mexico. The company's expansion, first announced in November 2010, involved the transfer of an existing machining line from its Erie, Pa., plant to its Accuride de Mexico facility in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon to support expanding customer requirements for aluminum wheels in the region. "Accuride's successful launch of new aluminum capacity at our Monterrey facility demonstrates our commitment to produce products our customers need, where they need them," said Rick Dauch, president and chief executive officer of Accuride. "This expansion makes our Monterrey facility Accuride's first plant capable of producing both steel and aluminum wheels. In addition to serving Mexico's growing aluminum wheel...
Wuhan Baosteel Can-making Co Ltd officially opens. This is the fifth Baosteel invested domestic two-piece can factory following those in Shanghai, Hebei, Chengdu and Foshan. So far, Baosteel Metal Co Ltd has completed two-piece can manufacturing and service system domestic coverage strategic layout. Different from Shanghai Baoyi Can-making and Hebei Baosteel Can-making which are steel two-piece can manufacturers, Wuhan Baosteel Can-making Company is aluminum two-piece can factory jointly ventured by Baosteel Metal and Global Allied International Ltd. It provides aluminum cans support service to famous beverage companies such as Wong Lo Kat, Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Tsingtao beer. The line wire-speed is 1400 cans per minute with yearly production capacity of up to 480 million. Wuhan Baosteel...
The Armenian-Russian ArmenAl Foil-Rolling Plant, in Armenian capital Yerevan, produced 18,615 tons between January and September 2011, and this is a 3.4-percent increase from past year’s indicator for the same time period. Also, 17,838 tons of foil was exported during this period, the Plant’s Press Service informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. And in line with the data of State Revenue Committee, the growth in ArmenAl’s customs value of export constituted 12.4 percent. In the first nine months of this year, the Plant transferred to state budget 37 percent more than the same time period last year.
Oman Aluminium Processing Industries (OAPIL), a joint venture between Oman Cables Company and Takamul Investment Company, is planning to double its capacity to over 100,000 tonnes per annum (tpa), from 48,000tpa now. “Our master plan is to achieve a production capacity of over 100,000tpa. However, it depends on how much aluminium Sohar Aluminium can supply. Our expansion will depend on commitment from Sohar Aluminium (for liquid aluminium) and government on natural gas,” Hussain Salman Al Lawati, vice-chairman and managing director of Oman Cables, told Times of Oman. OAPIL gets its feedstock — liquid aluminium — from Sohar Aluminium – for producing rods and overhead conductors. The capital expenditure for the proposed expansion is not yet determined. “We have invested RO15 million for the...
G.James Glass & Aluminium offers the Gossi Park Parkway outdoor seatings that are suitable for public locations including parks and streets. The Parkway outdoor seats are manufactured from maintenance free, durable aluminium steel with an anodised finish to ensure easy removal of graffiti. It also features extruded aluminium planks that comes in a range of anodised finishes including clear, grey, blue and green. The outdoor seatings are specifically designed to meet requirements of local councils and shires, shopping centres, public malls, schools and sporting clubs. The Gossi Park Parkway outdoor seats can be also used in sporting grounds, BBQ and picnic areas and bus stops.
Commercial operations at Oman Aluminium Rolling Company (OARC) are expected to begin in 2014 with the plant hitting its full 160,000-tonne production capacity by 2019, according to company CEO Buddy Stemple. Speaking at the Arabal aluminium conference at the Grand Hyatt Muscat on Tuesday, Stemple said production will begin at ‘roughly’ 55,000 tonnes per year, before building up to its full capacity as part of a five-year ‘ramping up’ process. Construction on the US$387mn plant began in August 2011 close to the Sohar Aluminium smelter in the Sohar Industrial Area. A US$193 term loan from National Bank of Oman (NBO) and BankDhofar to part-finance the project was signed in June this year. Once completed, Oman Aluminium Rolling will produce ‘light gauge’ aluminium coils for use in a variety...
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors market. The global market for aluminum electrolytic capacitors is forecast to reach US$10.4 billion by the year 2017, driven by the rising demand for these products in end-use markets such as energy and environment, and their increasing use in products such as inverters. The lower price of these products, when compared to several other capacitor technologies, is also expected to remain a key growth driver in the following years. Other factors fuelling growth in the market include the shift towards flat panel displays in consumer electronics and computer markets, and the continued increase in sales of consumer products and personal computers.
Aluminum maker Alcoa named Kay Meggers president of the company’s global rolled products business succeeding Helmut Wieser, who will be retiring at the end of the year. The change is effective Monday, but Meggers and Wieser will work together through the end of the year to ensure a smooth transition, the company said in a statement. “Kay’s experience has prepared him well to lead Global Rolled Products at this important phase of the business’ evolution,” said Alcoa Chairman and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld in a written statement. “Since he joined Alcoa, he has had an important role in most of the Company’s major strategic initiatives, from enhancing technology and innovation as part of the Alcoa Technology Advantage program to spearheading growth strategies for China and Brazil.”
Russia’s SMW Engineering delegation visited China Zhongwang recently. The delegation visited the company’s workshops and understood production operations of equipments. Accompanying staff from Zhongwang answered questions from the delegation in detail. The delegation highly praised Zhongwang’s development through the visit. The delegation believed that advanced equipments were a strong guarantee for good products. Zhongwang’s high-precision production equipments are the solid foundation for producing high quality industrial aluminium products. MW Engineering sincerely hoped that it could establish multi-directional communication and cooperation with Zhongwang in the area of industrial aluminium products so as to achieve mutual benefits for both sides.
Epson has changed forever the quality, speed and cost of computer-to-plate technology for small to medium commercial printers with the launch of Epson DirectPlate Aluminium, an all-new high-resolution aluminium press plate prepared using standard Epson UltraChrome® HDR Ink. Epson DirectPlate Aluminium has many advantages over polyester plates including producing sharper and better quality prints, being faster and more efficient from image separations to press, is more affordable and more cost-effective to operate, better energy efficiency, virtually no maintenance costs, and reduces health and environmental impacts. This unique water-based plate-making system enables true aluminium lithographic printing press plates to be created in a few minutes on an Epson printer with plate resolutions...
Alcoa has declared that it has created a new all-aluminum bus design and space frame for BYD, reducing the body weight of the new BYD electric bus by around 1 t or 40%, when compared to steel components. The first two prototypes of the new BYD electric bus were introduced in Changsha City, Hunan Province in China. Alcoa has not only decreased the bus body weight but also has cut down the overall weight of the bus by 1.2 t by using its Huck Spin fasteners and Alcoa forged wheels. The reduction in overall weight will increase the electric bus’ overall range by a minimum of 10%, resulting in a range of roughly 300 km on a 100% charge. BYD intends to manufacture the electric bus in large numbers for the Chinese and Southeast Asian regions and also for the global market. Alcoa’s Bohai rolling...
Turkish manufacturer Asas Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret (ASAS) has ordered a continuous homogenizing plant from Hertwich Engineering, Austria. The new plant ensures low operating costs. The electrically heated continuous furnace consumes only 210kWh/t of aluminum, distinctly less than conventional gas furnaces. ASAS will benefit from low maintenance costs and short downtimes, ensuring high productivity of the extrusion presses used. The scope of supply includes a helical ultrasonic inspection station, homogenizing facility, cooling system and turbo cooler as well as a sawing and packing station. The design production is 80kt/y and commissioning is scheduled for early 2012.
