Norway will provide a guarantee of up to NOK 150 million (USD 16.08 million) to support revenue security for the planned 255 MW Thakadu solar project in South Africa, helping reduce the risk faced by investors in the renewable energy development. The guarantee will be provided to Lyra Energy, an electricity sales platform jointly owned by Scatec, Standard Bank and Stanlib. It will cover the risk of companies buying electricity from the solar plant failing to make their payments. The agreement, announced on September 14, 2026, is the first involving a private company under Norway's renewable energy guarantee mechanism. The NOK 5 billion (USD 536 million) programme is designed to encourage greater private investment in renewable energy projects in developing countries by taking on part of...
The latest escalation in the US-Canada trade dispute is putting pressure on one of North America's most deeply integrated manufacturing networks, with auto-parts makers facing higher costs and growing uncertainty over where and how components should be produced. The two countries have spent decades building an automotive supply chain in which parts and materials routinely cross the border multiple times before reaching a finished vehicle. The latest tariff measures, including duties on aluminium and steel, threaten to disrupt that model and could force suppliers to reconsider long-established production routes. The immediate challenge for automakers and their suppliers is deciding whether to absorb higher costs in the short term or make expensive changes to their supply chains. For...
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Altech Chemicals has signed an agreement of contract with the German developer Kuttner GmbH aiming to constitute high purity alumina or ‘HPA’ coating pilot plant in Saxony, a German state. The glazing method by the company utilises graphite and silicone particles to condition anode materials, ultimately booming the tolerance of lithium-ion batteries. Arrangements leading to the erection of the plant have already paced up with the claims of the company acquiring long-lead items beforehand. The pilot plant would be capable of producing 120 kg of Silumina Anodes battery coating material per day. Various Europe-bound vehicle-makers and battery manufacturers would receive supplies from the Australian firm Altech Chemicals. Headquartered in Perth, Altech is the propagator of the term ‘Silumina...
Ev Dynamics (Holdings) Limited, China’s primary supplier of new energy commercial vehicles, has bagged another purchase order from the Hong Kong Productivity Council to provide a fully electric bus for a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Hong Kong. This agreement succeeds two prior arrangements of the company with the Hong Kong Airport Authority and the Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society. The production of the electric bus has been commissioned under a new purchase agreement between the Hong Kong Productivity Council and Ev Dynamics. This new bus will have a light aluminium alloy body frame with an immensely capable traction motor system. The vehicle will feature a full load-bearing electric bus chassis, high power yielding batteries ensuring stable power output, and other essential...
SuperAlloy Industrial (SAI), the largest manufacturer of forged aluminium wheels has been successfully registered with the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) as a Production and Transformation member. The company has gradually grown over the last twenty years, while in 2011 SAI extended its product inventory by introducing a new department, especially for precision engineering and production of automobile suspension parts and components. SuperAlloy Industrial Co. (SAI) first began its study and development of forged aluminium wheels in 2000 and in the start, General Motors (GM) was the company’s trusted customer. Both the firms have formed a solid partnership over all these years. By 2002, SAI received GM’s Tier 1 certification establishing a concrete business ground for the company....
This week the end-user segment has witnessed some great news about innovations. In a quest to find life sources in Jupiter’s satellite Europa, NASA has developed an all-aluminium lightweight spacecraft, 'Clipper' scheduled to begin its journey in October 2024. While in Australia, Graphene Manufacturing Group Ltd., a clean-technology firm would erect a primary coin cell G+AI Battery manufacturing unit to commercially produce graphene aluminium-ion batteries in pouch cell format for the first time. NASA's journey to find alien life in our universe and beyond has made the organisation develop its most huge spacecraft until now, named Clipper. It resembles the size of a Range rover and is practically a cylinder of aluminium. It is supposed to have a height equivalent to a standard basketball...
Colorado-based Ball Corporation is extending its activities in South America with a new production facility in Chilca, Peru. The beverage can manufacturer has estimated a production capacity of more than 1 billion aluminium cans each year and will start commercial supply by 2023. This publicised expenditure will permit the company to form a better supply chain for the growing packaging market in Peru and its nearby regions. The new plant has a compound that remains spread along a 95,000 square meter area in Chilca, Peru. Ball Corporation will initiate 100 direct and 300 indirect new positions due to an investment aimed at the production of multi-sized aluminium cans. Ball Corporation provides sustainable and innovative aluminium packaging solutions for beverages, household products and...
Founded in 1971, Norweld is Australia’s one of the most trusted heavy-duty trays and canopy providers for pick-up trucks or utes. In response to the rising demand for long-lasting, locally constructed trays and canopies, Norweld has unveiled its latest ute trays, full-time canopies and wind-off canopies comprised of heavy-duty aluminium and steel. These products are made by Australians. The growing demand for locally made strong trays and canopies for work or casual utility has inspired Norweld to come with the mentioned products. The tubs manufactured in factories are easily damaged or scratched due to heavy loads. Sometimes heavy-duty work equipment can cause scratches or dents to appear on the stock tub and chassis. With this release, Norweld offers its customers durable aluminium...
The Fantom Drives GFORCE 3 external hard drive series, comprised of durable aluminium, is simple to use and a vital component for any device. The use of aluminium makes it a good heat absorber allowing the GFORCE 3 to run without a fan and in complete silence. As per the latest information, customers can purchase the Fantom Drives GFORCE 3 external hard drive at a good discount rate. The sleek black aluminium chassis has a lot of capacity and is equipped with a USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps) interface, which makes high-speed transfers from one machine to the drive and vice versa a lot easier and faster. This drive may also be used to significantly increase the amount of game storage available on an Xbox or PlayStation. One of the main reasons why the use of aluminium in the electronics sector is...
Neo-Primitive, a unique aluminium chair fabricated by Lee Sisan in collaboration with RIMOWA, will be displayed at the 'As Seen by' exhibition in South Korea. This elegant piece of furniture is made from cast aluminium branches and grooved aluminium sheets, which are also used in RIMOWA baggage. The chair's legs are made of tree branches taken from nature and covered in aluminium via sand casting. On top of this organic framework, aluminium sheets joined by bolts create a delicate relationship of opposing shapes and textures. With its rear branch leg protruding from behind the elaborate back sheet, the one-of-a-kind aluminium chair climbs to a height of 1.8 metres. The aluminium throne's skeleton is made by leaning the branches against each other to support the metal sheets. Because of...
The London brewery Small beer is now offering its IPA beverages Small Beer Lager, Small Beer Session Pale, and Small Beer in aluminium cans. Felix James, the Co-founder of Small Beer said: “Between production and consumption, aluminium cans are more environmentally friendly than bottles on virtually every front. Aluminium cans are significantly lighter than bottles, they hold more volume and they stack neatly in slabs for efficient transport.” “As aluminium cans are also flexible rather than brittle, they are far less likely to be damaged in transit than bottles, which helps to reduce wastage in a modern e-commerce sales environment.” However, a stylish 350ml bottle is available from the brewery with a short neck. On this James added, “Despite holding more beer than a typical 330ml long...
Dudley’s Aluminium, a Cardiff-based aluminium fabricator, has reportedly bagged a project from a multi-award-winning construction company Beard Construction to install AluProf capped curtain walling, silicone glazed curtain walling, and windows and doors in the extension to the office development at Bristol. As per the contract signed, Dudley’s Aluminium will install fire-rated windows and doors as well as automatic entrance doors to the building. Colin Shorney, Managing Director at Dudley’s Aluminium, has expressed his elation to work with Beard Construction for the first time. ““This is our first project with Beard Construction, and we hope it is the start of a long and fruitful partnership with the company.” Colin added, “We are thrilled to be a part of this project in the heart of...
The clean-technology developing company Graphene Manufacturing Group Ltd. has publicized that the company has commissioned its graphene aluminium-ion batteries ("G+AI Batteries") in pouch cell format and that the first G+Al battery pouch cells have been produced. GMG's existing pilot production and testing facility ("Battery Pilot Plant") has enabled the operation of the Battery Development Centre ("BDC") to empower a wide variety of applications for the battery technology. Craig Nicol, the Managing Director and CEO of GMG said: "The commissioning of our pouch cell manufacturing equipment is another important milestone for GMG. It allows us to capitalise on the experience already gained with coin cell development and testing to open the avenues for our technology to a much broader...
On June 14, HP revealed Spectre x360 series laptops in India powered by the 12th Gen Intel Core processor and OLED touchscreens of up to 4K resolution with a 120Hz refresh rate. As HP claims, the laptop frame is composed of ocean-bound plastics and recycled aluminium. The laptops come in two brilliant colour formats nightfall black with pale brass undertone and nocturne blue with a celestial blue tinge. These latest laptops feature 13.5-inch or 16-inch screen sizes, each with an aspect ratio of 3:2 to maintain a 91 per cent screen-to-body proportion. One can pre-book the laptop through HP India online portal, and both the sizes are Intel Evo Core i7 equipped. The Sr. Director Personal Systems, HP Inc. India, Vickram Bedi narrated in a statement: “At HP, we focus on insights-based...
NASA's journey to find alien life in our universe and beyond has made the organisation develop its most huge spacecraft until now, named Clipper. It resembles the size of a Range rover and is practically a cylinder of aluminium. It is supposed to have a height equivalent to a standard basketball hoop and will also feature solar panels that, if spread can shield an entire basketball court. It is surprising to acknowledge that one abundantly available material, aluminium has been used to make the spacecraft. Basically, due to the lightweight properties of aluminium, the metal is preferred in aviation and space industries. The Clipper is supposed to leave for extra-terrestrial exploration in October 2024. The photos of the spacecraft’s finalised body were released by NASA on June 7,...
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has recently published a pioneering study in India that compares the most popular beverage containers and finds that aluminium cans have the lowest Global Warming Potential (GWP). The Life Cycle Assessment, which is also known as LCA is a methodology for assessing environmental impacts associated with all the stages of the life cycle of a commercial product, process, or service. The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) measured the environmental sustainability of aluminium cans, glass bottles, PET plastic bottles, and multilayer packaging (MLP). A total of 18 categories of environmental impact were assessed for the packages, including GWP, water consumption, acidification, and material circularity. Among the containers evaluated were 250 ml and 500 ml...
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati has revealed a progressive piece of work by researchers coming together to create a prosthetic leg designated for the Indian sub-terrain. The prosthetic has been designed especially for roads that are not uniformly spread and for activities associated with the Indian tradition of cross-legged sitting or deep squatting. The leg can be customised to fit an individual of any age or size. These legs are available in three majorly sustainable materials, stainless steel, polymers and aluminium alloys. As per the statement by IIT Guwahati, “This research was funded by the Ministry of Education, Government of India and the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. IIT Guwahati researchers collaborated with 151 Army Base Hospital, Guwahati;...
The Belgium-based global provider of aluminium solutions, Reynaers Aluminium has recently finished off a vital project in the UAE, where the company was stationed to install its high-performance systems. The installation is to beautify and construct the intricate exterior of Al Fattan Downtown residential towers, an enormous three-tower complex situated in Dubai. While explaining the scope of the project, the Managing director of Reynaers Middle East, Ali Khalaf notified that the towers have a noteworthy total aluminium surface area of 45,700 square metres, whose instalments were provided by Reynaers Aluminium for it is one of the most trusted companies in Dubai. “The systems installed at Al Fattan Downtown residential towers include the Company’s widely-used Concept Wall 86 Male-Female...
Aluminium has become pervasive and crucial in their daily lives. In the industrial field, aluminium alloys offer tremendous variety and many benefits, transforming nearly every industry and this includes the proliferation of high-pressure gas cylinders, as storage of gas is an imperative component. It used to be extremely difficult and expensive to store and access gases of all types, ranging from the most toxic to ordinary air. Due to the development of aluminium alloys, there are now many easy and cost-effective solutions available. Gases that are compressed are stored under pressure in cylinders. Compressed gasses are classified as liquefied gasses, non-liquefied gasses, and dissolved gasses. It is usually measured in pounds per square inch gauge (PSIG) or kilopascals. The most common...
Kawasaki has revealed its aluminium frame all-electric vehicle, the Elektrode, to consumers worldwide. It is a balancing bike for kids between the ages of three to eight years. One can pedal the bike for at least 2.5 hours after charging just once. The Kawasaki Elektrode showcases an aluminium frame, brightly coated in the signature Kawasaki Lime Green colour tone. The bike runs on two 16-inch cast aluminium wheels with tires suitable for off-road riding and the total weight amounting to a wholesome 15 kg. Also, it features a broad handlebar and an enlarged seat to make kids between the age of three and eight years comfortable. The handlebar and seat are open to adjustments according to the rider's height. This revelation marks Kawasaki’s first step toward the world of electronic...
