India’s aluminium recycling sector has matured significantly over the past decade. Secondary aluminium, produced by remelting and refining scrap, now accounts for a growing share of the country’s total aluminium consumption. Recycling aluminium requires up to 95 per cent less energy than smelting...
Eural Gnutti , the world’s leading manufacturer of drawn aluminium alloy bars for machining and one of the main players in the production of extruded bars and profiles – is taking part in ALUMINIUM (Stand 3A13), the sector’s most important international event, scheduled to take place in Düsseldorf...
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As global aircraft production accelerates and supply chain pressures persist, Airbus has added South Korea's SeAH Aerospace & Defense (SeAH A&D) to its aluminium supply network, making the company the first Korean materials supplier to secure a direct long-term agreement with the European aircraft...
Executive Summary: The component cost crisis: Driven by the explosive demands of Artificial Intelligence data centres, global smartphone memory prices skyrocketed. This pushed flagship Bill of Materials (BOM) costs up by nearly USD 300, forcing smartphone OEMs to cut costs in their structural...
Futures side: Today, the aluminium alloy 2609 contract opened higher and consolidated during the day session. It opened at RMB 23,020 per tonne in the morning session, reached a daily high of RMB 23,070 per tonne, and dipped to a low of RMB 22,925 per tonne during the session. It was last priced at...
A research team at Purdue University has developed a new cobalt-aluminium (CoAl) alloy that has the potential to solve one of the major limitations of intermetallic materials, their tendency to break under stress. The newly developed material showed a strength of up to 10 times that of steel with...
The global aluminium downstream market has been experiencing staggering declines, mapped with price and trade volatility. Recent incidents and market trends are must-watch, to be monitored closely for navigating and decision-making about future trading, hedging and subsequent investments. Products...
Rare earth minerals have moved from a niche group of metals to a strategically important resource that is vital to sectors from clean energy to consumer electronics, defence and advanced manufacturing. As demand rises and supply chains are dominated by a few countries, rare earths are being...
Novelis Korea has announced that Choi Min-young, the company's Director of Government Affairs, has been appointed the inaugural chair of the Aluminium Committee of the Korea Nonferrous Metals Association (KONMA). KONMA is an industry association that supports the development of South Korea's...
Futures: The aluminium alloy 2609 contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange opened at RMB 22,910 per tonne in the morning session. It reached an intraday high of RMB 23,055 per tonne and a low of RMB 22,845 per tonne. As of 14:00, it closed at RMB 23,020 per tonne, up 115 points, or 0.50 per cent,...
Futures side: The Aluminium Alloy 2609 contract opened today at RMB 22,865 per tonne, with an intraday high of RMB 23,060 per tonne and a low of RMB 22,825 per tonne, closing at midday at RMB 23,005 per tonne, up RMB 180 per tonne, or 0.79 per cent. In early trading, prices edged down to the...
In the first half of 2026, China's domestic cast aluminium alloy prices initially surged and created a multi-year high before pulling back. By end-June, the spot prices in East China stood at RMB 23,200 per tonne, up 18.37 per cent year-on-year, having hit a record high of RMB 24,700 per tonne...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The commodity death spiral: Sourcing standard, legacy aluminium alloys (like basic ADC12, 1350, or 6061) for next-generation, high-stress applications is a guaranteed margin trap. These materials warp under extreme EV manufacturing scale, suffer structural creep in high-voltage...
Futures: Overnight, the most-traded aluminium alloy 2609 contract closed at 22,830, down 135 from the previous period, a decline of 0.59 per cent. Trading volume was 3,301, up 71 M-o-M, and open interest was 19,216, up 129 M-o-M. The current WR indicator at -38.96 is in the mid-range and has not...
Canada’s merchandise trade surplus expanded to CAD 4.2 billion in May 2026, its strongest level in four years, as a sharp rise in unwrought aluminium and aluminium alloy exports helped lift the country’s overall outbound trade to a record high. According to the latest data from Statistics Canada,...
Xiaomi has introduced what it describes as China's first mass-produced structural aluminium alloy made entirely from recycled aluminium for electric vehicles (EVs), marking another step towards lower-carbon manufacturing. The new material, called Titan Alloy 2.0 , has entered series production and...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The macro mandate: Global automakers are desperate to increase EV range and reduce vehicle weight. The heaviest components are the battery and the traction motor. To slash weight, OEMs are issuing a clear mandate to their Tier 1 suppliers: replace heavy copper motor windings with...
MQP will introduce its new Optifine 5:02 aluminium grain refiner at Aluminium China 2026, taking place from 8-10 July in Shanghai, as demand grows for cleaner aluminium used in aerospace and premium automotive applications. The company said the new grain refiner has been developed to meet...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The margin collapse: European foundries face critical insolvencies as surging capital expenditure for massive giga-presses compresses profit margins down to 5 per cent, forcing aggressive Tier 1 corporate consolidation. The primary smelter threat: Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s...
Kaiser Aluminum Corporation has released its 2025 Sustainability Report, outlining progress across recycled product innovation, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction, workforce development and community engagement while reinforcing its long-term commitment to a sustainability strategy for...
