Alcoa’s 16kg aluminium wheel could change fleet efficiency equation
A truck’s overall weight comes from dozens of components, including the engine, chassis, tyres, etc. Wheels are one area where fleets can explore lightweighting. Traditional steel wheels, widely used across the transport industry, are known for their robustness. Forged Alcoa aluminium wheels offer...
Why aluminium scrap grade matters when buying secondary aluminium in India
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...
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Chalco Guizhou commissioned with 20,000 mt/year aluminium bar volume on 6th December
The Chinese aluminium giant, Aluminium Corporation of China (Chalco), Guizhou branch, has commissioned for alloy bar production line, with an intended capacity of 20,000 metric tonnes for a yearly rationale which executed operation on December 6. The present production line is producing 2,000 mt of...
China's aluminium foil exports fall 10.53% YoY in November; unwrought aluminium alloy imports up 242.1%
According to the latest data from China Customs, China's exports of aluminium foil fell 10.53 per cent year-on-year to 102,200 tonnes in November. On a month-on-month comparison, foil exports edged 1.87% higher, with products under HS code 76071190 and 76072000 accounting for the increase. In the...
A00 aluminium ingot price stands RMB 14510/t; Aluminium alloy (A356) price down RMB100/t
A00 aluminium ingot price registered a drop of RMB 70 per tonne on Thursday, 26 December 2019 after two back-to-back increases on December 24 and December 25. The price increased by 0.48 per cent to RMB 14510 per tonne. The price is expected to move within a range of RMB 14490-14530 per tonne. Spot...
A00 aluminium ingot price records a growth of RMB100/t and Aluminium Alloys (ADC12) price of RMB50/t
On the day of Merry Christmas, the A00 aluminium ingot price in China has been found extending its growth by RMB 100 per tonne to stand at RMB 14,580 per tonne, found Shanghai Metals Market. This marks the second consecutive rise after a slight fall on December 23, from RMB 14,450 per tonne to RMB...
Dixon designs a 70-metre yacht concept featuring an aluminium alloy superstructure
Dixon Yacht Design has reportedly designed the concept of a 70-metre yacht - Project NewDawn, in a way that it offers effortless sailing performance with the interior comfort conventionally found on motor yachts. To offer maximum sailing potential with minimal sailing effort, the yacht has easy to...
Clean TeQ to supply scandium oxide to Panasonic Corporation Global Procurement Company
Clean TeQ announced it would collaborate with Panasonic Corporation Global Procurement Company to develop applications for scandium aluminium alloys for the latter’s consumer and electronics products. Clean TeQ and Panasonic have also signed a binding scandium offtake heads of agreement. Under the...
A00 aluminium price climbs RMB 80/t; Aluminium alloy (ADC12) stands at RMB 14950/t
A00 aluminium ingot price climbed by RMB 80 per tonne or 0.56 per cent to stand at RMB 14440 per tonne on Thursday, 19 December 2019, from Wednesday’s price of RMB 14360 per tonne. This marks the third consecutive rise in aluminium ingot price. The price is expected to range at RMB 14420-14460 per...
A00 aluminium ingot price records the second-highest growth this year of RMB240/t; Alumina price down by RMB4/t
The A00 aluminium ingot price in China has recorded a sweeping growth today, on December 18, of RMB 240 per tonne to stand at RMB 14,360 per tonne, found Shanghai Metals Market. This is the second highest growth this year after the increase of RMB 300 per tonne on August 12, from RMB 13,950 per...
A00 aluminium price edges higher by RMB150/t; Aluminium alloy (A356) slips 1.02%
A00 aluminium ingot price edged higher by RMB 150 per tonne or 1.07 per cent to stand at RMB 14120 per tonne on Tuesday, 17 December 2019, from Monday’s price of RMB 13970 per tonne on December 16. The price is expected to range at RMB 14100-14140 per tonne. Spot aluminium contract is likely to be...
A00 aluminium price ends the week lower at RMB14010/t; Aluminium alloy (A356) down by 0.68%
A00 aluminium ingot price ended the week lower at RMB 14010 per tonne on Friday, 13 December 2019, representing a drop of RMB 70 per tonne or 0.50 per cent from Thursday’s price of RMB 14080 per tonne. The price is expected to range at RMB 13990-14030 per tonne. Spot aluminium contract is likely to...
A00 aluminium ingot price starts the week lower at RMB 14060/t; Aluminium alloy (ADC12) up by 0.34%
A00 aluminium ingot price opened the week lower at RMB 14060 per tonne on Monday, 09 December 2019, marking a drop of RMB 10 per tonne or 0.07 per cent from Friday’s price of RMB 14070 per tonne. The price is expected to range at RMB 14040-14080 per tonne. Spot aluminium price is likely to trade at...
Alumina price in China falls further to RMB 2467/t; A00 aluminium price drops after rising for six days
The spot alumina prices in China have dropped across all major markets. The average spot alumina price stands at RMB 2467 per tonne on Friday, 06 December 2019, after remaining flat at RMB 2478 per tonne on December 5. This records a drop of RMB 11 per tonne or 0.44 per cent. Source: Shanghai...
QuesTek Innovations develops new aluminum alloy for additive manufacturing capable of high temperature performance
QuesTek Innovations LLC, a US based leading Integrated Computational Materials Engineering company has developed a new aluminium alloy for additive manufacturing. The alloy is capable of high-strength performance at 200 to 300 degrees C in the as-built condition. According to the company it is the...
Enkei Wheels (India) Limited signs agreement to establish Joint Venture Company
Enkei Wheels (India) Limited (EWIL), a manufacturer of the aluminium alloy wheels, has signed a Joint Venture Agreement to establish a Joint Venture Company with Nikkei MC Aluminium Co. Ltd, Japan, Century Metal Recycling Limited, India and Enkei Corporation, Japan. The purpose of the JV agreement...
A00 aluminium ingot price edges lower by RMB40/t; Aluminium Alloy (A356) price stands at RMB14650/t
A00 aluminium ingot price has edged lower by RMB 40 per tonne or 0.29 per cent to stand at RMB 13950 per tonne on Wednesday, 27 November 2019, from its previous price of RMB 13990 per tonne on November 26. This marks the second consecutive drop in aluminium price. The price is expected to range at...
Aluminium alloys (ADC12) price grows by RMB100/t after two days of restraint; A00 aluminium ingot price declines
After two consecutive days of restraint at RMB 14,650 per tonne, the price of the aluminium alloys (ADC12) has recorded a rise of RMB 100 per tonne to stand at RMB 14,750 per tonne on November 26, found Shanghai Metals Market. The average prices are expected to range between RMB 14,650 per tonne...
China’s aluminium billet inventories decline by 12,100 tonnes for six straight week
As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, Inventories of aluminium billet declined for the sixth straight week as of November 21. Stocks of 6063 aluminium billet across five major consumption areas in China stood at 86,700 tonnes as of Thursday November 21, down 12,100 tonnes from November 14. The...
China to exempt Pakistan from unwrought aluminium alloy tariffs from December 1
According to an update from China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CMRA) Recycling Metal Branch, China will remove import tariffs on unwrought aluminium alloy from Pakistan from December 1, once the second phase of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries comes into effect....
