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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Aluminum Association introduces “purple sheets", an aluminium alloy designation system for 3D Printing
The Aluminum Association has released its first new material registration record in nearly 20 years. The record called “purple sheets” will provide chemical designations for aluminium powder used in 3D printing or additive manufacturing. The purple sheets are addition to its “rainbow sheet” series,...
A00 aluminium ingot price jumps across major China markets; Aluminium Alloy (A356) up RMB100/t
A00 aluminium ingot prices registered a jump across all major markets in China on Wednesday, 17 April 2019. Ingot price recorded a rise of RMB160 per tonne or 1.16 per tonne from yesterday. A00 ingot price rose from RMB13810 per tonne to RMB13970 per tonne. Spot aluminium contract is expected to be...
6063 aluminium billet inventories continue to decline for the fifth consecutive week
According to Shanghai Metals Market, the inventories of 6063 aluminium billet continue to drop for the fifth consecutive week across five major Chinese consumption areas, as consumption recovered at a slower pace. The SMM data shows the aluminium billet inventories as on today, April 11, are...
A00 aluminium ingot price declines by RMB40/t and aluminium alloys (ADC12) by RMB100/t
According to Shanghai Metals Market, the A00 aluminium ingot price has dropped today, on April 9, by RMB 40 per tonne to come in at RMB 13,780 per tonne. After a sharp decline on April 1 from RMB 13,920 per tonne to RMB 13,740 per tonne, the ingot price showed a constant growth over the week...
Fiat Chrysler and Nemak develop a new aluminium alloy in collaboration with ORNL for cylinder blocks and heads
A new blend of aluminium alloy has been developed by engineers from Fiat Chrysler, Mexican engine parts supplier Nemak in collaboration with Tennessee's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for cylinder blocks and heads. The new alloy will raise the optimum temperature range from 390 degrees currently to...
“Hulamin has remained focused on delivering high quality products at competitive costs’ ~ Richard Jacob, CEO of Hulamin
As the only major aluminium rolling operation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Hulamin is one of the largest exporters, representing more than 60% of sales. In January 1990, Richard Jacob had joined Hulamin and since then, held various positions in manufacturing, and sales and marketing. In 2002, he was...
“For aluminium field the outlook is positive not only for the current year but we foresee an extremely positive result also for the period between 2020 and 2024,” Alberto Ghisetti, Sales Director, Continuus-Properzi
Continuus-Properzi is a world leader in the field of continuous casting lines for nonferrous metal sector. Mr. Alberto Ghisetti is working at Continuus-Properzi since ten years, actually as Sales Director, focused in both aluminium and copper plants for rod and ingots production. He is graduated in...
HENCON’s Smart Automated Guided Vehicles (SAGV’s)
Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV’s) Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV’s) are an indispensable part of modern industry at the current scenario. Since decades they have been implemented in every type of industry (ports, logistic operations, automotive-industry, etc). A few years ago, the Hencon AGV’s were...
China’s aluminium scrap import during Jan-Feb 2019 falls 33.41% YoY
According to Shanghai Metals Market, China in the first two months of 2019 imported 206,000 tonnes of aluminium scrap in total, compared with 309,500 tonnes of import in the same period last year. Therefore, the country’s aluminium scrap import through January and February stood down 33.41 per cent...
Uniprom to invest €26m for construction of an aluminium billet unit and alloy plant in KAP smelter
Montenegrin based company Uniprom has announced its plan to invest around €26-million for upgrading the KAP aluminium smelter. The company's owner Veselin Pejović said this during his recent visit to KAP facilities. Uniprom KAP or Aluminium Plant Podgorica is an aluminium smelter located on the...
A00 aluminium ingot price extends decline; Alloy (A356) price drops by RMB50/t
A00 aluminium ingot price further extends its decline to RMB13900 per tonne on Wednesday, 27 March 2019. This records a decline of RMB50 per tonne or 0.36 per cent from yesterday. The price is expected to range between RMB13880-13920 per tonne, with spot premium to settle at 270-310 per tonne....
Airbus recognizes Alerts, the leading aluminium rolled product manufacturer with the Accredited Supplier award
Airbus has recognised Alerts, a leading aluminium rolled product manufacturer with the accredited supplier award for the second year in a row. Airbus honoured its supplier during its Supply Chain and Quality Improvement Program (SQIP) event at Toulouse, France. Aleris fulfilled the maximum...
Daiki Aluminium Industry breaks ground on recycled aluminium manufacturing facility in AP
Daiki Aluminium Industry India, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Daiki Aluminium Industry Co. Ltd., Japan, has broken ground on a new aluminium alloy recycling plant at Sri City in Andhra Pradesh (AP), India. Daiki Aluminium Industry will make an investment of INR250 crore. The new aluminium alloy...
Chinese aluminium billet inventory declines 6,900 tonne; alloy price records a rise
Stocks of 6063 aluminium billet across five major consumption areas in China declined 6,900 tonnes from a week ago to stand at 137,600 tonnes as of Thursday March 21, Shanghai Metals Market data showed. Stocks of aluminium billet extended declines this week as the upcoming tax cuts drove downstream...
A00 aluminium ingot and alloy prices up across major China markets
A00 aluminium ingot price stood at RMB14010 per tonne on Thursday March 21, up RMB70 per tonne from RMB13940 per tonne yesterday. The average prices today are expected to range between RMB 13990 per tonne and RMB 14030 per tonne, with spot premium to settle at RMB 250-290 per tonne. Aluminium ingot...
Acer introduces commercial notebook featuring magnesium-aluminium alloys parts
Acer has reportedly unveiled a new thin-and-light commercial notebook called TravelMate X514-51, specially meant for small and medium businesses. It comes in a chassis that features parts made of magnesium-lithium and magnesium-aluminium alloys, which are stronger than typical aluminium alloys at...
Scandium International signs LOI with BAL for testing scandium alloys in casting applications
Scandium International Mining Corporation (SCY) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Bronze-Alu Group (BAL) for mixing and trial-testing of scandium alloys in casting applications. The test work will be undertaken at BAL’s production facilities in La Couture-Boussey, at small production scale....
Brunel University collaborates with Constellium to develop high-strength aluminium alloys from recycled metals
Researchers at the Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST) at Brunel University are working in collaboration with Netherlands-based aluminium products manufacturer Constellium to produce high-strength aluminium alloys from completely recycled metals. This strategic research...
