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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Make in India focus: DMRL developing aluminium alloy technologies for critical defence applications
Aluminium alloys have emerged as the most preferred material for a variety of space and defence applications due to its high strength-to-weight ratio, high corrosion resistance, high stress corrosion cracking resistance, high weldability, easy fabricability and excellent recyclability. According to...
Purdue Research develops process to boost strength and ductility of aluminium alloys
Purdue Research announced last month that researchers have developed technology that can change aluminium’s microstructure to boost ductility and offer strength equivalent to stainless steel. The technology is meant to do away with complications that arise in case of aluminium alloys during...
A00 ingot price gains on increasing export orders despite growing primary aluminium inventory in China
According to the data from Shanghai Metals Market, China’s social inventory of primary aluminium hit a record high of 1.81 million tonnes on Monday February 12, due to sluggish trading ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday next week. This is up from 1.78 million tonnes recorded on Thursday February...
China’s exports of aluminium alloy up 5% YoY in December
China’s aluminium alloy export volumes increased by 5.31 per cent year-on-year in December, according to China’s customs data. The country shipped 44,369 tonnes of aluminium alloy last month. Image Source: Shanghai Metals Market Japan, Hong Kong and Vietnam were the top importers of country’s...
A00 ingot prices fall further on lack of strong fundamentals; raw material prices remain flat
Fundamentals for the lightweight metal remain weak in China. There is lack of activities in the market and domestic prices for most of the raw materials and primary metal remain flat. The market is expected to pick up before the Chinese New Year holidays. After a moderate gain, average A00 ingot...
Clean TeQ, Chinalco and Chongqing University team up to develop scandium alloys
Clean TeQ Holdings Limited has entered into an agreement with Chinalco Materials Application Research Institute (CMARI) and Chongqing University for the development and adoption of scandium alloys in the global transport industry. Researchers will investigate the functional and commercial benefits...
GFG Alliance wins council’s approval for a new aluminium alloy wheel plant in UK
Sanjeev Gupta led GFG Alliance has won Highland Council’s permission for a new aluminium alloy wheel factory in Fort William, UK. The plant, which will come up next to its Liberty British Aluminium Smelter, will be the first large-scale alloy wheel plant of UK. Construction work at the site is...
China aluminium alloy prices drop across regions amid muted buying
Aluminium alloy prices in China domestic market dropped across major regions as buying slowed down in the winter months. Interruption of the movement of trucks due to low temperatures and heavy smog forced end user industry players to limit their buying of aluminium alloys for future operations. As...
NSTU develops world’s first all-aluminium aircraft engine
The Novosibirsk State Technical University (NSTU) in Russia has created an aluminium engine for Yak-52 airplane. This all-aluminium engine is 50 kg lighter than the previous steel engine. According to a TASS report, the engine will be installed on Yak-52 two-seat planes. Image Source:...
Purdue scientist develop aluminium alloy with strength rivaling stainless steel
Scientists at Purdue University say they have developed a new aluminium alloy with strength comparable to stainless steel. According to researchers at the university’s School of Materials Engineering, altering the metal’s crystal lattice by introducing distortions known as “stacking faults,” or...
SCY signs LOI with OHM & Häner for testing scandium alloys in casting applications
Scandium International Mining Corp. (SCY) announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Ohm & Häner Metallwerk GmbH & Co. GK to test scandium alloys in casting applications. Ohm & Häner Metallwerk, based in Olpe, Germany, is a manufacturer of sand cast and gravity die cast parts. It...
Chinese exports of semi-finished aluminium products surged in December, domestic prices remain low
According to Shanghai Metals Market, Chinese exports of semi-finished aluminium products surged 60,000 tonne to 440,000 tonne in December, as domestic firms boosted production and exports in order to deliver before the Feb 1 ruling of the US Department of Commerce's investigations on anti-subsidy...
Danieli awarded supply contract for research rolling mill by RUSAL
Danieli, one of the leading suppliers of equipment and plants to the metal industry, has announced that it will supply a rolling mill specifically for conducting research to RUSAL. The company will install the new rolling mill at RUSAL’s Engineering and Technology Center in Krasnoyarsk, Russia....
Primary ingot and alloy prices in China drop again; lower domestic prices boost aluminium product exports
As reported by Shanghai Metals Market, Average A00 ingot price dropped RMB 250 per tonne today to stand at RMB 14,700 per tonne and expected to move within a range of RMB 14,680-14,720. Spot discount will range within RMB 120-80 per tonne today. Aluminium ingot prices registered a drop in all...
Average A00 ingot price registers an increase, alumina falls in South China market
China aluminium prices are struggling to stay up in the face of higher inventory and lower raw material prices. After registering a slight drop yesterday, Average A00 ingot price increases today to stand at RMB 14,770 per tonne and expected to move within a range of RMB 14,750-14,790. According to...
Midas’ JV unit clinches contracts worth RMB2.68 billion for supply of metro train cars
Midas Holdings Limited announced that CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Rail Transport Co., Ltd. has secured three metro train car supply contracts worth RMB2.68 billion in China. Midas, the leading manufacturer of aluminium alloy extrusion products for the passenger rail transportation sector, has a strategic...
The UAE’s aluminium alloy export to China triples during Jan-Nov 2017
Aluminium alloy export by the United Arab Emirates to China has tripled in the 11-month period of 2017. From 661 tonnes in January to 2,038 tonnes in November, the Gulf country has sold more than 14,188 tonnes of aluminium alloy billets to the world’s biggest aluminium consuming market during...
Aluminium alloy supplier Soon Lian to buy Tuas factory for S$7.8 million
Soon Lian Holdings, a supplier of aluminium alloy has signed a deal with Halliburton Far East to buy a single-storey deserted factory at Tuas for S$7.8 million. The property has a built-in area of about 4,800 square meters and a land area of about 9,800 square meters. The company is planning to...
