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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Both A00 Aluminium Ingot and aluminium alloy prices drop across all Chinese markets
The China aluminium market is fluctuating almost every day over the uncertainty regarding the current aluminium capacity cut in the country. Both A00 Aluminium Ingot and aluminium alloys ingot prices in China have dropped on August 8 throughout all markets. All SHFE base metals prices plunged at...
NanoAl LLC awarded contract to develop lightweight aluminium conductors
Energy loss, due to the resistance of electrical conductors, in transmission and distribution systems currently costs U.S. economy around $20 billion annually. This amount of energy can power 24 million homes per year, and it provides considerable motivation to improve the transmission and...
“One of the largest opportunities in global market today is related to additive manufacturing,” Jacopo Nardi, International Business Manager, RINA Consulting-CSM, Italy
RINA Consulting – Centro Sviluppo Materiali, S.p.A. is a leading R&D and consultancy firm based in Italy. With over 20 laboratories, pilot lines and full scale testing facilities, the company has emerged as the partner of choice for any industrial project in which materials, technology and...
Estimated aluminium alloy import by UAE to jump 129% YoY in 2017
As the Middle East is readying to become a lucrative automotive manufacturing hub, UAE’s aluminium alloy ingot import is rising on per year basis. The country which is basically a net exporter of aluminium alloys has been buying a lot of this value-added light metal product from the international...
Nassau Electrical adds underground aluminium URD quadruplex & triplex cables to its portfolio
New York based supplier of wires and cables Nassau Electricals announced Sunday, August 27, that their latest offerings underground aluminium URD quadruplex and triplex cable brands are now available for sale. Manufactured from high-performing concentric stranded and compressed aluminium conductor,...
China starts construction of its first aluminium scrap beverage can-fed production line in Henan
<p>According to a recent Shanghai Metals Market report, Henan Aipusheng Secondary Metals Company started construction of its aluminium alloy flat casting ingot project on August 16. The aluminium alloy casting ingot manufacturer would be using aluminium scrap beverage cans as raw material for the...
Jilin Midas clinches three contracts for supply of aluminium alloy extrusion profiles & fabricated parts
<p>Midas Holdings Limited‘s subsidiary Jilin Midas Aluminium Industries Co., Ltd has secured three supply contracts from customers in the People’s Republic of China . The combined value of high speed train contracts is RMB184.4 million.</p> <p>CRRC Tangshan Co. has given...
Midas Holdings net profit jumps 197.1% in 2Q2017
<p>Midas Holdings Limited, the leading manufacturer of aluminium alloy extrusion products for the passenger rail transportation sector in the People’s Republic of China, announced results for the three months ended June 30, 2017.</p> <p><strong>Net profit</strong> after tax jumped 197.1...
Two smartphones with advanced aluminium alloy body launched in India
<p>Two leading consumer durable brands - LG and Lenovo recently launched their latest smartphone models in India. While LG launched <strong>LG Q6</strong>, its first smartphone under the new 'Q series', <strong>Lenovo</strong> came up with its latest mid-budget offering <strong>K8...
Renishaw and Aeromet International collaborate on additive manufacturing for A20X aluminium alloys
<p>Renishaw, a manufacturer of advanced metal additive manufacturing systems, and Aeromet International Limited, a supplier of aluminium and magnesium castings for the aerospace and defence industries, have joined forces to establish additive manufacturing process parameters and material...
Constellium HSA6 high-strength aluminium alloys introduced for automotive components
<p>Constellium N.V. has introduced a new generation of high-strength 6000-series alloys, Constellium HSA6TM, to help automakers meet growing demand for lighter weight vehicles. Constellium HSA6TM is in production for several 2017 and 2018 model year vehicles, including the MINI Countryman.</p> <p...
Domestic secondary aluminium producers to get little impact from China’s proposed ban on scrap metal import
<p>A source from China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association Recycling Metal Branch (CMRA) has confirmed that China will ban imports of “category 7” scrap metals, which cover scrap electric wire & cable, scrap motor and bulk scrap hardware, from the end of 2018, an SMM report...
NALCO expands value-added portfolio: Starts producing AA 3105 aluminium alloy
<p>India’s Navaratna public sector enterprise and leading integrated aluminium producer National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has strengthened its value-added portfolio. The company started production of AA 3105 aluminium alloy comprising aluminium, manganese, and magnesium at its...
Major aluminium scrap prices drop across China markets as demand weakens
<p>The prices of aluminium scrap commodities fell across major regional markets in China as demand weakened among recyclers. In the wake of recent pollution control checks initiated by the government many secondary aluminium producers were forced to scale down their operations. Hence, raw material...
Shandong Weiqiao Aluminum & Electricity increases its capacity of aluminium alloy product
<p>Shandong Weiqiao Aluminum & Electricity Co., a power-alumina-aluminium processing integrated company, has sharply increased the capacity of aluminium alloy product over the past years, reported by Shanghai Metals Market.</p> <p>Shandong Weiqiao Aluminum & Electricity Co. is the wholly...
Petersburg University develops technology to make porous aluminium alloys
<p>Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) has developed a technology that can produce porous aluminium alloy that can float. In this process, foaming gas is added into liquid aluminium during re-melting process. According to the SPbPU's update the porous materials can...
Japan’s rising automotive industry demand to drive aluminium alloy imports in 2017
<p>The demand for diecasting aluminium alloy in Japan automotive industry is slated to rise 1.5 per cent year-on-year reaching 986,500 million tonnes during FY2017-2018, revealed data released by the Japan Aluminium Alloy Refiners Association. Demand was estimated at 972,200 million tonne last...
Indian pilot builds indigenous aircraft from aluminium alloy; waiting for flying permission
<p>Thrust Aircraft Private Limited is a unique venture was started by a self-motivated entrepreneur Capt. Amol Shivaji Yadav. He is a Deputy Chief Pilot by profession and has been working on building indigenous aircraft for past 17 years.</p> <p>Amol Yadav assembled his first aircraft by himself on...
