Aluminium prices drift higher as September peak season operations recover amid low inventory
Futures: The most-traded SHFE aluminium contract opened at RMB 24,400 per tonne in the night session on September 7, reached a high of RMB 24,470 per tonne and a low of RMB 24,335 per tonne, and closed at RMB 24,450 per tonne, up 30 from the previous close, a gain of 0.12 per cent. Prices traded...
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...
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Century Metal Recycling shines in the die cast alloy market
Since its inception in 2006, CMR has cemented its place as India’s largest maker of aluminium-based die cast alloy, used by manufacturers of automobiles and equipment to make parts. CMR, which recycles aluminium scrap to make alloy, has 20 percent market share and is three times larger than its...
Anhui Developed Aluminum Wheel Hub Project
It is learned that Xicheng Circular Economy Industrial Park’s electrombile wheel hub automatic production line has developed successfully in recent days. Tsinghua University Foundry Lab together with Beijing Xin Fang Zun Foundry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. adopted numerical modeling, digital...
Auto Lightweighting to Push Aluminum Companies’ Innovation
The tussle between the steel and aluminum industry over their respective places in supplying the automotive sector is far from over, but has only just begun. “However you want to measure it, the steel industry is roughly 9 times bigger than the aluminum industry,” said Richard Schultz, managing...
Russian AK5M2 aluminum alloy hit by slowing Japanese car sales
Russia's AK5M2 secondary aluminum alloy exported to Japan have been hit by bleak automotive demand outlook for the first quarter of 2013, market sources said Monday. AK5M2 alloy, made by re-melting engine and other aluminum scrap, is used by Japanese secondary aluminum alloy smelters as feedstock...
Cast aluminum alloy price is unlikely to rise in Q4: SMM
According to the analysts of SMM that market supply was expand continuously but demand still sluggish, cast aluminum alloy price was unlikely to rise substantially if without the support of downstream industry consumption. Since metal market was improved a lot as well as aluminum alloy ingot price,...
Aluminum Alloy Ingot Price shows Limited Growth possibility
According to the research results that aluminum alloy price was increased slightly in East China, Southern China and southwest, market supply volume increased also, weak consumption limited the growth space. It is learned that newly added output in some large manufacturers in East China was put...
2013 Jaguar F-Type sports the most advanced lightweight aluminum structure
As the F- Type debuts, Jaguar had broken new ground to achieve its goals. The F-Type is built around the most advanced, rigid and lightweight aluminum architecture to date. This meets the car’s two goals of low mass and extreme rigidity. AC300, a 6000-series aluminum alloy, was specifically...
The Aluminum Association releases new test procedure for aluminium alloy
The Aluminum Association has released the 2012 edition of the Standard Test Procedure for Aluminum Alloy Grain Refiners popularly known as TP-1. The test procedures described in the publication are used to determine the ability of grain refiners to reduce grain size during solidification of...
Mexican-based Faeza Alloyers Invests $7.56 Million In Indiana Manufacturing Facility
Mexican-based Faeza Alloyers U.S.A., a metal alloys manufacturer and fabricator, will invest $7.56 million to build its first U.S. facility in Shelbyville, Indiana. The Chalco, Mexico-based company, which specializes in producing alloys with zinc and aluminum bases for the automotive industry, will...
Guangyin Aluminum Civil Aluminum Profile Project gets approval
Provincial Development and Reform Commission approved the report of 150000 tons of energy-saving of civil aluminum profile Jiangxi Guangyin Aluminum Company. Its main construction content is to build production workshop, warehouse, and matched production and living facilities; its main consuming...
Aluminum Scrap Supply Volume May Increase 6.1% in 2012
On the Cast Aluminum Alloy Industry Chain Summit which was held days before, aluminum industry analysts expected China aluminum scrap supply volume may keep steady increase about 6.1%. Most of the cast aluminum alloy enterprises were secondary aluminium enterprises focused on the purchase of...
Police recovers stolen aluminium ingots worth RM1 million in Malaysia
Johor police sprang into action after receiving a tip-off and recovered two trailers containing aluminium alloy ingots stolen from a factory in the Tebrau Industrial Estate here last Thursday. At a press conference at the state police contingent in Johor Baru recently, state police chief Datuk...
London Clearing house to reduce LME metals margin rates
London Clearing house LCH.Clearnet is reducing its margin rates for the London Metal Exchange's copper, primary aluminium, aluminium alloy, North American alloy, nickel, lead, zinc and molybdenum contracts, effective September 7, LCH said Tuesday. The rate covers the market risk the clearing house...
UC Rusal to present its latest research on alumina production at "Non-Ferrous Metals 2012"
UC RUSAL has become a sponsor of IV International Congress & Exhibition ''Non-Ferrous Metals-2012'', which will be held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, on 5-7 September 2012. The Company will present its latest research on aluminium alloys and alumina production. The ''Non-Ferrous Metals-2012'' congress is...
Japan's Jul ADC aluminum shipments dip 2% from Jun amid switch to AC output
Japan's domestic shipments of auto diecasting aluminum alloy slipped 2.2% month on month to 38,784 mt in July, despite a 3.3% gain in total alloy shipments to 70,322 mt, the Japan Aluminium Alloy Refiners Association said Thursday. On a year-on-year basis, July ADC shipments were up 2.7%, while...
Aluminum scrap, alloy prices fall further
Free-market secondary aluminum alloy prices drifted down again Monday, with producers struggling to hold the line on higher quotes as mill-grade scrap tags dropped due to a sustained lull in London Metal Exchange pricing. A319.1 slipped to a range of $1.02 to $1.04 per pound from $1.03 to $1.04...
China's domestic ADC12 alloys slip on weaker ingot prices
China's domestic offers for aluminum alloy ADC12 slipped on the week on the back of the persistent weakness in aluminum ingot prices, industry sources said Tuesday. This is in addition to the weak buying interest in view of the summer lull when plants carry out their scheduled maintenance. Leading...
Rusal launches aluminium wire rod output for the cable industry
Rusal's production of rare-earth and transition metals aluminium alloys to create wire rod for the cable industry has completed the R&D and facilities set-up stage and entered production, the Russian aluminium producer said Monday. A multifunctional casting, rolling and pressing facility is...
