Vedanta's ₹210b metals push targets India's EV and critical minerals demand
Vedanta is expanding aluminium, copper and other metals capacity as electric mobility and India's demand for critical minerals reshape the domestic materials market. Vedanta Group is putting INR 210 billion (USD 2.21 billion) into metals production and capacity through FY2026, building a broader...
CFMoto’s 2027 Ibex 800 E combines aluminium components with radar safety technology
CFMoto's 2027 Ibex 800 E combines an aluminium swingarm and forged aluminium pistons with radar-based safety technology, while starting at USD 9,799 in the US. The Ibex also comes with an 8-inch touchscreen, adjustable KYB suspension and several touring features as standard. The Ibex 800 E comes...
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Indian Aluminum Producers optimistic about 2013
Despite a decline in profits for the first quarter reported by India’s state-run National Aluminum Company Ltd (Nalco), aluminum producers here remain optimistic about the sector. Most of this sentiment is based on the likely positive demand from the automobile and power sectors which are expected...
Trimet Aluminium to present its expanded range for the automotive sector at Aluminium 2012
Trimet Aluminium AG is also presenting an expanded range of products and services for the automotive sector at Aluminium 2012. The medium-sized aluminum producer has recorded continuously growing demand for tailor-made system solutions for vehicle parts and delivers specialist products to renowned...
Zhongwang expects aluminum use in automobiles to boost demand
China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd. (1333), Asia’s largest maker of extruded aluminum products, said demand is increasing as carmakers use more of the lightweight metal in place of steel. “Aluminum usage in cars has changed noticeably in the past year,” Executive Director Lu Changqing said in an...
Kobe Steel aluminum forging plant begins production in China
Kobe Steel Ltd. announced Aug. 22 that first-phase construction of an aluminum forging plant at Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products Co. (KAAP China) has been completed and the facility has gone into commercial production. A joint venture of Kobe Steel, Mitsui & Co. and Toyota Tsusho Corp., KAAP China...
Ferrari to focus on aluminium instead of carbon fiber, says CEO
This past weekend, Ferrari introduced its newest F12 Berlinetta model to the American public out at Pebble Beach. It’s currently the Italian automaker’s most powerful road car yet, boasting 731-hp and 509 lb-ft of torque from its 6.3-liter V12 engine. Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa took the opportunity...
2013 Range Rover cuts weight with aluminum body
The redesigned 2013 Range Rover SUV goes on sale in the U.S. market in December featuring a sharply lighter body, improved fuel economy and better handling. The five-seat Range Rover has an all-aluminum unibody structure--a first for an SUV, Land Rover said. The body is 39 percent lighter than the...
Hindalco may double sales in five years on Audi, Jaguar Orders
Hindalco Industries Ltd. (HNDL), the world’s biggest supplier of aluminum to carmakers, may double group sales to $33 billion in five years as Audi AG (NSU) and other European carmakers swap steel with the lightweight metal. “Automobiles are a huge prospect,” Debnarayan Bhattacharya, managing...
Haomei Aluminium Develops New Aluminium Profile to Promote Auto Lightweight
Haomei Aluminium announces recently that it has successfully developed a new type of aluminium profile and has used it to forge entire car frame. Seen from the current R&D result, this new aluminium car frame can reduce 15% of the car weight. As the weight is reduced, the car’s brake performance...
Aluminium parts formed from smaller particles
A research team from the University of Exeter, UK, has developed a method for making three-dimensional aluminium composite parts by mixing metal powders to form tiny particles. To carry out this new technique, the researchers use a laser to melt a mixture of powders, composed of aluminium and a...
Demand for aluminium shoots up in US
The US Aluminium Association has estimated tha total aluminium demand in the United States and Canada for the first quarter of 2012 totalled 5.8 million lb, a 7.5% increase over the first quarter of 2011. "Because of aluminium's low-weight and durability, people are turning to it for new and...
Fluor wins Saudi aluminium plant contract
Engineering and construction company Fluor Corporation has won contracts worth more than $1 billion for an aluminum plant in Saudi Arabia and a highway project in the US, the company said on Wednesday. The company was awarded a contract from Ma'aden and Alcoa to provide engineering, procurement and...
Aluminum Association promotes aluminium in automotive sector
The Aluminum Association is touting the intensive use of its metal for the many benefits it offers consumers and the environment. According to the association’s Aluminum Transportation Group, aluminum use is at all-time-high and currently stands as the number two material used to make today’s...
Japan's June auto diecasting aluminum shipments rise 14%
Japan's shipments of secondary aluminum alloy for diecast automotive components in June were 39,654 mt, up 14% year on year amid stable automotive output, Japan Aluminum Alloy Refiners Association said Monday. The June shipments rose from May's 37,622 mt due to more operating days during the month....
Ford Plans Aluminum Pickup Truck to Boost Mileage
In this suburb just west of Detroit, Ford Motor Co. (F) is working on one of the biggest gambles in its 108-year history: a pickup truck with a largely aluminum body. The radical redesign will help meet tougher federal fuel-economy targets now starting to have wide-ranging effects on Detroit's auto...
Japan's Nikkei MC Aluminium ties up with India's Century Metal Recycling
Japan's Nikkei MC Aluminium (NMA) today made an entry into India's Rs 7,500 crore aluminium alloy market in a joint venture with domestic major Century Metal Recycling (CMR). "We will form a joint venture for setting up a plant for manufacturing aluminium alloy, used in automotive sector, at Bawal...
Emal produces record 1.5m tonnes of hot metal
Emirates Aluminium (Emal), a joint venture between Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala and Dubai Aluminium (Dubal), yesterday announced the production of 1.5 million tonnes of hot metal. In a statement, Emal said: “This is the fastest production achievement ever witnessed in the history of the global aluminium...
Growing demand for lightweight vehicle to boost aluminium application in automobile market
According to an analysis conducted by CCID Consulting, aluminum has become an ideal alternative material for application in the automobile market as there is an increasing demand for lightweight vehicles. The aluminum body of a vehicle has 46% less weight when compared to a traditional steel body....
ARABAL 2012 opens the door to transport and aerospace industries
The strong global demand for aluminium led by the transport sector over the last year reflects the increasing importance of the overall demand for aluminium, reports Qatalum, the organizer of Arab International Aluminium Conference (ARABAL 2012), which will be held at the Grand Hyatt Doha. This...
