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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Hyundai to Set Up New Aluminum Die Casting Plant in Mexico
Hyundai, the Korean automotive leader maintains its trust in Tijuana’s competitiveness and announced their investment in a new M$131 aluminum die casting plant adding nearly 300 new jobs to the company’s current base of 2,300 employees. The announcement was made by Kenny Lee, company’s CEO, in a...
Midas Aluminum Started Construction in automobile parts project
50 thousand tons motor-trolley profile and car body component project of Midas Aluminum Company started construction, the technicists were in the process of debugging host device. This project will divided into two stages, located at Yibin area, invested 2.46 billion yuan totally, occupied 583 mu...
Research to develop aluminium alloys for lightweight vehicles
CIC marGUNE is coordinating a line of research in the Basque Country for developing aluminium alloys with enhanced properties. Aluminium alloys are the future of the automobile sector. Until recently and due to the high costs involved, they have been used solely in aeronautics and, in the case of...
Aluminum to help meet fuel economy targets
Truck and auto makers are increasing their use of aluminum in vehicles as they lighten weights to improve fuel economy. Aluminum manufacturers will ship 16% more aluminum to automakers this year versus 2011 as car output climbs 11%, according to Lloyd O’Carroll, an analyst at Davenport & Co. in...
University of Exeter develops new technique for Manufacturing complex automobile and aerospace parts
Producing strong, lightweight and complex parts for car manufacturing and the aerospace industry is set to become cheaper and more accurate thanks to a new technique developed by engineers from the University of Exeter. The research team has developed a new method for making three-dimensional...
EMAL launches Foundry Ingots to its Product Portfolio
EMAL has announced the launch of a new added value product in 2012: foundry aluminium which is mainly used in the automotive sector. The addition of foundry to EMAL's portfolio is part of its long term vision of producing more value added products as it develops into one of the world's largest...
Aluminum Giant Alcoa Finds New Markets In Green Tech Economy
It may not be the plastics of the 21st century, but aluminum demand is growing along with the need for lighter, more fuel efficient cars, lightweight laptops and tablets like the iPad I’m writing this post on as well as futuristic products such as self-cleaning, smog-eating building panels. Which...
World's first Carbon fibre composite wheel lighter than premium aluminum wheels
Australian company Carbon Revolution claims to have developed the world's first one-piece carbon fibre composite wheel for cars. According to Carbon Revolution, a privately owned Australian company, the composite wheels are 40-50% lighter than premium OEM equivalents made from aluminium. The...
Tesla's new all-electric car uses Aluminum to maximize efficiency
As Tesla launches its new Model S sedan today, the Aluminum Association's Aluminum Transportation Group (ATG) applauds its intensive use of aluminum to help the all-electric vehicle save weight, allowing it to go farther while producing zero emissions and offering rapid acceleration and nimble...
More Aluminum Content in Forthcoming Auto Models for fuel efficiency
Automakers are now on a new mission to increase aluminum content in their upcoming vehicle models to improve fuel efficiency. As you all know this is an era of plug-in hybrids and electric cars, automakers intends to develop lighter vehicles to meet the demands. According to Alcoa’s director of...
Aluminium Demand in the auto industry is expected to double up: Alcoa
Demand for aluminium in the auto industry is expected to more than double by 2025 as manufacturers seek lightweight alternatives to steel in an effort to meet ever tightening fuel efficiency regulations. Reuters reports that more and more auto makers are beginning the transition away from heavy...
Hunan SNTO Group Built Aluminum Auto Industrial Park
Recently, Deng Nanfang who is the vice president of Hunan SNTO Group said at ALUMINUM CHINA 2012 that the group was planned to invest 1 billion yuan to build an aluminum industrial park in Hunan in 2013, but not revealed the exact address. This industrial park was expected to produce 50-100 sets of...
Novelis’ Take on Aluminum Light-Weighting in Auto Industry
Senior vice president and chief commercial strategist at Novelis, Erwin Mayr always delivers a thought-provoking and well-put-together presentation, and at this year’s Harbor Aluminum Outlook conference, he focused his sights on light-weighting in the auto industry with aluminum — depending on whom...
An effort to improve fuel efficiency will boost aluminium demand in the auto industry: Alcoa
The global push to improve fuel efficiency in vehicle fleets will more than double the demand for aluminum in the auto market by 2025, Alcoa's director of automotive marketing said Wednesday. Car makers from BMW to Audi have already started to react to the so-called Corporate Average Fuel Economy...
UAE manufacturing sector expects moderate growth
The UAE’s manufacturing sector is expected to see “moderate growth” in 2012 and the medium-term, but the Eurozone crisis and the sanctions on Iran will limit the export markets for local products, analysts say. “The UAE’s aluminium produce finds major usage in the automotive and construction...
Aluminum parts manufacturer T.RAD expands operations in Kentucky
T.RAD North America, an aluminum parts manufacturer and supplier to the automotive, motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle markets, said Monday it will invest $10.8 million in production upgrades at its aluminum and copper/brass plants in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, over the next year. The project includes...
Alcoa Cuts Capacity But banks on China automotives for growth
Aluminium manufacturer Alcoa is going through a rough patch as its profitability has taken a beating lately due to falling alumina prices arising from oversupply of the commodity. Alcoa is a major global producer of aluminium and related products and could play a vital role in bringing prices back...
Japan ships 49% more auto diecasting aluminium alloys in April 2012
Japan's 11 secondary aluminium alloy smelters have shipped 39,308 mt of auto diecasting alloys in April 2012, up 49% year on year, Japan Aluminium Alloy Refiners Association said Wednesday. The April shipments, however, fell by 356 mt from March as some smelters have lost sales opportunities to...
