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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MRAI: Bright future for nonferrous metals
Each year more vehicles pop up on roads in India and a growing number of them are produced domestically. This trend provided a reason for optimism within the Indian nonferrous metals sector, according to presenters at the 2015 Metal Recycling Association of India (MRAI) International Conference,...
Hiring begins for Constellium-UACJ’s Kentucky plant
Constellium- UACJ is slated to begin hiring over the next two months for its Body in White plant in Kentucky Transpark with a target of recruiting around 50 people by the end of the year. The plant is supposed to employ 80 people in total once the $150million automotive aluminium sheet production...
Novelis planning a systematic transition from beverage-can to automotive aluminium
Novelis says that margins in the beverage can industry, which was their core area of focus, has started to fall rapidly and as a result they are planning a systematic focus-shift to automobile aluminium. “(Our new business) model suggests that by FY20 (fiscal 2020), 25% of our shipments would be...
Zhejiang Yueling to expand annual automotive aluminum wheel capacity by 1 million pieces
Zhejiang Yueling Co. will expand the annual capacity of its 800,000-piece-per-year automotive aluminum wheel project to 1 million pieces after relocation and technical upgrade, it said in a statement filed to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange yesterday. The expansion will cost a total of 160 million yuan...
Aluminum maker, Golden Triangle developers at odds over $1.2 billion project
The Columbus area economic development organization has put the 826-acres it has set aside for American Speciality Alloys back on the market, alleging that the startup that plans a $1.2 billion aluminum plant has not been acting in good faith recently. Joe Max Higgins, chief executive of Golden...
Lowndes County pulls land reservation for aluminum mill
Mississippi's chances of being the location for a proposed $1.2 billion aluminum mill that would hire 650 or more workers to supply aluminum for auto bodies have taken a step back. The Commercial Dispatch reports Lowndes County is no longer reserving 826 acres near the Golden Triangle Regional...
Ford to add 1,550 workers to the F-150 workforce
A total of 1,550 workers would be added to the workforce for building the new aluminium F-150 pick up truck as announced by Ford Motors on Wednesday. Ford also says that nearly 300-500 union-represented workers will be promoted from the entry-level stage to the veteran worker stage giving a...
F-150 helps drive 15% jump in Ford's US sales
It appears to have been worth the wait for US car maker Ford. The company got off to a better start in its domestic market in 2015 than expected, thanks in part to a revamped version of the F-150, which has been the best-selling vehicle in North America for just over 3 decades. Ford's sales had...
Secret ruggedness test for the aluminium F-150s proves beneficial
The secret ruggedness test for the aluminium F-150s at the Barrick Gold’s Bald Mountain and Cortez mines, Nevada, turned out beneficial for Ford with 35 new truck orders coming their way. The test started in 2011 and mine workers did not find anything different about the exterior of the car despite...
Aluminium-bodied cars receive “green” awards at Washington Auto Show
“Green” Awards were handed out to aluminium bodied cars at the Washington Auto Show’s Public Policy Day held between Jan 23 – Feb 1, 2015. The Award for the Green Car Technology was given to the aluminium-bodied Ford F-150, 2015 model while the BMW i8 received the Luxury Green Car of the year. "The...
SMS Siemag to supply cold mill to Aleris for the production of prime quality aluminum coil for the automotive industry
Aleris, a world-leading aluminum coil manufacturer, has placed an order with SMS Siemag for the supply of a single-stand six-high aluminum cold rolling mill as key equipment for a major expansion of the facilities at its U.S. site in Lewisport, Kentucky. The new mill will be designed to produce up...
New Joining Manual supports rapid growth of aluminum in automotive
The Aluminum Association today released a comprehensive manual that details the range of joining technologies used for the assembly of aluminum parts in automotive applications. Developed in collaboration with the European Aluminium Association (EAA) and the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC), the...
Aluminum avoiding metal slump as autos drive demand
At a time when other commodities are slumping, aluminum is making a comeback as automakers under pressure to build more fuel-efficient cars increase their use of the lightweight metal. While copper prices are down 14 percent this year and iron has slipped 7.7 percent, aluminum has gained 0.1...
Novelis commissions $48 million automotive closed-loop recycling investment in Oswego plant
Novelis, the global leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today announced the completion of a $48 million investment in its automotive scrap aluminum recycling facility in Oswego, N.Y. It expands upon the company's recent growth in Oswego to meet the increased demand for aluminum automotive...
2017 Jeep Wrangler may get a hybrid powerplant, be made of aluminum and carbon fiber
The Jeep Wrangler is a vehicle sort of encumbered by its success, in that everyone wants it to remain exactly the same, but improve at the same time. This is the conundrum Jeep chief, the aptly named Mike Manley, is forced to contend with as it prepares to update the vehicle for 2017. In an...
Ford contract, aluminum truck parts discussed
A Ford Motor Co. executive on Friday carefully skirted high-stakes questions about how the resurging automaker will handle labor contract negotiations this year with its hourly workers. Instead, John Fleming, Ford's executive vice president of global manufacturing and labor affairs, echoed recent...
Ford F-150 enters Tucson, receives warm reception
The Ford F-150 is slowly but surely making way to the dealers and the latest roll-out has been to Tucson where it has apparently received a warm reception. Although no one is quite sure about what the final verdict on the all-aluminium pick up truck will be, the general manager of the area’s...
A paradigm of premium aluminium production
Qatalum, led by a precision culture, has a casthouse which produces more than 60% of its alloys for the automotive industry. This is a direct result of the manufacturing proficiency within one of the world’s most efficient aluminium smelters. Over three years into full production and Qatalum’s...
