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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NorthStar Ford: The all-aluminum body truck is the future of auto industry
Out with the old and in with the new, that was the message at the NorthStar Ford office on Tuesday in Duluth. The new 2015 Aluminum Ford F150 Trucks arrived, and Ford believes they are the future of the auto industry. That is because the trucks have the very first all-aluminum bodies, meaning no...
Cadillac CT6 might use an aluminum body
Cadillac’s latest attack against the German competition will come in the form of another rear-wheel-drive luxury sedan known as the CT6. Cadillac has remained tight-lipped on the details so far, but a new report from Automobile says the CT6 will sport an aluminum body to keep the weight down. While...
AISIN to receive Marion Business of the Year award
The Marion Chamber of Commerce announced Monday that AISIN Light Metals is the 2014 Business and Industry of the Year. AISIN is in the REDCO Industrial Park area in Marion. The company manufactures aluminum parts for the automotive industry. The company began construction in Marion in October 2003,...
Ford F-150's endless recyclability will compensate its cost
The Ford F-150 has created a buzz in the auto industry for the daring use of aluminium in their most popular vehicle. Although the move was primarily to improve fuel efficiency of the vehicle with the lightweight body, it will also have a positive impact in recycling. The pick-up tuck is the most...
Hindalco aiming to hit a record $1 billion worth of aluminium export by 31st March
Birla-owned Hindalco Industries is targeting to export a record $1 billion worth of aluminium by 31st March as the demand in Europe and US rise. At the close of the financial year ending March 31, the overseas shipments are expected to triple reaching as much as 400,000 tonnes, whereas they have...
Ford ships thousands of aluminium pickups after extra checks
Ford Motor Co has shipped thousands of aluminium-bodied F-150 pickups, and their introduction isn’t being delayed by extra quality inspections for the re-engineered model, the company said. “We’ve shipped more than 5,000 all-new F-150s to dealers across North America, and we’re shipping more each...
Dominant holder highlights problems in aluminium market
For years buyers of aluminium have put the metal in warehouses, borrowed against it, and waited for prices to rise. It was an obvious trade. Now the metal is finally starting to leave warehouses, but much is still held up in long queues. That has opened up space for large trading bets that have...
Jaguar might unveil the new XF at the New York Motor Show
The new Jaguar XF might be unveiled at the 2015 New York Motor Show before going on sale later next year. The new car is expected to carry styling cues inspired by the younger sibling XE and a lightweight aluminium chassis that is bound to make it more efficient and dynamically better than the...
Lexus uses more aluminium in new RX line of cars
Lexus, which is the luxury arm of the Toyota brand, is all set to launch a new-look RX SUV later in 2015, as a part of the company’s 2016 line-up. There will be two new models from the RX line called RX350 and RX 450. The unique thing about these SUVs is their light weight, despite being from the...
Aluminum Ford F150 raptor could debut in Detroit
There are a great many rumors as to what will debut at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show, but the newest rumor suggests that a new SVT Raptor based on the aluminum bodied 2015 Ford F150 will be among the high performance premiers in the Motor City come January. While details are very limited – like...
Alcoa unveils next-generation aluminum materials through breakthrough manufacturing technology
Lightweight metals leader Alcoa today unveiled breakthrough manufacturing technology, the Alcoa MicromillTM, that will manufacture the most advanced aluminum sheet on the market. The Micromill will enable the next generation of automotive aluminum products, and equip Alcoa to capture growing...
Increasing demand in auto and construction sector putting pressure on aluminium
The increased demand in the cars and construction sectors is putting pressure on the aluminium market which is already showing stress as supply constricts. Since traders are paying high LME prices, close to the two-year peak amounts, as well as high premiums, they are leaning towards hoarding in...
Aluminum in automotive to encourage paintless dent removal policies
The growing use of aluminum in car bodies to save weight and fuel could create an opportunity for dealership F&I departments to sell more paintless dent removal policies, some F&I experts say. Aluminum is nothing new. Import brands such as Audi, Jaguar and Land Rover have relied on aluminum body...
Aluminum hikes up in the US as demand surges
After declining at the lowest point yesterday since the month of July in the year 2013, aluminum has again regained its posture by increasing its value to 0.3 percent. According to the reports which were published in the month of November, the annual consumption of the automobile industry has been...
Ford plants get ready to churn out the much-awaited F-150s
The first, much-awaited, 2015 F-150s to be delivered are coming from the company’s Dearborn, Mich., plant which has worked through early production glitches. Ford workers in Claycomo have been training to build it while continuing to make some of the older F-150s in the interim. The Dearborn plant...
Corubba Collision Corp. opens a new all-aluminium repair shop
Carubba Collision Corp. has opened a new aluminium-body repair shop at 1520 Niagara Falls Blvd. in Tonawanda in anticipation of greater demand for the service in future. The president and CEO of Carubba Collision, Joseph Carubba says that although the demand for aluminium vehicles and their repairs...
I-CAR launches 2015 trends course
The new I-CAR course, Vehicle Technology and Trends 2015 (NEW15), is now available industry-wide. This course brings the excitement of the auto show to the classroom and provides a preview of the latest trends expected to impact the collision repair inter-industry. Vehicle Technology and Trends...
Alcoa surges on Toyota's aluminum plans
Toyota along with Alcoa Inc "will use more aluminum instead of steel in the bodies of luxury automobiles starting in 2017 to reduce their weight, which translates to better mileage," according to Nikkei Asian Review. The report indicated that the "automaker will make the switch for the hoods,...
