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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The auto industry falls for aluminium: Automotive World report
A detailed report on the increasing use of aluminium in the automotive industry has been published by Automotive World. Featuring interviews with industry experts and executives from leading OEMs including Ford, Jaguar Land Rover and Audi, Automotive World Briefing: The auto industry falls for...
JLR still tops when it comes to aluminum
With total global sales of 425,000 vehicles last year, Britain’s Jaguar Land Rover is well behind German rivals BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi. But there is an asterisk next to the sales figures for luxury car companies. Today, no one makes more aluminum-bodied vehicles than JLR. Its latest, the...
More aluminum capacity to be dedicated to Autos in North America
Alcoa and its competitors have enough rolling capacity in North America to meet demands from automakers for more sheet aluminum, but aluminum-intensive vehicles will take material away from other uses, says Mike Murphy, vice president-automotive at Alcoa. The losers will be the lowest-margin...
Novelis expects to double auto aluminum production in 4 years
Novelis Inc., the world’s largest sheet aluminum producer, said today it expects to double its North American production of automotive aluminum by 2018 or so from 2014 levels. The company said it plans to produce 260,000 tons of automotive aluminum in North America in 2014, up from about 50,000...
Bluegrass poised to produce most aluminum in U.S.
With more than 20,000 Kentuckians working in it, the state aluminum business is booming, according to the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development. Earlier this year, Europe-based Constellium N.V. and UACJ Corporation, of Japan, announced plans to open a joint $150 million aluminum facility in...
GM moves next version of big pickups ahead by nine months - sources
General Motors Co. (GM) has pushed forward the launch of its next-generation full-size pickups by about nine months to fall 2018, hoping to narrow rival Ford Motor Co.'s still-sizable lead in meeting future US fuel-economy standards, supplier sources said on Monday (July 28). Redesigned versions of...
Popular broadcaster to oversee aluminium tech debate
Renowned scientist and historian Adam Hart-Davis has been announced as chair of a special discussion in Birmingham this autumn on aluminium’s growing role in the automotive sector. The polymath broadcaster, who presented hit documentaries like What the Victorians Did For Us and Local Heroes, will...
Jaguar XE's aluminium construction could make it deliver 31km/l
The new XE has been designed around Jaguar’s modular vehicle architecture. The XE is the only car in the class to use an aluminium-intensive monocoque, with lightweight aluminium accounting for 75 per cent of the structure. The competition does use aluminium but the usage isn’t of this percentage....
Ford details engines for aluminum F-150 pickup
In the pickup truck wars, Ford appears to be setting itself up to be able to claim best fuel economy. But in announcing capabilities of the new engines that will power its aluminum-body pickup, Ford didn't disclose fuel economy -- only power and towing/hauling ratings. The 2015 engine lineup: •...
Aluminum's per-vehicle use expected to rise 56% from 2012 to 2025
The advent of the 2015 Ford F-150 pickup has monopolized the aluminum vs. steel debate, and understandably so. The F-150, with its aluminum cab and cargo box, could be a rolling advertisement for Alcoa, Ford's chief aluminum supplier. But the fuss over the F-150 obscures a deeper trend. Step by...
Future of aluminium in auto production to be debated at Birmingham summit
Leading figures from the British automotive industry are set to discuss the growing demand for aluminium amongst carmakers at a special conference in Birmingham this autumn. Until recently, aluminium has only been used in mechanical components in cars, with all-aluminium vehicle bodies such as...
Continental supplies world's first turbocharger with aluminum turbine housing in cars
Smaller cubic capacity and lower fuel consumption while offering the same, if not better, performance – that is the recipe for success when it comes to downsizing. A modern turbocharged system is necessary to achieve this. The global development trend toward turbocharging for gasoline engines is in...
Toyota to expand use of aluminum in Camry
Toyota Motor Corp. will dramatically expand the use of aluminum body panels and structures in its 2018 Camry, a major step in a global shift toward increased aluminum usage in cars and trucks. Sources familiar with the matter told AMM that Toyota has already launched an aluminum-intensive design...
Aluminum price could rise on automotive demand
According to the new chief of Japan’s aluminum industry body, if other carmakers follow in Ford’s footsteps and release models made from the lightweight metal, its price could rise by as much as a third to $2,500 per tonne. While the metal has already seen niche usage in high-end automotive...
Alcoa’s breakthrough automotive bonding technology receives prestigious R&D 100 award
Lightweight metals technology, engineering and manufacturing leader Alcoa (NYSE:AA) today announced that R&D Magazine has named Alcoa 951 — an enabler for adhesive bonding of aluminum-intensive vehicles (AIVs) — an R&D 100 Award winner. The 52nd Annual R&D Awards, known as the "Oscars of...
Ford’s F-150 signals mainstream move towards aluminium
While models that widely use the lightweight metal into their construction already exist, it’s the high visibility Ford F-150 that puts it mainstream, and others are expected to swiftly follow. Steel has been for many decades the go to material for the worldwide auto industry, even as aluminum was...
Demand from U.S. automakers could boost aluminium price -Japan Aluminium industry body
Prices for aluminium could climb around a third to as high as $2,500 per tonne if more U.S. automakers start producing vehicles made from the metal, said the new head of Japan's aluminium industry body. Ford Motor plans to launch a new aluminium-intensive truck this year, with speculation that...
Sapa investing in MPE, aluminium tube capacity in India
Sapa is investing in an aluminium extrusion press in Kuppam for the production of multi-port extrusions and drawn tubes for automotive and HVACR heat transfer applications. The company will become the first local manufacturer of such products in India. Sapa is experiencing high growth in India,...
