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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Lincoln Electric releases two new aluminium MIG push-pull welding systems
Lincoln Electric Australia announces the introduction of two new aluminium push-pull welding systems targeting the truck trailer manufacturing and automotive repair markets. The POWER MIG 350MP trailer manufacturing One-Pak package includes all the components and wire needed by a fabricator for...
Volkswagen’s Passat premium saloon curbs body weight by 85 kg with the use of aluminium
German auto maker, Volkswagen has confirmed unveiling of new Passat premium saloon and estate. The unveiling will be done in the month of July prior to the 2014 Paris Motor Show, where the new models will be revealed globally. Volkswagen will first launch the new Passat in UK market by the end of...
Kobe Steel & Toyota Tsusho plans to start aluminium plant in U.S
Kobe Steel Ltd. said it is planning to start a joint venture for constructing an aluminium steel plant in U.S with Toyota Tsusho Corp., the Japanese trading house. This decision shows the increasing demand for aluminium sheet in autoparts in U.S due to tighter fuel regulations. The two companies...
Aluminium In Road Transport Conference to take place from 11 and 12 Nov 2014 at ThinkTank Science Museum, Birmingham, UK.
Supported by Jaguar Land Rover and SMMT, this event follows the success of ALFEDs 2013 conference, building on the key themes and featuring the latest thinking and innovations. The role of aluminium in lightweighting road transport vehicles is pushing designers and materials technology to new...
Hints of aluminum body Jeep Wrangler good news for Alcoa
With Chrysler's CEO indicating the company may be looking aluminum to shed weight from its Jeep Wrangler, analysts say its good news for Alcoa Inc. Speaking to reporters after an event, Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne told Automotive News Chrysler is watching the rollout of Ford's...
Constellium and UACJ sign Joint Venture and select Bowling Green, Kentucky to produce Body-in-White aluminum sheet for automotive industry
Constellium N.V. and UACJ Corporation announced today that they have signed a Joint Venture Agreement to supply Body-in-White aluminum sheet to the North American automotive industry, following their January 2014 announcement of plans to collaborate in the North American Body-in-White market. The...
Aluminum demand underpins by improving economy, emissions rules: BofAML
Demand for aluminum is underpinned by an improving economy and tighter emissions regulations for automobiles, said Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The fundamental backdrop outside of China has especially improved, and the bank says the world excluding China may post a 590,000-metric-ton supply...
Novelis acknowledges support of local Chinese government in Changzhou Plant Construction
Novelis Inc., the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today recognized the Chinese government for its support in the construction of the company’s first manufacturing plant in China. Phil Martens, President and Chief Executive Officer of Novelis, visited the city of Changzhou and...
Jaguar Land Rover China plant 'to start production before year is out'
Jaguar Land Rover’s giant new manufacturing operation in China will begin production before the year is out. The Gaydon giant’s China president has revealed “a product from the Land Rover stable” will be produced at the plan in Changshu within a matter of months. The plant will have an initial...
Alcoa riding the auto wave, but price hurts
Alcoa raked in a loss in first-quarter 2014, reported on Apr 8, on sizable restructuring charges. But its adjusted earnings topped the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Sales fell on lower aluminum pricing and missed expectations. The company continues to expect aluminum demand to rise 7% this year. Alcoa...
Henan Mingtai obtains SGS Certification to make auto-use aluminium alloys
Henan Mingtai Aluminium Industrial Co. has obtained certification from SGS to produce the metal alloys used in automobiles. The certification ``marks the entrance to automotive supply industry of the company’s aluminium plates and strips, and ensures technical support for the company to expand...
Auto demand will provide biggest wave since beverage cans
The aluminum industry expects the automotive sector will generate the biggest wave of new demand since manufacturers started using the lightweight metal to make beverage cans. For us, it’s equivalent to the invention of the (aluminum) can which was introduced to many markets about 50 years ago,”...
Ford’s Aluminum Recycling plan saves nearly $125 on every 2015 F-150
When Ford announced earlier this year that its new F-150 would employ aluminum for the majority of it’s construction, speculation that insurance, repair, and manufacturing costs would increase began to circulate almost immediately. We investigated the first two concerns at the time, finding them to...
3M adhesive approved for aluminum Ford F-150 bonding
Ford Motor Company has approved 3M Panel Bonding Adhesive (PN08115) and the 3M File Belt Sander for repairs to the new Ford F150 aluminum components. “In order to make sure that repairs to the new truck were straight-forward and reasonable for mainstream collision repair facilities, Ford engineers...
Novelis celebrates groundbreaking for new automotive finishing line at Nachterstedt facility
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today celebrated the ground-breaking ceremony for a new automotive sheet finishing line at its Nachterstedt, Germany, facility. Erwin Mayr, Senior Vice President of Novelis and President of Novelis Europe, made the symbolic shovel turn...
JAARA updates on the aluminium outlook in Japan for FY 2014
Japan Aluminium Alloy Refiners Association announced the outlook for the fiscal year 2014 for demands on secondary aluminium alloy products ingots and secondary aluminium ingots as well as primary aluminium alloy ingots for casting and die casting. According to this, FY2014 demands on secondary...
VHCL Industries Ltd targets to commission a new Aluminium Alloy Plant
VHCL Industries Ltd’s Board of Directors reviewed the progress of their upcoming projects under metal division in a meeting that took place on 24th March, 2014. The Board noted the new Aluminum Alloy plant’s commissioning progress in its first phase. The capacity of the plant was 36,000 MTPA as per...
Automotive sector takes positive steps towards sustainibility
Given its heavy reliance on raw material and legislative duties that place emphasis on the reuse and recycling of end-of-life vehicles, Europe's automotive industry is perfectly positioned to accelerate the agenda around closed-loop thinking. Renault's Choisy-le-Roi factory has been pumping out...
