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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Aluminum cars lightweight in more way than one
So the auto industry is going to use aluminum to make autos lighter to increase gas mileage. That sounds like some things the government would do, like raise the taxes to help the people. In the early 1930s that was tried by a auto(maker) named Pierce Arrow. A big beautiful auto, and it had a lot...
Novelis marks commissioning of aluminum automotive sheet finishing lines in Oswego, NY
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today commissioned a $200 million expansion of its rolling operations in Oswego, NY. The expansion increases the company's North American capacity for producing aluminum sheet for the automotive industry by 240,000 tons, five times the...
Aluminum shipments by Japan expand as auto demand improves
Shipments of rolled-aluminum products by Japanese fabricators to domestic and overseas markets expanded 3.6 percent in September, the third straight month of increase, as demand from automakers recovered. Volume rose to 164,532 metric tons last month from 158,835 tons a year earlier, the Japan...
New Aluminium Alloy from Novelis enables remote laser welding
The new laser remote weldable alloy is a patented multi-layer aluminium sheet product based on Novelis Fusion. This breakthrough delivers a solution to the industry’s long-time challenge of joining aluminum in automotive production. One of the latest Novelis’ innovations is the remote weldable...
2014 Range Rover sport SUV with aluminium unibody launched in India
The new 2014 Range Rover Sport with lightweight aluminum unibody architecture and carrying a price tag of INR1.09 crore has been launched in India. With a redesigned exterior, the 2014 Sport costs INR1.65 crore for the higher-end 5.0L V8 SC petrol variant and INR1.09 crore for the 3.0L Diesel SDV6...
Doug Richman at Kaiser Aluminum named 2013 Marlan Boultinghouse Award Winner
Doug Richman, Vice President of Engineering and Technology at Kaiser Aluminum, was named this year's Marlan Boultinghouse Award winner at the Aluminum Association's 80th annual meeting. The Boultinghouse Award is the highest award given by the North American aluminum industry. "This award...
Novelis to open new aluminum facility expansion in New York in October
Leading aluminum recycler, Novelis, is celebrating the opening of a $200-million auto finishing line expansion to its aluminum rolling operations in Oswego, N.Y. On October 24, 2013, the facility will open to meet a growing demand from the automotive industry for lighter, more sustainable...
Novelis Completes $400 Million Expansion of Aluminum Rolling Mills in Korea
Novelis, the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, announced today the completion of a two-year, $400 million expansion program in South Korea. The expansion of its Yeongju and Ulsan plants increases the company's production capacity in the region by more than 50 percent to approximately...
Aerospace Segment helps Alcoa gain profit despite low price
Alcoa Inc. (AA), the largest U.S. aluminum producer, reported better-than-forecast quarterly earnings after its smelting business returned to profitability and results improved at a unit that makes auto and aerospace parts. Third-quarter net income excluding plant-closing costs and other one-time...
Jaguar Project 7 F-Type sports rigid aluminium architecture
Project 7 from Jaguar, which made its debut at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed and promises, says Jaguar, to reflect the heart of the company’s sports car DNA. Supposedly inspired by a simple sketch, a small team of Jaguar designers have tuned and customised the company's new F-Type sports...
North American aluminum shipments to slow this year
North American aluminum shipments are set to slow considerably this year, with an expected increase of 1% over 2012 levels, according to researcher Lawrence Capital Management. In a report released Thursday, the researcher said it is expecting shipments to hit 23.4 billion lb, following a rise of...
Audi to launch Q1 crossover in 2016 with plenty of aluminium
According to a recent report by AutoBild, Audi is planning to launch a Q1 crossover by 2016. The Q1 will be based on the Volkswagen Polo. Built on the Volkswagen Polo platform, this baby crossover would reportedly measure 3.8 meters in length. Despite being a crossover with a raised seating...
Russia's Rusal, state bank tie up to produce aluminum auto parts
Russian aluminum giant Rusal has signed a memorandum of intent with the State Corporation Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs, or Vnesheconombank, to jointly set up facilities to produce aluminum and aluminum alloy-based automotive components, rolled and cable products, the company...
Alcoa to fund internships with $1.25M as part of 125th anniversary
Alcoa Inc. will benefit from “a once in a lifetime shift” by the auto industry toward using more aluminum in its best-selling vehicles, CEO Klaus Kleinfeld said on Monday. “The big change is, aluminum has a leg up” on steel, Kleinfeld said in Alcoa's Corporate Center on the North Shore during the...
Kobelco to establish automotive aluminum rolled products facility in China
Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that it will establish a company in the Xiqing Economic-Technological Development Area in Tianjin, China to produce aluminum sheet for automotive body panels. This decision was made at the board of directors meeting held earlier today. The new company will be the first...
U.S. carmakers’ aluminium consumption may surpass European counterparts: Novelis
U.S. carmakers’ consumption of aluminum may surpass European counterparts in the next 12 months as new models using the metal come to market, according to Novelis Inc. Ford Motor Co. is among manufacturers rolling out new cars that substitute aluminum for heavier steel. Use of the lightweight metal...
Alcoa's breakthrough automotive bonding technology named aluminum industry's best
Alcoa was awarded Metal Bulletin's top innovation prize for the company's breakthrough technology enabling the production of more aluminum-intensive vehicles. Alcoa's invention, an aluminum bonding technology, won "Best Product Innovation" of 2013 at the publication's Global Awards for Aluminium...
Oak Ridge National Laboratory recommends automotive aluminium over steel
Opting for aluminum over steel in new automobile construction to improve fuel economy is also the best way to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, according to a new study by the United States Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). “As the U.S. works to reduce...
