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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China's transport sector to boost aluminum demand
Aluminum demand from the Chinese transport sector is expected to reach 5.7 million mt by 2015, the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association said at China Metal Seminar held in Hong Kong Monday. Aluminum consumption by the Chinese car sector is expected to hit 4 million mt/year by 2015 and that...
RUSAL-Omen JV to produce automotive components
Global aluminium major RUSAL and Israeli company Omen High Pressure Die Casting, which specializes in the production of automotive components from non-ferrous metals, announce the signing of a memorandum outlining details of the creation of a joint venture to produce automotive components. The JV,...
Kobe Steel, Hydro form technical cooperation agreement for automotive aluminum body panels
Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that it has entered into a technical cooperation agreement with Germany's Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH for aluminum sheet used in automotive body panels. The agreement covers the exchange of technical information regarding the use of aluminum in automobile bodies...
Canada launches program to promote aluminium intensive vehicles in future
As automakers and their suppliers from around the world strive to develop fuel-saving technologies, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has announced a new program to help the Canadian transportation industry reduce the weight of cars, trucks, trailers, buses, and trains by developing...
Land Rover launches SUV with all-aluminium monocoque body structure in Nigerian market
The incoming of the latest edition of the Range Rover L405 from Jaguar/Land Rover Motors into the Nigerian market has further increased auto competition in the SUV segment, as more variety of the automobiles are already on the roads. Specifically, the introduction of the fourth-generation of Range...
Novelis boosts production for automotive sector
A revolution has been quietly going on in the aluminum industry. While growth has been broadly positive across most sectors, rolled aluminum sheet used for automotive applications has been experiencing double-digit growth. Novelis, the world’s largest roller of aluminum sheet for the automotive...
China-based P&A International breakthrough for mass production of aluminium intensive vehicles
China-based P&A International has announced its breakthrough in pre-treatment bonding technology, which could lead to cars being made with more aluminium parts. The enabler for adhesive bonding of automotive structures has been licensed to a leading supplier of surface treatments to the automotive...
Novelis CEO foresees aluminum use in vehicle industry to double in a decade
Intensive use of aluminum in vehicles is growing more than 25% a year, signalling "a gigantic and permanent change" in the automotive industry, spurred on by new regulations on fuel economy and carbon emissions, the chief executive officer of a major aluminum sheet producer said. While aluminum...
Novelis to boost automotive sheet production in Europe
Novelis Inc. is adapting its plant in Goettingen, Germany, to meet growing demand for recyclable aluminum automotive sheet. The Goettingen plant will produce 20,000 tonnes of automotive sheet per year following the first phase of its expansion and double that capacity in a planned second phase....
Novelis, ThyssenKrupp sign agreement to make aluminium car parts
Aluminium sheet producer Novelis and steel auto products producer ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks Wednesday signed a cooperation agreement for the development of tailored aluminum blanks for the car industry. "Individual aluminum sheets of different grades, thicknesses and coatings can be joined to...
Kobe Aluminum Breaks Ground on New Expansion
Governor Steve Beshear yesterday joined company and local officials at Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products LLC (KAAP) in Bowling Green to break ground on the company’s second expansion in recent months. Kobe Aluminum plans to add an 87,000-square-foot building, resulting in 100 new, full-time jobs...
Kobe Aluminum To Expand In Bowling Green, Ky., Create 100 Jobs
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear today joined company and local officials to break ground on an 87,000 square foot addition to Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products (KAAP), LLC advanced manufacturing facility in Bowling Green, representing $66 million of new capital investment and the addition of 100...
Alcan gets $750 million in pacts for aluminum auto components
Alcan Engineered & Automotive Solutions, part of Alcan Engineered Products – a business unit of Rio Tinto – is becoming a key player in the growing market for greener car components, having been awarded a total US$750 million worth of multi-year contracts over the past 12 months for its innovative,...
Auto demand for aluminium leads to Tennessee expansion
To meet the growing demand for light, durable, and recyclable aluminum sheet for automotive production, Alcoa announced last week that it will expand its rolling mill in Tennessee. The expansion represents a $275 million investment over the next three years and will add 200 permanent full-time jobs...
Alcoa to invest $275m in automotive aluminium sheet production
US-based aluminium products producer Alcoa said it would invest $275-million over the next three years to expand and convert capacity at its rolling mill in Alcoa, Tennessee, to support automotive producers’ plans to use more aluminium sheet to increase fuel efficiency, safety, durability and...
Kobe Steel's aluminum forging plant in China completes expansion
Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that the second-phase expansion of the aluminum forging plant at subsidiary Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products (China) Co., Ltd. has been completed and the new equipment has begun mass production. Construction of the second-phase expansion began in December 2011. A joint...
Gulf Extrusions to showcase its array of automotive, industrial and architectural profiles at Aluminium Middle East
Gulf Extrusions, a leading global manufacturer of extruded aluminum products, has announced that its participation at the upcoming Aluminium Middle East 2013, the leading exhibition for aluminium products, technologies and investments in the Middle East, will be headlined by a comprehensive...
TRUMPF hosts laser welding of aluminum event
More than 125 people gathered at TRUMPF’s Laser Technology Center in Plymouth, MI, on April 4, 2013, for a technical seminar on laser joining of aluminum. Attendees learned about autogenous laser joining, the benefits of using filler wire, remote laser welding, and laser joining in the European...
