Fraunhofer IWU is developing lightweight aluminium foam sandwich panels that could help inland cargo vessels continue operating when low water levels force conventional ships to reduce their loads or risk running aground. The proposed shipbuilding structure could reduce vessel weight by...
The 2025 calendar maps the aluminium flat-rolled products (FRP) industry at the intersection of two major trends, i.e., the accelerating transition toward circular manufacturing and the rapid growth of sectors requiring advanced aluminium FRP solutions. Leading this transformation are a select...
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The Philippines, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands. A newly industrialized country, the Philippine economy has been transitioning from one based upon agriculture to an economy with more emphasis upon services and...
Tianjin Zhongwang Co., Ltd. has received Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standard Certification for its Tianjin operations. The operations include casting, hot and cold rolling, finishing and annealing with outputs of ingot, thick plate, sheets and coil products. The plant has an...
Canada’s exports of total aluminium including scrap to the US stood at 220,000 tonnes in January 2020, an increase of 32.53% or 54,000 tonnes year-on-year. Canada had exported 166,000 tonnes to the US in January 2019, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological...
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has started a preliminary anti-dumping investigation in regards to the imports of common alloy aluminium sheet from 18 countries, including Germany, Oman, Bahrain, Serbia, Croatia, Romania, Turkey and Slovenia. On 31st March’20, ITC stated that the...
Novelis Incorporation, the world-leading aluminium rolling and recycling company, announced on Monday, March 2, that it established a recycling system with one of its automotive customers in Lower Bavaria, Germany. Novelis secures automotive aluminium scrap from BMW Group’s Dingolfing production...
Amidst the outbreak of epidemic Coronavirus, China’s aluminium processing industry recorded a sharp decline in February. The outbreak of the virus kept plants shut until the second half of the month and reduced new orders. The latest Shanghai Metals Market survey showed the composite purchasing...
Assan Alüminyum, a subsidiary of Kibar Holding, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers in the flat-rolled aluminium industry. The company produces coil & sheet, foil and pre-painted aluminium products for a variety of sectors such as packaging, distribution, construction, consumer durables,...
Arconic has received Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Performance Standard Certification for its global headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA, as well as operations in Samara, Russia. Russia facility manufactures aluminium extrusions, forgings, castings, sheet and plate for automotive, energy,...
Shanghai Metals Market estimates a drop of 10 percentage points in operating rates of aluminium sheet, plate and strip manufacturers in February, to the lowest when compared to the same month in the past three years. The average FRPs operating rates in January declined by 9.22 percentage points...
JW Aluminium, the US-based leading producer of flat-rolled aluminium products, announced on its website early last week that it plans to close its foil plant in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 30, 2020. China’s aluminium semis exports in large and increasing volumes have been held responsible for the...
According to a recent report, Novelis is in talks to extend the closure of its planned acquisition of US aluminium products maker Aleris Corporation by three months, as securing regulatory approvals delayed. In November 2019, a report stated that the company was expecting to close the purchase deal...
The House of Democrats in the USA on 10 th December’19 announced their support on an amended version of the USMCA, an agreement that was signed on November’18 by all three countries – USA, Mexico, and Canada. The amended agreement which involves changes made to labour and environmental standards...
The use of downstream aluminium products has been seeing a potential growth over the years, driven by the automotive and packaging industries. Automakers’ focus on making lightweight, fuel-efficient vehicles has been lending a further boost to it, resulting in many new investments and expansions in...
Novelis, the world leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, emphasized its commitment towards shaping the future for mobility at today’s Volvo Cars Sustainability Dialogue 2019 in Gothenburg, Sweden by highlighting the closed-loop recycling system it implemented with Volvo Cars in 2019. Through...
According to China Customs data, China’s aluminium sheet, plate and strip exports in October declined by 1.9 per cent from a month earlier to come in at 193,500 tonnes. In September, China’s export amount was 197,100 tonnes after declining by 9.7 per cent from August and 20.2 per cent from the same...
According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, estimated net shipments of aluminium sheet and plate by U.S. and Canadian producers stood at 750.1 million pounds during October 2019, down 5.0% year-on-year. Net shipments increased by 3.1% from September 2019. Year-to-date net shipments...
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have emerged as a major hub for primary aluminium production. The aluminium industry, which began only four decades ago with Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), is now one of the key economic drivers for the Gulf region, the fastest growing aluminium producer and...
According to a recent report, Hindalco’s US-based subsidiary Novelis is expected to close the deal of the acquisition of Aleris Corporation by January 21, 2020. But currently the company is facing an anti-trust lawsuit in the US over its proposed $2.58 billion purchase of Aleris. The lawsuit was...
