Porsche's lightweight GT3 gets heavier, and that's the point
Porsche's 911 GT3 Bergsport swaps its lightest magnesium wheels for forged aluminium, proving that a few extra kilos can make sense when the road gets serious. There are few places where saving weight matters more than inside a Porsche 911 GT3. Yet for its new 911 GT3 Bergsport, Porsche has done...
New DuAlumin-3D alloy could unlock stronger 3D-printed aluminium engine parts
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have advanced the use of DuAlumin-3D for high-temperature automotive components, opening new possibilities for stronger, lighter 3D-printed aluminium parts in engines and beyond. Aluminium has long been attractive for automotive components because it...
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Automakers using aluminium to shed the Pounds
Automakers are putting some of their best-selling vehicles on a diet in a race to meet strict new fuel-efficiency regulations that will kick in by the middle of the next decade. The trend has automakers introducing lighter vehicles and embarking on demonstration projects designed to carve hundreds...
Honda reveals new technology for joining steel and aluminum
Japan’s Honda Motor Corp. revealed on Monday that it has developed a new technology that will allow steel and aluminum to be joined together, and thus used in new applications in car manufacturing. One of the first places the technology will be put to use is in using aluminum for a car’s outer door...
Aluminum Near One-Month High as Car Sales Rise
Aluminum traded near a one-month high as demand prospects for the light metal improve amid advancing car sales and rising fuel costs. Aluminum for delivery in three months increased as much as 0.2 percent to $2,147 a metric ton on the London Metal Exchange and traded at $2,145.75 at 11:53 a.m. in...
Bonnell Aluminum Commits to Invest on Automotive aluminium industry
Bonnell Aluminum, a subsidiary of Tredegar Corporation (TG), announced that it will be investing $17 million over the next 12 months to fund an expansion project that will include the purchase of a new state-of-the-art aluminum extrusion line dedicated to serve the growing demand from automotive...
Use of aluminum over steel in automotive sector brings respite to the aluminum producers
Carmakers are using record amounts of aluminum to replace heavier steel, providing relief to producers of the metal confronting excess supplies and depressed prices. Aluminum content in vehicles is rising about 5 percent a year and growth will accelerate in the next decade as drivers seek improved...
JLR highlights automotive aluminium
Dr Mark White, Chief Technical Specialist of Body Engineering at Jaguar Land Rover Product Development, was the invited speaker at a Parliamentary Breakfast Briefing on the last December. The Briefing was held by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Aluminium, Chaired by Albert Owen MP. Dr White...
North American International Auto Show to highlight Aluminum Trend in automobile
Those looking for tangible proof of automakers’ trending shift from steel to aluminum can look no further than this week’s North American International Auto Show, beginning today in Detroit. Major and independent manufacturers are displaying 2013 model vehicles at this week’s show, many showing the...
Aluminum shipments by Japan drop for first time in 2 months
Japan’s shipments of rolled-aluminum products declined 7 percent in November, the first drop in two months, as demand weakened from automakers and builders. Supplies to domestic and export markets decreased to 160,556 metric tons last month from 172,576 tons a year earlier, the Japan Aluminium...
The new aluminium-clad Range Rover launched in Oman
Lighter, stronger and with new levels of refinement, the fourth generation Range Rover reinforced its position as the world’s most well-honed luxury SUV at the automotive division of Mohsin Haider Darwish’s (MHD) unveiling held at Barr al Jissah Resort & Spa last week. The evening’s guests were...
BMW joins the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative
BMW announced their inclusion into the ASI or Aluminium Stewardship Initiative. The ASI was founded back in September of 2012 as an aluminium value chain initiative. A bunch of smart people got together to create a standard for how aluminium is mined, manufactured and recycled and there hope is...
JLR plans automotive facility in Saudi Arabia, signs letter of intent
Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover today said it is considering setting up an automotive facility in Saudi Arabia for which it has signed a letter of intent with that country’s government. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Saudi Arabia’s National Industrial Clusters Development Programme (NICDP) will...
Japan aluminum buyers said to get first fee cut in a year
Aluminum buyers in Japan, Asia’s largest importer, are set to secure the first fee reduction in a year from suppliers as the economy sinks into a recession, according to three executives involved in the negotiations. Premiums for the three months starting in January may drop about 4 percent from...
Aleris to Increase Aluminum Supply to Audi China
Aleris today announced it has signed a contract with FAW-Volkswagen to provide aluminum for several Audi models to be produced in China. Aleris will supply aluminum for the Audi A3 Sportback and Sedan models to be produced in Foshan, in Guangdong Province, and the Audi Q5 produced in Changchun, in...
Novelis sure of a demand boom in Chinese Aluminum
Novelis Inc. is hoping that better-quality Chinese cars sold in greater numbers will lead to a demand boom for its aluminum. As auto makers world-wide increasingly replace steel with aluminum and its alloys to make a broader range of lighter, more fuel-efficient cars, Beijing is also pushing its...
Japan aluminum diecaster Aisin's H1 sales surge 27%
Japan's largest aluminum diecaster Aisin Seiki Wednesday posted consolidated sales revenue of Yen 1.3 billion ($16 million) for the six months to September 30, up 27.1% year on year. The company kept its full year sales forecast unchanged at Yen 2.5 billion, but revised down its full year net...
Century Metal Recycling shines in the die cast alloy market
Since its inception in 2006, CMR has cemented its place as India’s largest maker of aluminium-based die cast alloy, used by manufacturers of automobiles and equipment to make parts. CMR, which recycles aluminium scrap to make alloy, has 20 percent market share and is three times larger than its...
Russian AK5M2 aluminum alloy hit by slowing Japanese car sales
Russia's AK5M2 secondary aluminum alloy exported to Japan have been hit by bleak automotive demand outlook for the first quarter of 2013, market sources said Monday. AK5M2 alloy, made by re-melting engine and other aluminum scrap, is used by Japanese secondary aluminum alloy smelters as feedstock...
Japan automakers' output cuts in China impact aluminum diecasters
Japanese diecasters have been hit by Japanese automakers being forced to cut production in China due to slowing sales triggered by geopolitical tensions, industry sources told Platts. Japan's largest automaker Toyota Motor's September car sales in China fell to 44,100 vehicles, from 75,200 vehicles...
