Aluminium extrusion usage in building and construction to grow 1.24% CAGR through 2035, with Americas at 1.15%, Europe at 1.30% & MEA at 2.47%
What does the building and construction market mean for aluminium extrusion industry? The answer may depend less on how much the world builds and more on where it builds and what those buildings require. As construction activity picks up across regions, aluminium extrusion is set to follow - but...
Meagan Lalonde joins Metra North America as Architectural Sales Manager
Metra North America, leading manufacturer of engineered architectural systems specialising in custom fenestration, curtain wall, and building envelope solutions, has announced that Meagan Lalonde has joined the company as Architectural Sales Manager. Lalonde brings more than a decade of experience...
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The aluminium market to total $112.3bn in 2012' says visiongain report
Visiongain’s analysis indicates that the global aluminium market will reach a value of $112.3bn in 2012. The market value will rise mainly due to demand from transport and construction end-use sectors; both sectors together will account for more than half of the global aluminium consumption. The...
AAMA Publishes Care and Handling Manual for Aluminum Products
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) of Schaumburg, Ill., has published AAMA CW-10-12, "Care and Handling of Architectural Aluminum from Shop to Site." The document was updated from the 2004 version and covers care and handling of architectural aluminum products from mill to...
Aluminum Alloy Profiles With Negative Quality in Market
Provincial Industrial and Commercial Bureau released the products quality monitoring results of the Q1 this year that only 71% of aluminum alloy profiles passed detection, near 70% small appliances were disqualified. They’ve extracted 41 groups of aluminum alloy profiles from the distributors in...
DJ Rusal Aim To Triple Aluminum Sales To China Via Trading JV With Norinco
Russian aluminum producer United Co. Rusal PLC (0486.HK) hopes to triple its aluminum sales to China in the long run through a trading joint venture with China's state-owned China North Industries Corp., or Norinco, an executive said Thursday. Rusal's Head of International Sales, Steve Hodgson,...
China Aluminum Demand to Grow 10.5% Annually, Rusal Says
China’s aluminum consumption will grow at an annual rate of 10.5 percent to 27.5 million tons by 2015 amid continuous urbanization and investment in infrastructure and construction, said Rusal Marketing GmbH. Growth will slow from the 17.2 percent rate during 2005 and 2010, Chief Executive Officer...
Chhattisgarh: Brazen Balco flouting rules in power plant construction
Vedanta controlled Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (Balco) in Chhattisgarh apparently didn't bother to seek "mandatory" permission from the Korba Municipal Corporation (KMC) for its projects in the area. Documents obtained from the KMC under the right to information (RTI) have revealed that despite...
RTI query exposes blatant violations by Balco in Chhattisgarh
An RTI query has revealed that the Vedanta-controlled Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (Balco) blatantly violated norms in Chhattisgarh by not seeking "mandatory" permissions from the municipal corporation for its completed and under-construction projects, including a couple of major thermal power...
AAMA Releases Updated Specification for Anodized Aluminum
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) of Schaumburg, Ill., has published the AAMA 611-12, Voluntary Specification for Anodized Architectural Aluminum. The specification describes test procedures and requirements for high-performance (Class I) and commercial (Class II)...
Aluminum demand may improve in late second quarter
Wang Huajun, Deputy Secretary-General of China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, said in a telephone interview that there are indications that aluminum demand will improve in late 2Q and early 3Q. Sources report that commercial banks began to offer loans for railway construction projects...
FSI Home Products introduces new offerings into its RailingWorks(R) line of aluminum railing with a color option
FSI Home Products, Inc., ( www.fsihp.com ) a leading manufacturer of aluminum outdoor living products, has introduced four new offerings into its RailingWorks(R) line of pre-built aluminum railing products. Additions to the line include a frameless glass railing system, a privacy railing system and...
Saudi Arabian Mining Co plans to expand production with loan from HSBC
Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Maaden) is seeking a 7 billion riyal ($1.86 billion) loan from local banks, a Saudi banker told Reuters on Wednesday. Maaden said in March that it plans to add a new production line, with a capacity of 100,000 tonnes per year, at its aluminium joint venture with U.S. firm...
Oman Aluminium Rolling Company’s Sohar project to start production by Aug. 2013
Muscat: The work on building Oman Aluminium Rolling Company’s 160,000-tonnes per annum project in Sohar is progressing and the venture will be ready for commissioning by August 2013, said a top-level official of the EPC contractor. “We are now pushing on completing civil and building works. The...
Total Aluminium inaugurates Abuja factory in Nigeria
To strengthen its northern operations, Total Aluminium Systems Limited, the authorised representative of SUNSTONE, one of the leading stone chip coated roof brands in Nigeria, has inaugurated its Abuja factory. The decision to open the factory, which is built on two hectares of land, is in response...
Towering aluminum star to adorn Barrhaven park toboggan hill
If you've been to the newly named James Bartleman Archives and Materials Centre, or simply live near Algonquin College, you might be familiar with the work of Kingston artist Don Maynard. Maynard was commissioned to build the sprawling abstract sculpture, simply titled "Archive," that adorns the...
Aluminum Demands in China will Increase
In the future aluminum will be widely used in building, means of transport, consumption product and packing material. Especially the demand in China and India will increase largely while a lot of developed countries adopted lightweight aluminum to replace high density material since the improved...
C.S. Aluminum Budgets NT$25 Billion to Expand Output
C.S. Aluminum Corp., an affiliate of the CSC Group, has recently decided to budget NT$25 billion to expand capacities in Taiwan and China, the completion of which will enable the supplier to integrate upstream and downstream operations, including melting, refining and production of high-end...
Schueco's Aluminium Fire Protection Products Meet Strict Standards
The case for the suitability of aluminium for the fabrication of fire protection products is made strongly by leading building envelope and solar products specialist, Schueco UK Limited, whose range of specialist glazed aluminium doors, façades and windows is the most comprehensive in the UK...
Aluminum stocks at major Japanese ports fall 7.3% in March
Aluminum stocks at major Japanese ports at the end of March had declined 7.3% from a month earlier, a trader at a major Japanese house said Wednesday. Aluminum stocks totaled 245,100 metric tons, with 126,100 tons in Yokohama, 104,000 tons in Nagoya and 15,000 tons in Osaka. End-February stocks...
