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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Aluminium frames to replace timber structures at Tatton Park Glasshouses in England
Tatton Park’s Glasshouses which are currently closed to the public due unsafe to enter are being set aside for replacement. It is a historic estate in Cheshire, England, north of the town of Knutsford. As per the report, the Vinery and Potting Shed glasshouses adjoin a wall at the park garden and...
Rio Tinto to invest $51 million in upgrading its Vaudreuil alumina refinery at Quebec
Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest miner, is reportedly investing $51 million in upgrading facilities at its Vaudreuil alumina refinery in Quebec, Canada. According to the report, three new energy efficient buildings are under construction. Besides, existing facilities will be revamped with a...
Kharafi Construction reduces stake in Arab Aluminium
On 25 th October’20, Arab Aluminum (ALUM) disclosed to the Egyptian Exchange that Kharafi Construction reduced its stake from 43.20% to 37.89%. Kharafi Construction, a Grade 'A' General Contractor with the experience of executing major construction and infrastructure projects throughout Kuwait has...
Alba, SCE, & MOICT visit the construction site of Alba’s Spent Pot Lining (SPL) Treatment Plant
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) said the construction is in full swing at the company’s Spent Pot Lining (SPL) Treatment Plant, the first of its kind in the GCC and Middle East. The company said officials from Alba, Supreme Council for Environment (SCE), and Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Tourism...
More than 100 large building projects to use low-carbon Hydro CIRCAL aluminium
Hydro is supplying Hydro CIRCAL low-carbon aluminium for more than 100 large building projects. The company has secured large building projects in 10 countries across two continents with Hydro CIRCAL. Hydro CIRCAL, which is made with recycled, post-consumer aluminium scrap, will reduce 25,000...
Aluminium producer Norsk Hydro setting up two new divisions - Renewables Growth and Batteries
Aluminium producer Norsk Hydro is boosting its sustainability drive by setting up two new divisions - Renewables Growth and Batteries, announced the company on Tuesday, October 14. Hydro provides aluminium to a range of industries, including the construction and automotive industry. Hydro said the...
Aluminium Façade Systems unveils its first product line ProClad SOLID aluminium panels in 3mm and 4mm options
Aluminium Façade Systems has recently launched its first product line ProClad SOLID in the market, in support of Alspec, Australia’s market-leading aluminium system specialists with over 46 years of experience. Aluminium Façade Systems is a new company specialising in high quality and fully...
COVID-19 Impact Continues: ICRA fears aluminium consumption to decline by 8% in the current calendar year
Rating agency ICRA fears that consumption of non-ferrous metals, including aluminium, will shrink significantly this year as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the agency, the pandemic has taken a severe toll on the global automobile, construction, and electrical machinery...
Azeraluminium LLC signs agreement with Achenbach Buschhütten to increase aluminium production
Azeraluminium LLC, a subsidiary of Azerbaijan Industrial Corporation OJSC, has entered into a preliminary agreement with Achenbach Buschhütten to increase aluminium production in Azerbaijan, reported Day.az. “As a result of the cooperation between AIC and Achenbach Buschhütten, it will be possible...
Aliplast Poland: Boom in renewable energy market lifts Aluminium systems company’s business high amid “Corona crisis”
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the market slowdown, the Lublin company Aliplast in 2020 increases sales, employment and continues to invest. This is the effect of the continued boom in construction and the renewable energy market. Aliplast from Lublin deals with everything related to aluminium....
Japanese aluminium industry to reduce CO2 emissions by 78% by 2050
Japan Aluminium Association said on Monday aluminium industry would aim to reduce CO2 emissions by 78% by 2050 from 2017 levels. Japan's aluminium industry would meet its target by increasing the use of recycled metal to 75% from the current 48%, according to a Reuters report. The aluminium...
Bluetek debuts universal aluminium cladding board “Bluenéa”
Bluetek debuts with universal aluminium cladding board that can be fixed to a framework or directly to the wall, indoors and outdoors. The specialist in smoke extraction and overhead lighting offers an all-in-one cladding system with its new Bluenéa aluminium strip. This can be installed as...
Timber-look aluminium decking system ‘DecoDeck’ receives an award as the best product design hardware
DecoDeck, the timber-look aluminium decking system from Deco Australia, has bagged an award at the 2020 Australian Good Design Awards in the category Product Design Hardware and Building. The Good Design Awards represents Australia’s most renowned annual international awards programme for design...
China’s aluminium plate and strip operating rates increase to 68.6% in August on the rise in demand for domestic products
The Shanghai Metals Market survey found that operating rates at aluminium plate and strip producers stood at 68.6 per cent in August, rising by 0.46 percentage point from the month earlier. However, on a year-on-year basis, the operating rates stood down by 1.76 percentage points, according to SMM....
Chinese aluminium processors operating rates up 0.3 percentage point W-o-W driven by higher demand from automobile sector
Last week during September 7-11, operating rates across major aluminium processors increased by 0.3 percentage point on a weekly basis to stand at 77.7 per cent, attributing to further recovery in orders for aluminium plate/sheet, strip, foil, primary and secondary aluminium alloy from the...
Low carbon Aluminium demand is on higher side for the Construction sector
Crossing through the “Corona crisis”, governments are seeking businesses to engage in a "green recovery" whereby sustainability is prioritised and put at the centre of the rebuilding of global economies. With businesses and individuals re-assessing their attitudes to the risks faced by global...
SPF Institute for Solar Technology rewarded towards the development of electricity and heat production using Aluminium as fuel
The SPF Institute for Solar Technology at the University of Applied Sciences in Eastern Switzerland (Ost) received the innovation prize from the "Stiftung Futur" for the development of electricity and heat production using aluminium as fuel. For two years now, the researchers at the SPF have been...
Chinese aluminium producers operating rates recovered 0.2 percentage point last week; September looks more optimistic
In the week earlier, operating rates across major aluminium processors in China climbed 0.2 percentage point on a weekly basis to stand at 77.4 per cent. Orders from automobile, construction, electronics, and packaging sectors improved, while orders at extrusion, wire, and cable producers did not...
