India's hidden urban mines are going to landfills: Why e-waste needs a second life
As smartphones, laptops, televisions, electric vehicles, and household appliances become an integral part of modern life, electronic waste (e-waste) is emerging as one of the world's fastest-growing waste streams. Yet, every discarded electronic device contains more than just obsolete technology—it...
Stricter fines, greater scope for innovation: Hungary targets cleaner practices in battery manufacturing
Hungary will raise the maximum fine for serious environmental violations by large manufacturers to 5 billion forints (USD 16 million) under new measures to strengthen environmental oversight across industries, including EV battery manufacturing, recycling, and decommissioning. The changes come as...
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Aluminum Demand to increase due to Auto Industry
In an exclusive interview with MetalMiner at Aluminum Week in Chicago, Aluminum Association president Heidi Biggs Brock echoed the big point of the overall conference: that the automotive sector is truly driving aluminum demand: Automotive ‘Lightweighting’: Boon for Producers and Prices? From his...
GM researchers have way to use magnesium in place of steel, aluminum
General Motors researchers who tinkered with magnesium in the laboratory have developed a proprietary way to use the lightweight material as an alternative to steel and aluminum, the company said Tuesday. GM has developed a new technology that improves magnesium's strength and durability by...
Senior Project Manager for Sapa's North American Technical Center Appointed
Officials at Sapa Extrusions North America announce that Alex Chen, Ph.D., has been appointed to senior project engineer of Sapa’s North American Technical Center. A specialist in thermal science and analysis, Chen brings extensive experience to Sapa’s technical expertise in the design and...
Aluminum Association Discusses New ATG-Funded Study
A new study out confirmed that reducing vehicle weight with aluminum is the best overall enabler for significant efficiency increases. According to a release, the report specifically shows that achieving new higher fuel economy standards in the 50+ MPG range is possible by combining a range of...
GM to use new aluminum welding technology to increase fuel efficiency
In an effort to improve the fuel efficiency of its vehicles, General Motors Co. plans to use a new aluminum welding technology "more extensively" starting next year. According to the Detroit-based automaker, the resistance spot welding process, which GM says is an industry-first, is expected to...
C.S. Aluminum Sets Up New Pickling Line for Aluminum Foils
To explore the lucrative market for lithium-ion car battery cathode materials in Taiwan and Japan, C.S. Aluminum Corp., a aluminum flat rolled product manufacturer fully owned by Taiwan’s China Steel Corp., the largest steelmaker on the island, has set up a new pickling line for aluminum foils....
Honda develops new technology to weld steel and aluminum together
Although some engineers have had success in spot welding steel and aluminum together, it has largely been considered impossible to achieve reliable, continuous welds directly between the two dissimilar metals. That changed last Thursday, however, when Honda Motor Company announced that it has...
Sumitomo Electric to sell aluminium based auto harnesses
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd, the world’s second-largest maker of wire harnesses in cars, is preparing to start selling an aluminum-based product that may help the company vie for the lead in the market. “We’re near the point where the quality is high enough and we can make final safety...
Jaguar Land Rover opts for Novelis recycled aluminium
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has selected rolled aluminium producer, Novelis, as its sole supplier of automotive aluminium sheet products in a multi-year agreement. As part of the company’s sustainable growth strategy, JLR has chosen Novelis to recover all aluminium scrap and create a tight recycling...
Zhongwang expects aluminum use in automobiles to boost demand
China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd. (1333), Asia’s largest maker of extruded aluminum products, said demand is increasing as carmakers use more of the lightweight metal in place of steel. “Aluminum usage in cars has changed noticeably in the past year,” Executive Director Lu Changqing said in an...
Haomei Aluminium Develops New Aluminium Profile to Promote Auto Lightweight
Haomei Aluminium announces recently that it has successfully developed a new type of aluminium profile and has used it to forge entire car frame. Seen from the current R&D result, this new aluminium car frame can reduce 15% of the car weight. As the weight is reduced, the car’s brake performance...
Demand for aluminium shoots up in US
The US Aluminium Association has estimated tha total aluminium demand in the United States and Canada for the first quarter of 2012 totalled 5.8 million lb, a 7.5% increase over the first quarter of 2011. "Because of aluminium's low-weight and durability, people are turning to it for new and...
Aluminum Association promotes aluminium in automotive sector
The Aluminum Association is touting the intensive use of its metal for the many benefits it offers consumers and the environment. According to the association’s Aluminum Transportation Group, aluminum use is at all-time-high and currently stands as the number two material used to make today’s...
Research to develop aluminium alloys for lightweight vehicles
CIC marGUNE is coordinating a line of research in the Basque Country for developing aluminium alloys with enhanced properties. Aluminium alloys are the future of the automobile sector. Until recently and due to the high costs involved, they have been used solely in aeronautics and, in the case of...
University of Exeter develops new technique for Manufacturing complex automobile and aerospace parts
Producing strong, lightweight and complex parts for car manufacturing and the aerospace industry is set to become cheaper and more accurate thanks to a new technique developed by engineers from the University of Exeter. The research team has developed a new method for making three-dimensional...
Aluminum Giant Alcoa Finds New Markets In Green Tech Economy
It may not be the plastics of the 21st century, but aluminum demand is growing along with the need for lighter, more fuel efficient cars, lightweight laptops and tablets like the iPad I’m writing this post on as well as futuristic products such as self-cleaning, smog-eating building panels. Which...
World's first Carbon fibre composite wheel lighter than premium aluminum wheels
Australian company Carbon Revolution claims to have developed the world's first one-piece carbon fibre composite wheel for cars. According to Carbon Revolution, a privately owned Australian company, the composite wheels are 40-50% lighter than premium OEM equivalents made from aluminium. The...
Tesla's new all-electric car uses Aluminum to maximize efficiency
As Tesla launches its new Model S sedan today, the Aluminum Association's Aluminum Transportation Group (ATG) applauds its intensive use of aluminum to help the all-electric vehicle save weight, allowing it to go farther while producing zero emissions and offering rapid acceleration and nimble...
