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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Constellium to expand Decin operations to meet soaring aluminium profiles demand
Constellium has planned to expand its operations in Decin, Czech Republic, to support increasing demand for hard and soft alloy profiles and bars from automotive customers across Europe. The expansion, which is scheduled for completion by October 2019, will include a new casthouse and extrusion...
China’s decision to withdraw tax exemptions on 319 models of NEVs expected to drive the market
As we had published the news earlier that China government had been taking sincere steps towards green car by increasing subsidies on electric vehicles, under the new subsidy rules, which took effect from February 12, 2018, to ensure that a large number of automakers in China initiate producing...
Shiloh Industries opens new aluminium casting facility in China
Shiloh Industries announced the opening of a new aluminium casting plant in Nantong to serve the growing electric vehicle market in China. It will focus on manufacturing new, innovative 9-speed, aluminium transmission carriers and reverse carriers through Shiloh's proprietary, high-integrity...
BEVs to drive demand in the aluminium foundries; fear of overcapacity lurks - AluMag Automotive
Jost Gaertner, Manging partner and editor for AluMag Automotive said that battery electric vehicles will bring new possibilities for the aluminium foundries, but there could be an overcapacity situation in the sector. According to him, improving battery technology and forthcoming regulation / ban...
Demand surged for new-energy vehicles: sales volume significantly up in Q1
Shanghai Metal Market reports that according to China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), China’s new-energy vehicles sales ascended more than double this quarter. This is a year-on-year growth as the country has been facing an overall growing demand for new-energy vehicles. In the...
Light-weight aluminium cars expected to curb emissions in Europe
After prolonged attempts to bring down the incessant rise of carbon dioxide discharge in the European transport sector, Patrik Ragnarsson of European Aluminium trade body expects the lighter aluminium-built cars to curb the emissions, said himself. While other European Industrial sectors have been...
Trump's 25 per cent duty on imported goods will hamper import of Chinese-assembled cars to the U.S.
According to a Bloomberg report, Trump administration’s 25 per cent duty on about $50 billion worth of imported goods will hamper growing export of Chinese-assembled cars to the U.S. auto market. A small number of Chinese-made cars make way to the U.S. market, but the number has been on the rise....
Sanjeev Gupta's GFG Alliance to manufacture Formula 1-inspired EVs in India and Australia
Business tycoon Sanjeev Gupta's GFG Alliance, which has been on an acquisitions spree since 2013 including deals in Europe, the U.S. and Australia for steel mills, aluminium smelters, energy producers and auto- components manufacturers, will build EV plants as part of his venture into the auto...
Aluminium battles with steel over electric vehicle market
There was a slight drift in the use of metal when the electric carmaker Tesla Inc. decided to use steel instead of aluminium in its first mass-market model last summer. Aluminium has always been the key metal to redress the weights of batteries and increase consumer acceptance for electric...
China Zhongwang Q4 profit jumps on strong sales of automotive aluminium products
China Zhongwang, world’s leading aluminium extrusions product manufacturer, announced its fourth quarter results. The company’s net profit jumped in the fourth quarter as it ramped up sales of new products for the transportation sector, according to news published by Reuters. China Zhongwang...
LEVC incorporates Novelis aluminium in design of new London Electric Taxi
Novelis has supplied premium aluminium to the new London Electric Taxi. London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) has developed an all-new zero-emissions capable taxi, the TX, with an aluminium frame. The company’s lightweight aluminium sheet is incorporated into the design of the TX to help reduce...
Constellium opens a new automotive structures plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Constellium N.V. announced the grand opening of its new Automotive Structures plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico on March 1, to supply aluminium Crash Management Systems and structural components to automakers in Mexico. The 5,000 sq m facility in San Luis Potosí features the latest technology for...
Tata Technologies partners with NIO for all-aluminium electric car
Tata Technologies, a global engineering services provider, announced a partnership with NIO China, a leading new-generation electric car company, for the development of all-aluminium electric car. The association between the two companies commenced with collaborative engineering for NIO’s first...
China's Yunnan Aluminium approves battery JV with Israel's Phinergy
Yunnan Aluminium said on Tuesday its board had unanimously approved a joint venture with Israel’s Phinergy and another Chinese firm that will make aluminum batteries, its latest bid to cash in on China’s electric vehicle (EV) boom. Aluminum batteries produce electricity from a reaction between...
Aluminium demand from electric Vehicles to increase 10-fold by 2030: CRU
Leading business intelligence provider on global metal markets, CRU shared in its latest market insight that aluminium demand from electric vehicles will increase 10-fold from 2017 growing up to 10 million tonnes by 2030. The usage of aluminium automotive body part components made of extrusions and...
China boosts subsidies for longer-range electric cars while raising benchmark for elegibility
China is taking sincere steps towards green car by boosting electric vehicle productions and sale. While the government is increasing subsidy on EVs they are also making sure that automakers are encouraged and compelled to make EVs with higher range on a single charge so that more and more people...
China's passenger car sales up 1.4% in 2017; while NEV sales increased by 53%
According to the data from China Passenger Car Association, China produced 2.32 million units of passenger cars in January, up 12.7% from January 2017. The volume, however, was 10% lower from output seen in December. Passenger Car Sales in January amounted to 2.25 million units, up 6% year on year...
Aluminium forgings for hybrid cars will keep the orders coming for Indian foundry sector players
At a time when India’s foundry sector stands worried at the possible outcome of electric vehicle revolution in the country, Association of Indian Forging Industry President Muralishankar Sambasivam assured that hybrid cars too will make a space in the marketplace; and that would help maintain the...
