India’s electronics aluminium demand to grow 10.18% CAGR: Why aren’t makers benefiting from strong domestic production?
India’s aluminium smelters operate with some of the highest margins in the value chain, at around 10 per cent, but this profitability is not reflected among downstream manufacturers, where margins are closer to 5 per cent. These companies convert the metal into finished products such as heat sinks,...
India's ₹9,150b power grid push could drive new aluminium demand
India's planned transmission investment and renewable-energy expansion could lift aluminium consumption in electrical applications to 4 million tonnes by FY30. India's push to expand its electricity transmission network is emerging as a major potential growth driver for aluminium, with the...
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Vedanta Aluminium to supply fly ash for 5 years and spent pot lining for 3 years to Dalmia Cement
Vedanta Aluminium will reportedly supply industrial wastes like fly ash and spent pot lining to Dalmia Cement for manufacturing low-carbon cement. The two companies have formed a partnership, noting Vedanta’s mega aluminium smelter at Jharsuguda will send around 20 rakes of fly ash per month for...
Taxes applicable to the supply of aluminium foil type winding inverter duty transformers and components: AAAR
The Indian state of Gujarat's Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling (AAAR) has held that Goods and Service (GST) would apply to supply aluminium foil-type winding inverter duty transformers and components. Shilchar Technologies Limited, the appellant, manufactured power, distribution, electronics,...
End-user aluminium weekly recap: Phinergy aluminium-air battery loaded Tata Tiago EV on display at Auto Expo India 2023; Novelis opens new Customer Solutions Center for aluminium packaging in Brazil
This week the aluminium end-user sector has seen notable advancements with the Tata Tiago EV vehicle prototype being displayed at Auto Expo India 2023, which has been the Indian-Israeli collaboration between Tata and Phinergy to test the latter’s aluminium-air batteries. Novelis Inc. has opened a...
ICF to manufacture Vande Bharat aluminium car body trains
The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai designs and develops Indian Railway's first semi-high-speed train, Vande Bharat Express. It features world-class services and amenities and is sleek, modern, and fully air-conditioned. Vande Bharat Express is a special train representing the best Indian...
SICIS launches flagship aluminium furniture in India for outdoor settings
Internationally acknowledged as an exclusive designer of mosaic items, SICIS has introduced its luxurious set of aluminium furniture in India. These pieces have an extraordinary outer appeal and can be considered as a proper outdoor furniture range available through Tessera India. The motive behind...
CUMI launches its home-grown monocrystalline alumina at GrindTec Fair in Leipzig, Germany
Carborundum Universal Limited (CUMI), one of India's largest and oldest conglomerates and leading manufacturers of abrasives, ceramics, refractories, aluminium oxide grains and machine tools, unveiled its new product 'CUMI Monk' at GrindTec Fair in Leipzig, Germany. CUMI Monk or Monocrystalline...
Vedanta Lanjigarh, the first in India, receives ISO 17025:2017 certification for calcined alumina testing
Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh, announced last month that its in-house laboratory received an official certification, the first in India, for its ability to test calcined alumina on all relevant physical and chemical parameters such as Bulk Density, BET Surface Area, Iron, Silicon, and Sodium. That...
Midhani to supply aluminium sheets for railways and metro projects
After supplying special steel for the iconic Vande Bharat, Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited or Midhani, the public sector metallurgy unit of the defence ministry is prepared to supply aluminium metal sheets, rings, special steel alloy and other materials for the construction of new generation railway as...
Prototype of Tata Tiago EV with aluminium-air batteries displayed at Auto Expo India 2023
Phinergy, an Israeli clean energy company, displayed the Tata Tiago EV vehicle prototype at Auto Expo India 2023 that was fitted with their aluminium-air battery technology. The energy generated when metal reacts with oxygen is used by Phinergy's technology to create electricity. The aluminium...
Hindalco’s Hirakud flat-rolled products plant bags dual ASI certification
Last week, Hindalco Industries Limited reportedly bagged dual certification from the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative – 1) Performance Standard V2 (2017) and 2) Chain of Custody V1 (2017) for its aluminium rolling operations at Hirakud FRP (flat rolled products) plant in Odisha, India. Hindalco...
Vedanta’s aluminium products prices see a slash of INR5750/t with effect from March 7
Vedanta Limited has axed its aluminium products prices by INR 5,750 per tonne on Tuesday, March 7, following a hike last week. The company’s latest price slash has brought its aluminium wire rod price to INR 227,250-234,750 per tonne versus INR 233,000-240,500 per tonne on March 2. Vedanta’s...
Hindalco Industries’ Belagavi plant signs up for ASI Performance Standard Certification
Hindalco’s Belagavi Works plant in India has been enrolled under the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) and given the ASI Performance Standard V2 (2017) Certification. The first alumina refinery in India, Belagavi Works specialises in making calcined alumina, special calcined alumina, alumina...
Goyal Aluminiums Ltd. enters e-scooter market with new manufacturing plant in Noida
Goyal Aluminiums Ltd. has declared venturing into the electric vehicle sector via its recently materialised organisation, Wroley E India. As indicated in an exchange filing, the company will formulate electric and mild-speed range scooters for the Indian two-wheeler industry. Shri Ram Finance was...
Vedanta’s aluminium wire rod price undergoes a hike of INR4500/t with effect from March 2
Vedanta Limited elevated its aluminium products prices by INR 4,500 per tonne on Thursday, March 2, after the last revision about a week ago on February 25. The latest hike has brought the company’s aluminium wire rod price to INR 233,000-240,500 per tonne versus INR 228,500-236,000 per tonne on...
Vedanta celebrates National Science Day with students to make them learn ‘Science of Aluminium’
To commemorate National Science Day, India's largest aluminium producer Vedanta Aluminium organised a visit for Women's Degree College students to their mega aluminium smelter at Jharsuguda to learn and experience the 'Science of Aluminium' as part of the Campus Connect Programme. The aim was to...
India’s Dec'22 aluminium scrap imports from US beat Malaysia standing at 33,300 tonnes; Q4 imports shrink 20% sequentially
According to the US Geological Survey, India imported 102,900 tonnes of aluminium scrap from the United States during the fourth quarter of 2022, which reflected a sequential downfall of 20.11 per cent from 128,800 million tonnes in Q3 2022. In total, India imported 231,700 million tonnes of...
Adani's Mundra Aluminium Ltd is declared as a preferred bidder for the Kutrumali bauxite block, Odisha
Mundra Aluminium Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Enterprises incorporated in December 2021, is selected as the preferred bidder for the Kutrumali bauxite block by the Odisha government. The news came after the company received a letter of intent dated February 27, 2023, from the Odisha...
Hindalco’s aluminium products prices experience a sharp cut of INR11250/t in only three days
Hindalco Industries Limited axed its aluminium products prices for three consecutive days last week since February 23. Following the cut of INR 3,750 per tonne on February 23 , Hindalco withdrew another INR 1,750 per tonne from its aluminium wire rod price on February 24. Hence, the product’s...
