China’s 45Mt aluminium cap pushes producers overseas as global dominance grows
China’s aluminium industry is running close to its limits in 2026. As Shanghai aluminium prices near a three-month high, historically low raw material costs and strong smelter margins encourage producers to operate at maximum capacity. National aluminium output remains above Beijing’s...
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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Aluminium recycler Spectro Alloys to expand capacity on a new 90,000 sq. ft. facility; seeks $400,000 state fund
The US-based, highly efficient aluminium recycler Spectro Alloys Corp. has reportedly proposed to expand its capacity by building a new 90,000-square-foot facility on a 42-acre site along Highway 55. The project needs an investment of $76.8 million, for which the company is looking for state...
Impact Minerals raises $4 million to boost the development of Lake Hope HPA project
Impact Minerals has secured definitive commitments from its two major owners, the Bunnenberg Family Office and ABC Beteiligungen, to fund $4,000,000 via a placement at 1.2 cents per share to speed up the development of Lake Hope High Purity Alumina (HPA) project in Western Australia, in which the...
Azizi Developments ropes formwork specialist Peri for the Beachfront project
The leading and award-winning developer based in Dubai, UAE, Azizi Developments has partnered with Peri, the German manufacturer and supplier of formwork and scaffolding systems, for its Beachfront 1 project, which is regarded as a crucial component of its upscale waterfront Riviera project....
Rio Tinto acquires Platina Scandium Project in Australia
The global mining and metal giant Rio Tinto has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the Platina Scandium Project, a high-grade scandium resource in New South Wales, from Platina Resources Limited for $14 million. The project, located in central New South Wales close to Condobolin, includes...
Vedanta Aluminium starts new material recovery facility in Jharsuguda, a step towards Zero Waste & Circular Economy
Vedanta Aluminium has achieved a new sustainability milestone by deploying a new material recovery facility at its operations in Jharsuguda district, Odisha. This marks a significant step towards the company’s ‘Zero Waste’ goal, resulting in energy savings and carbon emissions mitigation. Vedanta...
Hellenic Cables wins RWE and Northland Power offshore wind contract
As the preferred provider of the inter-array cables for their up to 1.6 GW Nordseecluster development in the German North Sea, a cluster consisting of four offshore wind farm sites, RWE and Northland Power have selected the Greek cable manufacturer Hellenic Cables. Around 185 kilometres of 66-kV...
Recycling end-of-life cars with the Car2Car project
Innovating dismantling and automated sorting may improve the quality of secondary raw materials from end-of-life vehicles. A federally funded project called Car2Car brings together auto companies, recyclers, and scientists to answer this question. With sensor technology and spectroscopic techniques...
Novelis’ second Green Bond Report outlines its efforts to meet sustainability goals
Novelis, a global supplier of sustainable aluminium solutions and the world leader in aluminium rolling and recycling has released its second Green Bond report. This report details the business's sustainability-focused initiatives, supported by a Green Bond issued by the corporation two years ago...
Taiwan’s Astro Tech is bringing robotised aluminium and carbon frame production into the homeland
Taiwan’s premium frame builder Astro Tech has reportedly confirmed that it is building a new facility in Changhua, Taiwan, for producing mass-scale carbon frames alongside automated aluminium frames. Astro Tech Co. Ltd. general manager Samuel Hu has reported to Bike Europe that they will deploy a...
Downstream weekly recap: Jiangsu Alcha plans to build aluminium foil facility in Changshu; Walter launches newest range of carbide milling cutters suitable for high-silicon die-cast aluminium
Walter is extending its portfolio of solid carbide milling cutters for ISO N machining with the introduction of the MD265 Supreme and the MC268 Advance, two different roughing specialists. This is particularly important for manufacturers that use high-silicon die-cast aluminium. Group Atlas...
Mangels enters the world of Stock Car race with Eco-aluminium wheels
Mangels, a Brazilian maker of aluminium wheels, has finally entered the world of high speed as the official supplier of the Stock Car race, thanks to investments in new technology. The Brazilian company has created a series of Eco-Aluminium wheels in response to industrial needs that trend more and...
Alba sets a new milestone with Line 6 nameplate capacity expansion to 560,000 tonnes per annum
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba), the world’s largest aluminium smelter ex-China, has reportedly achieved a new milestone in Reduction Line 6 as its production capacity increased from 540,000 tonnes per annum to 560,000 tonnes per annum, with current consumption grown from 460 kA to 478 kA. This...
Jiangsu Alcha plans to build aluminium foil facility in Changshu for EV batteries
Jiangsu Alcha, the China-based aluminium product manufacturer, plans to open a new aluminium foil facility in Changshu for electric vehicle batteries (EV). The facility will produce aluminium foils which will be utilised in EV batteries. The facility is expected to produce 30,000 tonnes of...
Rossinavi launches No Stress, the first AI-enabled superyacht with an all-aluminium body
Rossinavi, the Italian shipyard known for manufacturing customised aluminium and steel superyachts, has launched No Stress, a 49.9-metre superyacht at the Italian shipyard in Viareggio. No Stress is the first Rossinavi yacht which is AI enabled and has a hybrid propulsion system. Enrico Gobbi -...
Downstream aluminium weekly recap: Ball Aerospace partners with NASA to make space-ready aluminium components; Xusheng Group makes $276 million investment to build five new branches
This week, the downstream aluminium sector has not seen much upheaval, but whatever progress happened can be considered extremely serious. Ball Corporation’s subsidiary, Ball Aerospace, was found delivering precisely engineered aluminium components to NASA for its Lunar Compact InfraRed Imaging...
“In 2022, we developed 34 new projects, 10 of which were for new clients who chose to believe in us and 24 new orders from long-standing clients who demonstrated their unwavering trust and confidence in our reliability”, Valerio Presezzi, Founder & President, Presezzi Extrusion
AlCircle: How do you visualize the year 2023 for the global aluminium industry, considering the extrusion sector? Valerio Presezzi: Regarding global industry, in 2023, we are not expecting any particular downturns with respect to the trends of recent years. On the other hand, the outlook is clear...
MetalX partners with Manna Capital to establish low-carbon recycled aluminium slab facility
MetalX and Manna Capital comes together to establish a recycled-content aluminium rolling slab factory located in the Great Lakes area. The facility will be built to produce roughly 100,000 tonnes annually of ultra-low carbon aluminium rolling slab with a higher percentage of recycled content that...
Metalco plans to build an aluminium smelter at $2.7 billion; already corresponding with investment partners
According to a report on April 14, 2023, the Egyptian company for Metal Construction (Metalco) is contemplating building a smelter to meet local and overseas demand, its chief said in a statement on Friday. The project will cost about $2.7 billion for building a capacity of 600,000 tonnes, said...
