
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has signed a Technology Licensing Agreement with Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) to deploy EGA’s UAE-developed DX+ Ultra aluminium smelting technology at its proposed 500,000 tonnes per annum (MTPA) brownfield smelter expansion at Angul, Odisha. The...
Indian electronics manufacturers are increasingly substituting aluminium for copper in key components as surging metal costs put pressure on margins. Indian electronics manufacturers are turning to aluminium and steel as alternatives to copper as a sharp rise in copper prices pushes up production...
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Vedanta Limited, an Indian multinational mining company, is reportedly planning to establish two industrial parks, one for aluminium and one for silver and zinc. The news came on Wednesday, August 28, after Vedanta's chairman Anil Agarwal announced it on one of his LinkedIn posts, indicating a...

Vimetco Extrusion, € 3.8 million project. Reduced CO 2 emissions, less waste in the manufacturing process. Vimetco Extrusion has completed the implementation of a project worth over € 3.8 million. The project involved the purchase of an automatic packaging line for finished products, an investment...

With over four decades of experience, UAC is a leading global manufacturer and an integrated producer of structural components for the aerospace sector has successfully commissioned a new aluminium billet casting line in Satu Mare, Romania. This new plant enhances UAC's ability to produce...

The management council of Guangyuan Economic Development Zone recently concluded an investing agreement with Deyang Tianhe Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. for a new production project. The new project will be centred on manufacturing aluminium alloy auto parts with a targeted annual output of...

Austria-based high-quality aluminium products supplier Hammerer Aluminium Industries (HAI) celebrated the inauguration of its new P61 extrusion press line and logistics centre at its headquarters in Ranshofen, Austria. The event, which drew guests from local government and business sectors, marked...

A strategic collaboration has been formed between India's Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC), Nagpur, and Japan's leading aluminium product manufacturer, Daiki Aluminium Industry Company Limited. The collaboration aims to strengthen the Indo-Japanese...

Alumobility, established in 2021, is a global collaborative network designed to promote the use of aluminium in the automotive industry. The ecosystem brings together leading aluminium producers—Constellium, Novelis, and Speira—with downstream technology partners and OEMs. "What we are trying to do...

Aditya Birla Group-owned Hindalco Industries announced in its annual general meeting on August 22 that it would invest $10 billion in capacity expansions. Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla distinctly outlined his plans for ongoing and near-term projects related to aluminium and copper smelters,...

RUSAL, one of the world's largest aluminium producers, is developing a metro car made entirely of aluminium alloys. This project aims to benefit the engineering and transportation sectors by reducing the metro car's weight by at least 2 tonnes compared to its steel counterparts. This weight...

Hunan Xiangtou Light Materials Technology Co., Ltd (also known as Xiangtou Light Materials) has announced establishing a new production line in Changsha. With a total investment of around RMB 43.8228 million and an annual output capacity of 200,000 pieces of aluminium ceramic brake discs for...

The use of aluminium in trains has steadily increased in recent years and is likely to continue in the years to come. Aluminium can cut the total weight of a rail car body by half, making it a critical component in the railway industry’s shift. Aluminium is crucial in modernising trains and...

Exlabesa, an aluminium extrusion manufacturing company with the conviction of bringing imaginations to life, is reportedly expanding its recycling capacity to produce recycled aluminium billet at a plant in the province of A Coruña, Spain, installing technology once again supplied by Hertwich...

Baotou Aluminum (Group) Co., Ltd., a first-class large enterprise in China with ten aluminium smelting enterprises, has reportedly installed the first wind turbine of self-owned power plant, which replaced the 1200 MW new energy project in Damaoqi with renewable energy. This action is in line with...

On India's 78th Independence Day, Vedanta Aluminium, India's largest aluminium producer, has launched Phase Three of Project Shree Shakti, a pioneering initiative to induct women employees into the night shift at its smelter operations in Jharsuguda, Odisha. The latest phase of this project, the...

Alpha HPA has reportedly started the construction for Stage 2 of the HPA First Project following the confirmation of fire safety technology. Upon completion, this project will be the world’s largest high-purity aluminium materials manufacturing facility. This project represents a development...

Hulamin, a South African company that manufactures rolled aluminium products for precision and high technology applications, has reportedly announced its H1 financial performance ended June 30, 2024, highlighting reduced earnings caused by export pricing pressure and market challenges. As per the...

Inner Mongolia North Aluminum’s high-end aluminium plate and foil project with an annual capacity of 200,000-tonnes has finally entered the trail production phase. The project commenced construction in March 2023 and has successfully completed all pre-construction tasks. Inner Mongolia North...

According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), China's primary aluminium production in July 2024 hit a more than two-decade high, with producers ramping up operations, particularly in Yunnan. China, the world's biggest aluminium producing country, churned out 3.68 million tonnes of primary...