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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Milestone unclocked with Alcore Technology Centre’s successful installation of the Bath Pilot Batch Reactor
Alcore Technology Centre has successfully installed the advanced Bath Pilot Batch Reactor, marking a significant development in the aluminium industry. The progress represents a noteworthy advancement for ABx Group and its subsidiary, Alcore, which has an 83 per cent ownership stake. The reactor...
Array Technologies reconciles with EAC for US$35 million aluminium press installation project in Michigan
Array Technologies has restored its ten-year alliance with Extruded Aluminum Corporation (EAC) with a US$35 million expansion project as the latter has been anointed with the responsibility to materialise one of the biggest aluminium presses in Michigan. Array Technologies is a solar tracker...
Saudi’s Ladun Investment accepts two $27.19 million aluminium façade installation deals from Amaala Resorts
Ladun Investment Company is a Saudi Arabia-based firm that leases out lands for properties and invests in real estate projects. It announced that the Built Aluminium Factory, a subsidiary of the Built Industrial Company, has agreed upon two $27.19 million deals with Red Sea Global for the...
Hydro opens its new HyForge casting line at Rackwitz aluminium recycling factory
Hydro unlocks new achievement by opening its new HyForge casting line at Hydro's aluminium recycling factory in Rackwitz, Germany. The 40 million EUR investments respond to the automobile industry's push to reduce carbon emissions by boosting the use of recycled, post-consumer aluminium waste. The...
Knest signs strategic deal with ABR Jeddah to establish an aluminium formwork factory in Saudi Arabia
A significant collaboration has been established between Knest, the largest aluminium formwork company in India and the world's fastest-growing, and ABR Jeddah Contracting Co. from Saudi Arabia. The signing ceremony was held on September 11 as part of the India - Saudi Investment Forum 2023 during...
Bueno Aires-based studio Juan Campanini and Josefina Sposito designs magnificent aluminium apartments
Juan Campanini and Josefina Sposito, an architecture studio based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, have designed and constructed a six-residence building called the Virrey Aviles Street housing, which was completed in 2022. The aluminium façade building was developed using a legal tool called...
Casablanca Industries gets ready to materialise a new aluminium aerosol unit in Maharashtra
Casablanca Industries is on the journey to construct an aluminium Monobloc aerosol facility at the Adali Industrial Area in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra. Operational since 2012, Casablanca was founded with the aim of catering to the aerosol packaging needs of the Indian market....
ChemX reports progress in its high-purity alumina (HPA) micro-plant flowsheet
ChemX, an Australia-based high-purity critical materials company, is thrilled to report considerable development in both the high-purity alumina (HPA) and high-purity manganese (HPM) business streams. The Australian-based company has made progress in refining its high-purity alumina (HPA)...
Mozal Aluminium to boost production by 40,000 tonnes
The Mozal aluminium smelter, located in Mozambique, plans to boost primary aluminium production by 40,000 tonnes during the ongoing fiscal year, which commenced in June. The operation of Mozal Aluminium in the Southern African nation is considered the largest industrial employer in the country....
China’s Hailing District to invest over RMB 13.68 billion for the Kangqian GIS aluminum alloy parts intelligent production line
A programme was held on September 8 in Hailing District to begin construction on 16 major industrial project spaces with a planned total investment of RMB 13.68 billion. The Kangqian GIS aluminium alloy intelligent production line project, located in the new energy industrial park, is among the...
CCL incorporates a new superfast aluminium canning line at its Hermitage plant
The Hermitage-based CCL Container's director of operations, Dharma Maddala, claimed that even a flick of a finger can cause a dent in a regular aluminium soda can, while his company's bottles are considered the strongest in the world. Although there is no Guinness world record for the claim, their...
Novelis and Ball Corporation renew their partnership with an aluminium can sheet supply contract
Novelis Inc., a leading producer of rolled aluminium, announced on Monday, September 11, that it signed an anchor customer contract with Ball Corporation, promising to supply aluminium sheets for making cans in North America. With this contract and some others, Novelis' can sheet supply commitment...
Caldera wins UK Government’s £4.3 million contract to create industrial heat cells with volcanic rock and aluminium scrap
Caldera, an energy firm, has been awarded £4.3 million as part of the UK Government's Industrial Fuel Switching Competition to build demonstrator industrial-scale heat cells made from volcanic rock and scrap aluminium in Southampton, UK. These cells aim to store renewable energy to provide...
Yunnan Green Aluminum Innovation Industrial Park’s production value to attain RMB 18.33 billion in 2023
In October 2019, the province Party Committee and provincial government facilitated the establishment of the Yunnan Green Aluminium Innovation Industrial Park in Yanshan. The park has successfully established and integrated the whole industrial chain of green aluminium via its dependence on the...
First phase of Yulian Industrial Park photovoltaic project taps into the grid for green power generation
On September 7th, the Yulian Industrial Park photovoltaic project successfully connected its first phase to the grid for power generation. The project has been constructed by Suzhou Zhongxin New Energy Co., Ltd. and utilizes the roof of the Yulian Park factory building. The project's total...
ASI presents Performance Standard Certification to Ningbo Tuopu Group for aluminium casting, remelting/refining
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative has presented Performance Standard V2 (2017) Certification to Ningbo Tuopu Group Co., Ltd. under Provisional status. The certification is for the company's Light Alloy System 9th Unit in Ningbo, China, wherein it operates casting, semi-processing, aluminium...
Hydro plans for major investments to modernise Alumetal's aluminium recycling facility in Poland
Hydro has planned to invest heavily in Alumetal's recycling facility, and this will be the first such instance after the Norwegian aluminium giant took over the company. This new investment will be crucial in switching the prevailing furnaces and ingot casting units with the latest, ultra-advanced...
Qinyuan Chun New Materials officially begins its aluminium electrolyte utilisation project
The inauguration ceremony for the annual treatment of 70,000 tonnes of aluminium electrolyte comprehensive utilisation project, conducted by Henan Qinyuan Chun New Materials, took place on the morning of September 6. Wang Jiapeng, the Party Secretary of Qinyang and Deputy Director of the Standing...
