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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Hydro to provide low-carbon aluminium for the ‘Cleanest Dirt Bike’ project
Hydro is collaborating with CAKE and Vattenfall on the pioneering initiative 'Cleanest Dirt Bike Ever,' encouraging the automobile industry to reduce its carbon footprint. The initiative aims to motivate the automobile sector to minimise carbon emissions in manufacturing techniques via new...
China aluminium producers eye Indonesia after reaching domestic capacity ceiling
China's aluminium producers are eyeing Indonesia for setting up smelters like nickel manufacturers. Indonesia has shown interest in housing aluminium smelters as they have done with nickel. They want to stop exporting aluminium raw materials and working on getting foreign investors to build...
Recycling weekly: Hydro produces world’s first batch of recycled aluminium with green hydrogen, also acquires land for recycling plant in Spain
Hydro is breaking boundaries with a latest land acquisition in Torija, Spain to build an advanced aluminium recycling plant. The plant will have an annual production capacity of 12,000 tonnes and will use carbon-free green hydrogen instead of natural gas. At Hydro's extrusion plant in Navarra,...
Primary aluminium weekly: Increased rainfall in Yunnan improves power supply to aluminium smelters in the region
Rio Tinto plans to spend $1.1 billion (CAN$1.4 billion) to expand its state-of-the-art AP60 aluminium smelter at Complexe Jonquière in Canada. This development will compensate for the closure of potrooms at the Arvida smelter in the same location and the loss of 170,000 tonnes of capacity. Besides...
The market welcomes the arrival of 'Aluminium: The Future Metal', penned by NALCO's Ex-CMD
NALCO’s Ex-Chairman & Managing Director, Dr Tapan Kumar Chand, has composed a book titled ‘Aluminium: The Future Metal’, which has been released on Friday, June 16, by the Union Mines Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in Indore. The book focuses on the entire value chain of aluminium, giving a complete...
Norsk Hydro’s aluminium parts to constitute SolarDuck’s offshore solar plant, Malaysia
Norwegian aluminium producer, Hydro will offer engineering support, manufacturing, and delivery of its flagship aluminium components for the 780 kW SolarDuck offshore floating solar plant. The construction will take place off the Coast of Tioman Island in Malaysia and has been scheduled to be...
Arriva orders 18 WINK trains with lightweight aluminium superstructure from Stadler Rail
The WINK is a regional train made by Stadler Rail, a Swiss rolling stock company. It's a two-car multiple-unit train with a lightweight aluminium superstructure designed for branch lines with minimal passenger footfall. WINK is a German acronym for "convertible, innovative short train for local...
Airbus and Oerilikon sign €3.8 million deal to make 3D printed aluminium parts for space
Oerlikon AM and Airbus have prominently commercialised the 3D printing technology for producing precisely engineered antenna clusters that will be used in communication satellites orbiting Earth. This denotes a significant achievement in their ten-year alliance, resulting in a €3.8 million deal to...
Eggersmann’s new facility in Liège to recycle elements like aluminium and PE films
On behalf of the Belgian recycling business SITEL, Eggersmann Anlagenbau has completed a light packaging waste (LPW) processing facility in the province of Liège. The processing facility will separate various recyclable elements like aluminium, HDPE, or PE films, apart from separating different PET...
Rio Tinto to add 96 new AP60 pots to its Canada aluminium smelter investing $1.1 billion
According to a report on Monday, June 12, Rio Tinto will expand its state-of-the-art AP60 aluminium smelter at Complexe Jonquière in Canada with an investment of $1.1 billion (CAN$1.4 billion). This expansion will offset the closure of potrooms at the Arvida smelter on the same site and...
Hydro signs land agreement to build a new state-of-the-art aluminium recycling plant in Torija, Spain
Hydro is reportedly purchasing land in Torija, Spain, to construct a state-of-the-art aluminium recycling plant with an annual capacity of 12,000 tonnes. As per the report, Hydro has already signed an agreement for land purchase with a subsidiary of the Pulsar Properties Group. The facility will...
CMEC and GAMI to participate in Talco's modernization program
Following the latest aluminium industry updates, it has come to our attention that two esteemed Chinese corporations, namely China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) and Global Advanced Manufacturing Institute (GAMI), have pledged to participate in the renovation and reconstruction of (Talco)...
RMIT Europe receives funding to develop recycled aluminium alloy coatings for steel products
RMIT Europe, a global university of technology, design and enterprise, has received funding of AU$434K from the EU Research Fund for Coal & Steel (RFCS) for its new research project ALCOAT. ALCOAT is a 42-month project to develop two new families of aluminium alloy coatings by recycling metal scrap...
Dudley's Aluminium bags four new contracts in the education sector
Cardiff-headquartered aluminium fabricator Dudley's Aluminium Limited has bagged four new contracts in the education sector. Andrew Scott will collaborate with the fabricator on Ysgol Gynradd Groes-wen Primary School in Cardiff. When finished, the school will include modern architecture and a...
Alucraft uses Hydro REDUXA to produce 2000 aluminium fins for Coopers Cross
Coopers Cross in the north docklands of Dublin is planning to install 2,000 architectural fins made up of Hydro's low-carbon aluminium range, Hydro REDUXA. Coopers Cross will utilise these aluminium fins to minimise the demand for heating and air conditioning in its office buildings, a first in...
ALFED unveils two new programmes promoting Net Zero at the EnvironmentAl Strategy Day
On June 1, at the first EnvironmentAl Strategy Day inauguration, Aluminium Federation (ALFED) revealed plans to establish two new member projects to promote the sector's transition to Net Zero. The move will help the supply chain's understanding of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues...
Recycling weekly recap: Enval, Greenback, Nestlé set up Mexico’s first recycling plant and TOMRA launches new sorting machine
Recycling aluminium is one of the most fundamental options for reducing carbon emissions as primary aluminium production is energy intensive and complicated. Rising concerns about Global Warming have insisted entities adopt more sustainable methods. Still, last week there was a daring revelation as...
Shandong Nanshan Aluminium plant in Longkou to house a new cold rolling mill from Primetals Technologies
Shandong Nanshan Aluminium, a China-based aluminium company specialised in producing and distributing aluminium products, ordered a new cold rolling mill with Primetals Technologies in March 2023. The mill, featuring UCM technology, would be installed at Shandong’s aluminium plant in Longkou,...
