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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GAMCO aluminium products encase New York’s Long Island City hotel
The new Long Island City hotel, located at 52-09 31st Place, is almost complete and features a wide range of GAMCO Corporation's glass, window, door, and aluminium products. The 20-story building stands 210 feet tall and can easily be seen from the nearby Queens Midtown Tunnel to Manhattan. GAMCO...
Strata Manufacturing merges aluminium honeycombs to create satellite components for MBRSC
Strata Manufacturing (STRATA), in partnership with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), has achieved a significant milestone by producing a satellite component made of aluminium honeycomb panels locally for the first time. This collaboration demonstrates the UAE's technological progress...
Alro inks MoU with AzerAluminium to upgrade technical and economic capabilities
On Wednesday, Alro, a Romanian aluminium producer, announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Azeraluminium, an aluminium firm in Azerbaijan, to discover routes to upgrade their technical and economic capabilities through mutual cooperation. The MoU unveils Alro will...
George Brown College establishes BSI to support sustainable initiatives
George Brown College has established the Brookfield Sustainability Institute (BSI) to aid sustainable communities via international partnerships and education. The institute will be housed in the Limberlost Place building, which is currently under construction. Luigi Ferrara, the chair and CEO of...
Alstom wins the bid to manufacture 100 aluminium Vande Bharat trains
Alstom, a French rolling stock manufacturer that operates in rail transport markets throughout the globe, has won the INR 30,000 crore deal for the building and maintenance of 100 Vande Bharat trains with aluminium bodies.Alstom submitted a price of INR 151 crore per trainset, 11 per cent less than...
SDE Technology’s £2 million investment brings 1000-tonne press to UK’s automobile sector
SDE Technology has laid the foundations for an extraordinary 1000-tonne Chin Fong press and coil handling line at its Brixton Way factory in Shrewsbury. This latest implementation will permit the application of larger dies that particularly aid in forming larger aluminium components for the...
Enval inaugurates new plant for recycling plastic-aluminium laminates in Mexico
On May 25, Enval Ltd. opened its first fully operational recycling plant in Cuautla, located 70 miles south of Mexico City. The company's technology mainly looks after completely separating aluminium from plastic laminates and recycling them individually. This new facility, worth $3 million, is a...
Impression Technologies and EMI Aerospace join to use HFQ technology for OEM aluminium parts
Coventry's Impression Technologies Limited (ITL) and EMI Aerospace (EMI) from Michigan have formed a licensing and technical services agreement to develop advanced aluminium structures using Hot Form Quench (HFQ) technology for global aerospace markets. EMI Aerospace will be able to broaden its...
iQRenew bags US$56.7 million deal for very first MRF in the City of Newcastle
The City of Newcastle (CN) has awarded a contract to iQRenew to build the area's first Material Recovery Facility (MRF) for recycling. The $56.7 million unit will be constructed at CN's Summerhill Waste Management Facility and will process up to 85,000 tonnes of recyclables annually. The MRF will...
Diageo funds setting up a circular economy for aluminium in the UK
Diageo, the parent company of renowned liquor brands like Johnnie Walker, Baileys, Smirnoff, Captain Morgan, Gordon, Guinness, and Tanqueray, has recently announced funding the establishment of an organisation in the UK market that aims to create a circular economy for aluminium. The organisation,...
EGA and BP alliance aims to reduce carbon content in EGA's calcined petroleum coke supply
Emirates Global Aluminium, a leading industrial company in the UAE besides oil and gas, has signed a memorandum of understanding with BP. The purpose is to explore potential projects and opportunities that could decrease the carbon intensity of EGA's calcined petroleum coke supply. This non-binding...
PMB Technology to increase the production capacity of Bintulu metallic silicon smelter
The Malaysia-based PMB Technology Bhd will invest significantly in its Phase 3 plant project in Samalaju Industrial Park, Bintulu, increasing the output capacity of metallic silicon by 50 per cent annually. It has been reported that the company is investing RM350 million in the Phase 3 unit of the...
RAKEZ, the new home of Sparklo’s RVM to recycle aluminium cans
Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) is the new home to Sparklo's reverse vending machine. Sparklo, a cleantech firm aiming to overhaul the recycling business, is a manufacturer and operator of reverse vending machines (RVMs), enabling customers to recycle aluminium cans and plastic bottles in...
Primary aluminium weekly: Uniprom KAP closed down aluminium smelter, while Shandong Nanshan plans to build aluminium smelter in Indonesia
Uniprom has closed the last 12 electrolysis cells at KAP in Montenegro, ending 52 years of aluminium production. The plant will continue producing logs and alloys by importing metal. It has been reported that Shandong Nanshan of China plans to transform its Indonesian alumina refinery site into a...
Downstream weekly: Dong-IL Aluminium Co to add 3 new rolling mills to speed up foil production for EV batteries
Mechatherm International Limited, one of the major suppliers of aluminium casthouse equipment in the UK, celebrated its 50 years of business, a milestone occasion for the company. Mechatherm will host a gala dinner and the largest display stand in the United States at Aluminium USA in October to...
Wheels India pledges INR200 cr as CAPEX to intensify aluminium wheel production
Wheels India Ltd, a major player in the automotive wheel industry, has allocated INR 200 crore towards capital expenditures in FY23-24. This is part of the company's plan to gradually increase wheel production for commercial vehicles, tractors, aluminium wheels, and windmill machining segments. In...
Alloy Enterprises to maximise 3D-printed aluminium parts production with $26 million funding
Alloy Enterprises, a metal additive manufacturing parts supplier, recently raised $26 million in a Series A funding round led by Piva Capital to boost the production of their aluminium parts. Other investors included Unless, Flybridge Capital, MassMutual Catalyst Fund, Robert Downey Jr.'s Footprint...
Composed of recyclable aluminium shells, LAWA APM earns second sustainability award
Automated People Mover (APM), expected to open in 2024 at the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), has earned another key environmental award. The APM was recently awarded the Trailblazer Project of the Year award by the Los Angeles Sustainability Coalition (LASC). Composed of recyclable aluminium...
