Smaller grain sizes, smarter separation: At ALUMINIUM in Düsseldorf, STEINERT presents technological advances in LIBS and X-ray sorting
From October 6 to 8, 2026, STEINERT will provide a comprehensive insight into the future of aluminium sorting. Closing the aluminium loop requires both high throughput and melt-ready quality. As demand for high-grade recycled aluminium continues to grow, STEINERT is advancing its sorting systems on...
New Roeslein AI camera brings real-time spoilage tracking to canmaking
Roeslein & Associates has introduced the R.U.D.I. AI Vision Camera, a new tool for aluminium beverage and food canmakers designed to track can counts and identify production losses in real time. The camera expands Roeslein’s R.U.D.I. AI platform, which has previously focused on data management and...
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Chinese technology may kill bauxite projects
Tuoi Tre newspaper quoted experts as saying that Vinacomin (the Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industries Group), the investor of the projects, has “fallen into a trap” set by Chinese contractors. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Son, former director of the Red River Delta Coal Mining Management Board, pointed out that...
McLaren unleashes 'baby' sports car
McLaren has just revealed its new 'junior' model ahead of its debut at the New York Auto Show later this week. The new McBaby, or 570S Coupé if you want its real name, might be at the bottom of McLaren's hierarchy but it's by no means lightweight in the momentum-gathering department. Billed as a...
Alcoa rolls out its most durable aluminum wheel
Alcoa rolled out its most durable commercial truck wheel, Dura-Bright EVO, to the North American market. Alcoa’s Dura-Bright EVO wheel maintains all the benefits of its predecessor, the Dura-Bright wheel with XBR technology, while taking the wheel’s performance to a new level. The Dura-Bright EVO...
Altech receives $815,000 from R&D advance loan facility
Altech Chemicals Limited is pleased to announce that it has entered into a short-term debt-based instrument that provides the Company with immediate funds equivalent to its forecast research and development (R&D) tax incentive offset (R&D Scheme) for the year ended 30 June 2015. The advance of...
Kobelco contributing to increasing demand for data storage components
Japanese steel manufacturer Kobelco is contributing to the increasing demand for data storage components across the world, manufacturing aluminium ground substrates, one of the main components of hard disks. In a hard disk, magnetic data is stored on a circular disk, which is typically made using...
EGA promotes proprietary technologies and industry expertise at TMS 2015
Representatives from Emirates Global Aluminium ("EGA") addressed business leaders, engineers and scientists from around the world at the 144th TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition ("TMS 2015"), which took place in the USA from 15 to19 March. A total of seven papers were presented by experts from EGA,...
Graphene reduces wear of alumina ceramic
Alumina has for a long time been used in biomedical applications such as load-bearing hip prostheses and dental implants, due to its high resistance to corrosion, low friction, high wear resistance and strength. As material science progresses and advanced materials penetrate into society, ceramics...
Tata JLR announces mega 600 million pound investment in UK
Tata Motors-owned luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover will invest 600 million pounds in the UK as part of its expansion plans, including doubling the size of its operations at its headquarters in Coventry. The funds will be pumped into its R&D and manufacturing divisions across three JLR sites in...
Yasuda Metal Industries orders HybrEx extrusion press from SMS Meer
Yasuda Metal Industries, based in Osaka, Japan, has placed an order with SMS Meer for an extrusion press of type HybrEx 14. Yasuda intends to use the press, which can attain a maximum force of 14.5 MN, to produce light-metal sections for windows and facades. It is capable of processing billets of...
Valley Craft to showcase its new PAL 500 Aluminum lift
Valley Craft Industries (Booth 3191) has announced the introduction of its newest product: The PAL 500 lightweight aluminum lift. The PAL 500 is designed and built in the United States. The Powered Aluminum Lift from Valley Craft allows for safe and efficient lifting and transportation of heavy...
JNARDDC organizes three day workshop on “Microscopic Techniques in the Aluminium Industry”
The Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Mines, Government of India, was founded in 1989 as a centre of excellence to cater to the technical and R&D needs of the Indian Aluminium Industry. Since the last 25 years of...
Miller launches optimized Welding System to simplify aluminum auto body repairs
The new Millermatic® 350P auto body aluminum repair system provides all the equipment, from the power source to the gun and wire, to make quality aluminum auto body repairs. Miller Electric Mfg. Co. has introduced the new Millermatic® 350P auto body aluminum repair system — a complete welding...
Enval to begin trial run for recycling laminate packaging into aluminium
Enval set to start trial runs for the pioneering technology for recycling flexible aluminium laminate packaging to assess the feasibility of the process. Defra (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will be funding the trial that will cover 260 households for nine months starting 16...
Orbite files final short form base shelf prospectus
Orbite Aluminae Inc. today announced the filing of a final short form base shelf prospectus (the "Prospectus") which was receipted by the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada. The Prospectus is not a commitment to undertake any financing but is designed to provide...
Airbus division 3D prints aluminium component for Eurostar E3000 satellite
Tianjin Huaruide Co. recently inked a 300,000-tpy aluminum alloy cooperation agreement with the government of Holingola, Inner Mongolia, local media reported. Under the agreement, the company will build 100,000-tpy aluminum alloy bar project, 100,000-tpy aluminum alloy wire project, and 100,000-tpy...
Jaguar set to release a second generation XF in aluminium
Jaguar is ready to release its second generation XF in a public debut at the New York motor show on 1 April, but the world will get a sneak peak at the car when expert stuntman Jim Dowdell will perform 'a world first high-wire water crossing' in the all-new aluminium-intensive Jaguar XF using wires...
New process can help 'make aircraft recycling a reality'
Researchers at Australia's Deakin University have developed a technology 'that should open the way to recycling the bulk of the 200 000 aircraft currently traversing the airways'. The university calculates this breakthrough would see around 6 million tonnes and billions of dollars’ worth of...
LME wants more electronic trading, deals with aluminum warehousing fallout
The London Metal Exchange wants to grow its electronic trading marketplace. Executives at the world’s biggest and oldest market for industrial metals believe they can grow it quite rapidly if the right conditions are put in place. Paul MacGregor, the exchange’s head of sales, said at an LME event...
