Bosch SDS, Dassault Systèmes collaborate to advance AI-led manufacturing in India
Bosch Software and Digital Solutions (Bosch SDS) and Dassault Systèmes today announced a collaboration in India to help manufacturing enterprises accelerate digital transformation across product engineering, manufacturing operations and industrial value chains. The collaboration brings together...
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...
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Doha meet to focus on aluminium prospects
Panel and themed discussions will follow the opening session on the first day of the Arab Aluminium International Conference (Arabal) to be hosted in Doha by Qatalum from November 20 to 22. Dr Ali al-Suwaidi, Qatar Holding technical director and Dr Antonio Tropeano, CEO of FATA Hunter & FATA EPC...
Time to get real on smelter
THE TIWAI Pt aluminium smelter has no future. We can deal with its demise in an orderly and economically positive way over the next few years; or chaotically and damagingly later. It shares its fate with scores of other old smelters around the world. They were built 30-40 years ago to exploit very...
New Non-Toxic Coating Makes Aluminum Corrosion-Free
Researchers have developed a new, non-toxic coating for aluminum that can replace the carcinogenic chromate coatings used for more than half a century to protect aluminum from corrosion. “There is no question that this will be able to replace the chromate-based coating,” said lead researcher Dev...
GM researchers have way to use magnesium in place of steel, aluminum
General Motors researchers who tinkered with magnesium in the laboratory have developed a proprietary way to use the lightweight material as an alternative to steel and aluminum, the company said Tuesday. GM has developed a new technology that improves magnesium's strength and durability by...
RECYCLING: largest company in state benefits from technology
Ruben Stewart eased his Silverado pickup into the Mission Grove Plaza parking lot in Riverside to dump his empty Aquafina bottles and soda cans. It’s a recycling ritual he performs every few months at the rePLANET kiosk behind Ralphs. After recycling specialist Abel Estevez weighed the contents of...
Hammerer Aluminium commissions batch homogenizing plant
Hertwich Engineering from Braunau, Austria recently commissioned another batch homogenizing plant at Hammerer Aluminium Industries in Ranshofen of Austria. The new homogenizing plant is already the second of its kind in the HAI casthouse. Billet diameters from 153 mm to 381 mm and billet lengths of...
First foil laminate recycling plant gets commercial go-ahead
Foil laminate packaging recycling has taken a major step forward as a site has been secured to build the world's first commercial-scale plant for recovering this material. Enval has already piloted technology capable of recycling flexible laminates and is looking to scale this up with its first...
Novelis Wins Three European Aluminium Awards in Aluminium 2012
Novelis, the global leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, was awarded with the prestigious Jury Prize and two Special Prizes at the 2012 European Aluminium Awards yesterday during the Aluminium 2012 Trade Fair in Dusseldorf, Germany. Novelis receives Jury Prize at European Aluminium Innovation...
Despite China Surge, BHP Billiton and may others still not keen on Aluminum Production
Where copper and iron ore have been driven by a surge in Chinese demand, aluminum has been driven by a surge in Chinese production. A surge that many expected would be short-lived due to China’s relatively high power costs, but in practice has continued to grow. In 2000 China produced 2.8 million...
Stricter production standard hampers supply of the iPhone 5’s anodized aluminum housings
Apple Inc.’s iPhone 5 supply shortfall is being exacerbated by a quality-control crackdown at Foxconn Technology Group that’s designed to cut the number of devices shipped with nicks and scratches, according to a person familiar with the matter. The scrapes, which sparked complaints with the...
GPI Prototype adds aluminium option with new Direct Metal Laser Sintering machine
GPI Prototype, based in Lake Bluff, IL, USA, has announced that it has completed the installation of a third Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) machine supplied by EOS GmbH. The additional EOSINT M270 joins the EOSINT M270 & M280 machines currently being used at GPI to build metal parts. The...
Constellium Presents Novel Aluminium Technologies at 2012 Aluminium Trade Fair
Constellium presents the whole range of its aluminium technologies at the 2012 Aluminium trade fair from October 9 to 11 in Dusseldorf. This year's event central theme is "visions become reality" which is a great opportunity to highlight Constellium's innovative offer across the various markets it...
Enval opens up processing plant for its recycling technology at Alconbury
Recycling technology developer Enval has secured new premises in the recently designated Enterprise Zone at Alconbury in the Cambridge UK cluster. The buildings will house the world’s first commercial scale plant utilising Enval’s patented process for the recycling of laminated plastic and...
UC Rusal to expand partnership with China
United Company Rusal, the world's largest aluminum producer, plans to expand its long-term partnership with Chinese aluminum corporations, said Oleg Deripaska, CEO of UC Rusal, at the 27th International Aluminum Conference 2012, which was held from Sept 12 to 14 in Moscow. The price of metal is...
UC RUSAL to upgrade aluminium powder production
UC RUSAL, the world s largest aluminium producer, announces an increase in powder production due to the launch of unique equipment and the introduction of the new types of products. In the first half of 2012 the total volume of powder products, produced by UC RUSAL subsidiaries, has increased by...
EMAL celebrates latest additions to its Phase II expansion
Employees of Emirates Aluminium (EMAL) celebrated the latest additions to its Phase II expansion: the arrival of the completed first Potshell and the Superstructure. These are the two main components in the aluminium reduction process and key elements in EMAL's plan to almost double production to...
Dubai Aluminium selects SunGard's AvantGard for treasury and risk management
Dubai Aluminium (DUBAL), one of the world's largest single site aluminum smelters and the industrial flagship of the United Arab Emirates, has selected SunGard's AvantGard Treasury (Quantum) for treasury management and hedge accounting. The solution will also help DUBAL manage foreign exchange,...
Novelis Wins Georgia Governor's International Award
Novelis, the global leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, was named winner of the 2012 Georgia Governor's International Awards in the International Deal of the Year category for opening its Global Research & Technology Center in Kennesaw earlier this year. The award recognized Novelis for its...
