Aluminium unibody marks a major design upgrade in iPhone 18 Pro Max
Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro Max has moved from a titanium frame to an aluminium unibody, marking one of the biggest material changes. The new phone uses an aluminium unibody alongside 40 per cent recycled content, while adding a larger display, upgraded cameras and longer battery life. The iPhone 15 Pro...
AL Circle Analysis: Import rise meets demand growth on aluminium extrusion chessboard
Aluminium’s downstream trade network is getting more fragmented as import dependence, changing end-use demand and trade-policy interventions reshape regional markets. From North America and Europe to Asia-Pacific, the aluminium industry is navigating a market where access to supply, competitive...
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The State of Recycling Congressional Briefing to highlight impact of recycling in U.S.
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), Keep America Beautiful, and the Congressional Recycling Caucus will host a briefing on the “State of Recycling” on November 18, I p.m. onward (Eastern) at Capitol Hill, Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2322 (House Energy and Commerce Committee...
US Shredded Scrap prices decline sharply; US Aluminum Scrap prices stay flat
United States shredded scrap prices declined sharply during the week ended November 06, while major US aluminum scrap commodities prices on Scrap Register Price Index remained flat. According to TSI, US Midwest shredded index fell by $14 a long ton the week to $167 a long ton (delivered mill)....
Alcoa to scrap old ship to curtail cost amid mounting aluminium market challenges
Leading aluminium producer Aloca plans to decommission MV Portland, the ship used until now for domestic supply chain. Citing the parlous state of aluminium industry, the company said it was a strategic decision ahead of 2017, when operating life of Portand comes to an end. Cost to keep it...
US aluminum producers concerned over China’s output
Tensions continue to mount among US producers of aluminum over the rise of imports from China. Despite weak commodity demand, Chinese producers continue to feed the production glut. As a consequence, aluminium prices are at their lowest levels in six years. Recently, Aluminium Corporation of China...
Orbite receives U.S. fly ash monetization patent
Orbite Technologies Inc. announced that further to its October 6, 2015 press release, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted the Company U.S. patent No. 9,181,603 titled "Processes for Treating Fly Ash". The patent covers the selective extraction and recovery of valuable elements...
Testing practices addressed at Sapa Profiles Inc. in Portland, Oregon
As a result of internal investigations, Sapa Profiles Inc. in Portland, Oregon (SPI) has learned that the test records for certain aluminium extrusions manufactured at the SPI facilities were altered by certain employees. Specifically, we have learned that some test results for mechanical...
USW lends support to Century Aluminum's campaign against China subsidies
The United Steelworkers union, which represents workers at several U.S. aluminum smelters that will reduce or shutter production in the coming months, lent its support on Monday to a Century Aluminum campaign against cheap Chinese exports. USW, largest industrial union in North America with 1.2...
Auto industry shift to aluminum slower than expected, Novelis warns
Novelis Inc., the world's largest rolled aluminum producer, warned that plans to shift rolling mill capacity to automotive body sheet are progressing slower than anticipated as automakers prove slow to follow Ford's lead in widespread use of the metal. Novelis CEO Steve Fisher said the industry is...
Sapa says U.S. investigates aluminium product test manipulation
Norwegian aluminium products maker Sapa said that some employees at its plant in Portland, Ore. had falsified test records for two decades and that the U.S. authorities were investigating the company. Sapa, a joint venture between Orkla and Norsk Hydro , two of Norway's biggest industrial firms,...
Jaguar Land Rover drafts £4.5 billion cost-cutting plan
Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has drafted a new £4.5-billion cost-cutting plan to offset rising emissions cost and the slowdown in China, one of the biggest automotive markets in the world. The project—known as Leap 4.5—will scrutinise almost every area of spending at Britain’s luxury...
Global glut of aluminium sinks once strong U.S. Industry
Alcoa’s latest aluminum-making cutback is signaling the end of an iconic American industry. For 127 years, the New York-based company has been churning out the lightweight metal used in everything from beverage cans to airplanes. Now, with prices languishing near six-year lows, it’s wiping out...
Recycling plants struggle to remain efficient and feasible
Americans generate about 254 million tons of trash and recycle and compost about 87 million tons of this material, which adds up to a 34.3 percent national recycling rate. Recycling and composting prevented the release of approximately 186 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2013, according to...
Plight of the US aluminium industry continues, and so are the protests
The misearbly distressed US aluminium industry is fighting for survival as the price of aluminium plumbs depths not seen since 2009. Century Aluminium, a company owned by the Glencore Group, that suffered huge losses in the recently ended quarter, is fighting back. A lobby group funded by Century...
US aluminium premiums surge as Alcoa production cutbacks signal turnaround
US aluminium premiums have jumped to their highest in three months after Alcoa announced plans to idle the bulk of its US smelting capacity, stirring speculation among traders that the market may have turned a corner. Spot CME Midwest premiums rose to 8 cents/lb on Monday for the biggest one-day...
Century announces third aluminium smelter curtailment in 2 months
Century aluminium Co, controlled by Glencore Plc, said it will curtail one of three potlines at its Sebree, Kentucky, aluminium smelter by December 31, the company's third capacity reduction in two months as weak prices bite. The curtailment will reduce the 210,000 tonne-per-year plant's capacity...
Ford's Q3 results show investment in aluminum F-150 was paying off
Ford Motor posted third quarter results which narrowly missed expectations but showed the automaker is doing extremely well in the United States. Ford was the number one selling brand in the U.S. and its aluminium F-150 sales hit a nine-year high. The automaker posted third quarter profits of $0.45...
Century Aluminum smelter closure seems unpreventable, says South Carolina governor
Governor Nikki Haley, South Carolina, said Wednesday, October 28, that the state has done all it can to keep Century Aluminum from closing its Berkeley County smelter and laying off 600 workers as a contractual impasse between the company and its power provider enters its final weeks. “The main...
In the US, commercial transportation focuses more on aluminium
The commercial transportation sector in the United States is demanding more aluminium. This includes increased use in trucks and trailers, and Sapa’s plant in California is becoming one of the key suppliers of extruded solutions. Sapa President & CEO Egil Hogna visited the City of Industry plant,...
