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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Lowndes County pulls land reservation for aluminum mill
Mississippi's chances of being the location for a proposed $1.2 billion aluminum mill that would hire 650 or more workers to supply aluminum for auto bodies have taken a step back. The Commercial Dispatch reports Lowndes County is no longer reserving 826 acres near the Golden Triangle Regional...
Alcoa pleads for tax break extension for the two smelters in Washington
Alcoa seeks tax break extensions for the last two Alcoa plants remaining in Washington, one in Ferndale and Wenatchee, which employ a total number of 1,100 people. The number of aluminium smelters and the number of people employed in them have dropped drastically since 1980 when there were 10...
F-150 helps drive 15% jump in Ford's US sales
It appears to have been worth the wait for US car maker Ford. The company got off to a better start in its domestic market in 2015 than expected, thanks in part to a revamped version of the F-150, which has been the best-selling vehicle in North America for just over 3 decades. Ford's sales had...
Upstate Shredding CEO takes large stake in Metalico
Adam Weitsman, CEO of Upstate Shredding, an Owego, New York-based scrap metal processing firm, has purchased roughly 5.6 million shares of stock in Metalico Inc., a Cranford, New Jersey-based scrap metal processing company. With the purchase, Weitsman has a 9.5 percent stake in the company, making...
U.S. District Judge approves settlement for the Alcoa bribery case
Donetta Ambrose, the U.S. District Judge has approved settlement for the shareholder lawsuit filed against Alcoa by Alba accusing of a bribery scandal. In 2008, Aluminium Bahrain or Alba had sued Alcoa on the charge that the affiliates of the latter had bribed Alba executives and Bahraini officials...
ALUMINUM USA to launch in Detroit in 2015
ALUMINIUM, the world’s leading trade fair partner of the aluminium industry, continues to expand its global activities. With the launch of ALUMINUM USA, this commitment will include a North American presence. With ALUMINUM USA, scheduled to take place from 11 to 12 November 2015 at the Cobo Center...
Constellium shifts focus to the booming auto aluminium industry in U.S.
The wider use of aluminum in mass-produced American cars and trucks, led by Ford Motor Co. ’s F-150, is a “transformational” event that has led Constellium NV, one of the world’s biggest aluminum companies, to shift its focus to the U.S. from Europe, Chief Executive Pierre Vareille said in an...
Columbia Falls Aluminum Company opposes Superfund designation
Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. said Friday it opposes a Superfund designation for the aluminum plant site. Owned by Swiss-based parent company Glencore, CFAC supports expediting a thorough investigation of the plant site and has retained environmental consulting firm Roux Associates to develop a...
West Virginia plant provides metal for Orion spacecraft
A West Virginia plant is playing a role in NASA's experimental Orion spacecraft. Metals used in the inner structure of the Orion crew capsule were produced at Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood in Jackson County. The Charleston Gazette reports that the metals used in the capsule's backbone,...
NorthStar Ford: The all-aluminum body truck is the future of auto industry
Out with the old and in with the new, that was the message at the NorthStar Ford office on Tuesday in Duluth. The new 2015 Aluminum Ford F150 Trucks arrived, and Ford believes they are the future of the auto industry. That is because the trucks have the very first all-aluminum bodies, meaning no...
Aluminum rises from six-month low before U.S. durable goods, GDP
Aluminum snapped three days of losses before U.S. data projected to show goods orders expanded and the world’s largest economy grew more than initially estimated in the third quarter. The metal gained as much as 0.5 percent after closing yesterday at the lowest since June. Orders for goods meant to...
Aluminum Association hits record membership with 100th member company
The Aluminum Association announced its 99th and 100th member companies today – The Schaefer Group, Inc. and Aluminum Shapes, LLC. One hundred members is a record for the 80-year trade Association, which represents the North American aluminum industry. The additions come at a time when the broader...
Goldman Sachs sells aluminum business to Swiss firm
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Monday ended its four-year ownership of its metal-warehousing unit, unloading it to an investment firm run by two British brothers. Just last month, Goldman executives were grilled before a U.S. Senate panel about accusations that the warehousing unit, Metro...
Anheuser-Busch to invest $150-million for expansion in aluminium bottles production
Anheuser-Busch plans to increase the production of aluminium bottles for Budweiser and Bud Light and is preparing to invest $150-million for the same, the company announced at its Metal Container Corp. facility in Arnold, Mo. The proposed expansion will create 70 new jobs at the plant while...
Hindalco aiming to hit a record $1 billion worth of aluminium export by 31st March
Birla-owned Hindalco Industries is targeting to export a record $1 billion worth of aluminium by 31st March as the demand in Europe and US rise. At the close of the financial year ending March 31, the overseas shipments are expected to triple reaching as much as 400,000 tonnes, whereas they have...
Study shows aluminum can continues to be sustainable beverage package of choice
Aluminum cans, already the most recycled and recyclable beverage container on the market, just got even more sustainable according to a report by environmental research firm PE International. The report, which updates a prior life cycle assessment study released in 2010, shows that an aluminum can...
Nashtec to expand its aluminium hydroxide production capacity by 40%
Nashtec, which is a joint venture between Nabaltec and Sherwin Alumina, is all set for expansion of its aluminium hydroxide production capacity by nearly 40% owing to the constantly growing demand, especially in the US market. The plant located in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, plans to increase the...
Ford ships thousands of aluminium pickups after extra checks
Ford Motor Co has shipped thousands of aluminium-bodied F-150 pickups, and their introduction isn’t being delayed by extra quality inspections for the re-engineered model, the company said. “We’ve shipped more than 5,000 all-new F-150s to dealers across North America, and we’re shipping more each...
