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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Maine-based aluminum trailer manufacturer plans to open a plant in South Dakota
A Maine-based aluminium trailer manufacturer plans to set up a plant in the largest city of South Dakota. The Governor's Office of Economic Development says the Alcom LLC plant that has been planned to set up in Sioux Falls will initially create 20 jobs and open up about 180 positions in the next 3...
Noranda requests lower electricity rate for New Madrid smelter in US
Noranda Aluminum has requested the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) for a rate design change that would reduce electricity costs at its aluminum smelter in New Madrid, Missouri, US. Supported by testimony of the United Steelworkers Union, community organizations, legislators, Missouri...
Norsk Hydro CEO expects aluminium price to go high in 2014
Svein Richard Brandtzaeg , Chief executive of Norsk Hydro, said to Reuters that aluminium’s overall price, including delivery premium paid to producers, is expected to rise in the year 2014 as demand of the metal growth outpaces production. "Demand will exceed production, so there is reason to...
Aluminum Extrusion Fair Trade to be Addressed at AEC 2014 Annual Meeting & Leadership Conference
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) announces that Robert DeFrancesco, Attorney at Law, Wiley Rein LLP, will be making a special presentation at the AEC’s 2014 Annual Meeting & Leadership Conference, March 18-20, which will be co-located with CRU’s Aluminum Trends Conference at the Biltmore Hotel...
CME Is ‘on track’ with aluminum futures contract as premium trade takes a rise
CME Group Inc., the largest futures exchange in the world, is ready to start up an aluminum futures contract and is even planning to introduce other metals products. CME said it has planned last year to start something alternative to aluminum contract traded on the LME for improving transparency....
Garmat Aluma SAFE Aluminum Repair Stations Included in F-150 Collision Repair Program
Garmat Aluma SAFE Aluminum Repair Stations in USA have been included officially in 2015 F-150 Collision Repair Program of Ford Motor Company’s, Garmat said it on Tuesday. Garmat aluminum repair station offers the basic isolation for aluminum repair process. The unit contains heavy weight weld view...
Court upholds ruling on anti-dumping duties for Curtainwall
The U.S. Court of International Trade upheld a ruling from the Department of Commerce that found curtainwall units and other parts of a curtainwall system were subject to the aluminum extrusion Antidumping and Countervailing Duty orders. In April 2011, the DOC imposed countervailing duties of 8.02...
USA. Willard Marine will supply aluminum patrol boats for Ukrainian Navy
Willard Marine, who has earned name as composite and aluminum boats builder, has got an order to supply four aluminum patrol boats ( includes an option for the fifth as well) to the Ukrainian navy. Issued by U.S. Navy Foreign Military Sales (FMS) office, according to the contract, Willard Marine is...
Rise in U.S. aluminum premium to generate interest in CME contract
While the premiums paid for physical delivery of aluminium against the LME benchmark is going up and industrial users are trying to protect themselves against further rise in premium, CME Group Inc’s nascent aluminium premium contract is picking up in the market during the beginning of the year....
Century receives permission from Kentucky Public Service Commission for market-priced power for Sebree smelter
Century Aluminum Sebree LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Century Aluminum Company, announced today that the Kentucky Public Service Commission has approved agreements among Century Aluminum, Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Kenergy Corp. that will allow Century to purchase market-priced power...
Global aluminium market looks well supplied: JP Morgan
The global aluminium market looks very well supplied. On the surface, JP Morgan projects primary demand will be 53.1m tonnes in 2014, implying the stock-to-use coverage on the London Metals exchange is 14 weeks or more. Nevertheless, a closer look at the fundamentals reveals a sharp divergence in...
ISRI Releases compliance guide to state metals theft statutes
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has released its first State Metals Theft Statutes publication, an online compilation of all state laws related to metals theft designed to help scrap recyclers with their compliance obligations under state law. Forty-nine states (Alaska being the...
Aluminum continues to take positive cues
Aluminum ended the yesterday's trading session marginally lower by 0.06% at the LME platform as the commodity continues to take positive cues from the short term supply tightness. Aluminum stocks declined by 39,875 MT and the cancelled warrants for the commodity increased from 2345275 MT to 2502800...
Primary aluminum witnesses 1.8% increase to $1,746
Looks as though “Constellium NV and UACJ Corp will form a joint venture in the United States to supply the auto industry in response to growing demand for light-weight materials, the companies said on Thursday,” reports Reuters. “Car manufacturers are turning to aluminium to raise fuel efficiency...
Buyers ready to witness Aluminum 2015 Ford F-150
At the National Automobile Dealers Association convention this year, majority of Ford dealers present in the convention are of the view potential buyers for 2015 Ford F-150 are ready to witness an aluminum-bodied truck, according to Automotive News. Since the announcement about an all-aluminum body...
Chevrolet can gain U.S. share in the pickup market : GM executives
General Motors executives say Chevrolet can take market share from Ford in the pickup market despite the planned introduction late this year of a redesigned F-150. Dealers who attended Chevy’s make meeting here on Sunday said GM executives believe Ford’s heavy use of aluminum could raise the cost...
Century Aluminum benefits from industry changes
Century Aluminum Co. is the US based aluminium company which though not as big as Alcoa is expected to see some great action at the stock market given the overall upward trend in the industry. Century Aluminum too benefits from industry changes The recent change in regulations by some of the major...
Recycling industry forms Law Enforcement Advisory Council to help in fight against metals theft
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) today announced the creation of a Law Enforcement Advisory Council, a select group of experienced law enforcement officers, prosecutors and security personnel from around the country with an understanding of the metals theft issue. The Council will...
