ABx Developing Plans for Sample Production of Aluminium Fluoride
Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) updated its shareholders on ALCORE, the company’s project to refine aluminium fluoride (AlF3) from bauxite, via...
Innovation
Chinese Researchers Develop Aluminium-Graphene Battery That Charges in Seconds
Researchers from Zhejiang University in the People’s Republic of China announced yesterday the development of an aluminum-graphene battery with a lightning-fast recharge capability. The battery, which was developed by Zhejiang University’s Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, utilizes graphene films as an...
British Tech Consortium Garners £9.6 MM to Develop Process for Economical Rapid-Forming of Aluminium Alloys
Brunel University London announced late last week the award of £9.6 million (US$12.9 million) for a project it hosts that...
Novelis Brings Innovative Automotive Aluminium Alloy to North America
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. announced yesterday that it has made available Advanz 6HF – e/s200 aluminium...
Events
Low-carbon Aluminium Boosts Industry’s Green Credentials
Global warming remains one of the leading critical global issues – emphasised in the last Paris accord and this month’s COP23 summit in Bonn. The carbon equivalent (CE), as a measure of how much CO2 is produced by any activity, is now accepted as a crucial major index of environmental performance, not least for the […]
German Auto Parts Firm to Integrate Innovative Aluminium Additive Manufacturing Process
Additive manufacturing of aluminium parts has begun to penetrate the automotive manufacturing community with the sale of a groundbreaking 3D printer to one of Germany’s leading automotive design and production firms. Vader Systems of Buffalo, New York, announced the sale late last week of its signature Mk1 3D printer to BECKER GmbH CAD-CAM-CAST (Becker) of […]
Boeing HorizonX Announces Investment in Aluminium Innovator Gamma Alloys
The Boeing Company announced last week an investment by subsidiary Boeing HorizonX Ventures in Californian aluminium-alloy firm Gamma Alloys. Although no dollar amount was revealed in the announcement, the investment is the first by the Boeing project in advanced materials and machining development and applications. Steve Nordlund, vice president of Boeing HorizonX, explained that the […]
Texas Researchers Develop Aluminium Anode Material that May Lead to Cheaper, Smaller Lithium-Ion Batteries
Researchers at the The University of Texas at Austin have developed a new tin-aluminium anode that they say will soon make batteries cheaper, smaller, and lighter. Scientists at UT’s Cockrell School of Engineering say the material, which they have christened the Interdigitated Eutectic Alloy (IdEA) anode, can be used in batteries of any size. The […]
Rusal Sets New Standard in Low-Carbon Aluminium with ALLOW
Aluminium has staked a spot in the metals market as the environmentally-responsible choice, boasting attributes including its light weight and 100-percent recyclability. However, the metal’s Achilles heel has long been the significant energy requirements needed for its production. Current technology requires no less that 12,000 kWh of electricity for every metric ton of primary aluminium […]
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders and industry experts from all over the world to hear and exchange information on latest developments related to base metals and their ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
International Aluminium 2019 Conference – Key Takeaways
The FastmaketsMB aluminium conference is the sequel to the Metal Bulletin aluminium conferences, which have traditionally been one of oldest ...
