Sapa Invests in Equipment to Meet Demand for Thinner-Walled Aluminium for Rolling Stock
Norway’s Sapa AS announced yesterday that it will soon be building new production lines in Sweden and Belgium in order...
Technology
Alcoa Debuts Versatile New Joining System for Automotive Industry
American aluminium major Alcoa recently announced that it has developed a new way to join dissimilar items in the context of automobile manufacturing. The process, called the RSR joining system, is a new method of resistance spot riveting that is flexible enough...
Sapa to Introduce Welding Machine Capable of Producing Extra-Large Panels for Offshore Use
Norway’s Sapa AS announced an initiative yesterday to develop new machinery that produces large, light aluminium products for offshore and...
Pitt Researchers Awarded NSF Grant to Study Formation of Aluminium Alloy Microstructures
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh are the recipients of a grant from the National Science Foundation to study the...
Events
Alcoa’s Davenport Plant Receives Massive New Plate Stretcher
Alcoa Davenport Works are the proud new owners of a massive new machine that it says will improve the plant’s aluminium production. “These two big parts today are actually coming from South Korea so they came across the Pacific, went through the [Panama Canal], came up to New Orleans on an ocean-going ship, then they […]
Alcoa Debuts 3D Printing Metal Powder Plant in West Pennsylvania
American aluminium major Alcoa announced the opening of a new, state-of-the-art 3D printing metal powder production facility on Wednesday. The new facility, which is located 25 miles east of Pittsburgh at the Alcoa Technology Center, will produce proprietary titanium, nickel and aluminum powders optimized for 3D printed aerospace parts. The firm says it has also […]
Rusal Inks Agreement with Sauer to Develop Aluminium 3D Printing Technology
Russian aluminium producer UC Rusal announced an agreement with Germany’s SAUER GmbH yesterday. SAUER, part of German firm DMG Mori AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, is a manufacturer of metal-cutting machine tools. According to Rusal, the two signed a memorandum of understanding to develop 3D printing technology aimed at industrial printing of aluminium and its alloys. The memorandum specifies […]
Nalco in Talks to Build Aluminium-Lithium Alloy Plant
India’s National Aluminium Company (Nalco) and Indian Defence Ministry’s Mishra Dhatu Nigam Ltd (MIDHANI) are in negotiations aimed at establishing an aluminium-lithium alloy plant. The two state-owned entities intend to capitalize upon the myriad of new uses for the alloy in, among other places, the defense sector. Highlighted by its use in Elon Musk’s SpaceX […]
Czech Scientists Develop Battlefield Shelter From Blast-Resistant Aluminium Alloy
Military forces from the Czech Republic will soon have a new variety of cover for use on the battlefield. Modular shelters made of aluminium are under development at the present time and may soon join the Czech Army on its next expedition. The aluminium shelters have been under development since 2014, but have only come […]
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both businesses and policymakers to accelerate decarbonization efforts. However, with COVID-19 disrupting lives and economies in an unprecedented manner, countries across the globe ...
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 ...
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 ...
