Novelis Debuts New 25 Percent Stronger Automotive Aluminium Alloy
Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. announced yesterday the launch of a new aluminium alloy designed specifically for...
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Constellium To Provide Sustainable Aluminium For Audi e-tron GT
European value-added aluminium firm Constellium NV announced yesterday that it has been chosen to supply German automaker Audi AG with aluminium for its e-tron GT electric vehicle. Constellium said it would supply aluminium for auto body sheet and Crash Management Systems on...
Dajcor To Establish US$19.6 Million Aluminium Extrusion Operation In SE Kentucky
Kentucky’s Governor Matt Bevin announced plans by Ontario’s Dajcor Aluminum Ltd on Friday to construct a new, US$19.6 million plant...
Planned Braidy Aluminium Rolling Mill Enters Collaboration Agreement With BMW
Braidy Industries’ planned US$1.7-billion aluminium rolling mill will include a collaboration with BMW AG to qualify and supply 5xxx and...
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Canadian Aluminium Recycler Matalco To Build US$80 Million Plant In Central Wisconsin
Canadian aluminium manufacturer Matalco Inc. announced late last week that it intends to build a US$80-million plant in the heart of Wisconsin. Matalco said the plant, which it intends for Wisconsin Falls, will produce 230 million pounds of billet per year, largely utilizing aluminium derived from scrap. The billet produced there will then be marketed […]
Braidy Selects Kiewit As EPC For Greenfield Aluminium Mill Project
Eastern Kentucky aluminium firm Braidy Industries Inc. announced last week the selection of Kiewit as the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) for the Braidy Atlas project. In addition, SMS Group was named equipment provider, and EBNER Industrieofenbau GmbH Construction will provide furnaces for the greenfield aluminium mill in Ashland, Kentucky. Per the firm, the selection […]
Demand For Aluminium Alloy In Automotive Sector The Lone Bright Spot For Japanese Suppliers In June
The Japan Aluminum Association released production numbers for the month of June on Friday, noting a 16.8-percent drop of aluminium sheet shipments, registering a total for the month of 35,157 metric tons. Per the association, the fall-off may be attributed to a corresponding drop in demand of Japanese beer, coupled with a retreating demand for […]
Alba Commissions State-of-the-Art Batch Homogenizer in Casthouse 3
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) announced last week the commissioning of a high-tech batch homogenizer for use in production of specialized billet at its Casthouse 3. The homogenizer, which was provided by SMS group’s Hertwich Engineering as part of the Alba Casthouse 3 Batch Homogenizing Extension Project, will be used for heat treatment of 6xxx, 1xxx […]
Groundbreaking At Braidy’s Ashland Plant to Occur This Spring
Eastern Kentucky aluminium firm Braidy Industries Inc. updated residents of the Kentucky town in which it is building a new aluminium rolling mill that the firm expects the first shovel of dirt to be turned on the project in the coming spring. While addressing the Ashland Breakfast Kiwanis Club on Tuesday, senior vice president of […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
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 ...
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 ...
