Purdue Researchers Develop New High-Strength Aluminium Alloy
Researchers at Indiana’s Purdue University say they have developed a new high-strength aluminium alloy coating for use in the aerospace...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. announced this week the development of a new aluminium alloy for use in engine building that tolerates heat levels higher than existing commercially-available alloys. Developed in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and casting supplier Nemak, the alloy...
Researchers at Indiana’s Purdue University say they have developed a new high-strength aluminium alloy coating for use in the aerospace...
Scientists at Purdue University say they have developed a new aluminium alloy with strength comparable to stainless steel. According to...
A duo of American alloys firms announced this week the successful production of a handful of aluminium-scandium alloy ingots at...
Brunel University London announced late last week the award of £9.6 million (US$12.9 million) for a project it hosts that is dedicated to continue development of processes for production of high-strength aluminium sheet alloys. According to the announcement, the RACEForm (Rapid Aluminium Cost-Effective Forming) project will use the grant to scale up and validate a […]
Greater Twin Cities metals firm Spectro Alloys Corporation announced plans earlier this month to invest US$5.5 million to expand and upgrade its aluminium recycling facilities in Rosemount, Minnesota. According to the firm, planned upgrades include an expansion of recycling facilities, safety improvements, and efficiency modifications intended to reduce natural gas and electricity use in the […]
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 […]
Russian Federation aluminium titan UC Rusal announced yesterday the completion of a US$7.6 million project to modify its Befesa-2 line at Irkutsk Aluminium Smelter (IrkAZ) in eastern Siberia. The just-completed modifications were carried out by Rusal’s Engineering and Technology Center in conjunction with Spain’s Befesa Aluminio S.L. and included the addition of a new casting […]
Russian Federation aluminium titan U.C. Rusal announced yesterday the beginning of a project to produce a new variant of aluminium alloy wire rods at its Kandalaksha aluminium smelter (KAZ). Rusal began the US$5.6 million project in March 2016, which included the installation of a series of four state-of-the-art furnaces specially designed for hardening 6101-T4 aluminium […]
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 ...
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...