Indian Railways to Purchase 300 Lightweight Aluminium Coaches
Indian Railways is putting the finishing touches on an acquisition plan for obtaining three hundred lightweight aluminium coaches. The coaches...
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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 to meet an increasing demand for large thin-walled aluminium products in the rail industry. The firm said it is increasing the force...
US government supports advanced manufacturing – aluminium initiatives benefit and make further progress
Set to come to the end of its second term in November, President Obama’s Administration recently highlighted America’s capacity for...
Study Projects Use of Aluminium in Cars to Increase by Almost One Third Over Next Decade
A study released yesterday projects that the percentage of aluminium in automobiles to increase by roughly one third in the...
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Constellium Announces New Plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Dutch aluminium semi producer Constellium N.V. announced this week that it is planning to open a new plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, for the production of aluminium automotive structural components. According to the firm, this new plant is a response to an uptick in demand for lightweight, high-strength aluminium Crash Management Systems and other […]
Rusal to Cut Carbon Emissions, Increase Value-Added Output, and Transition to Alloys: CEO
The Russian Federation aluminium smelter United Company RUSAL is planning to spend between US$600 million to US$700 million each year until the end of the decade to increase output capacity of higher value-added aluminium alloy products in an effort to enhance profits in a market with superfluous smelting capacity. In addition, Rusal is planning to […]
Canadian Government Forms Research Group to Develop New Uses for Aluminium in Ground Transport Sector
Recognizing the inexpensive, sustainable, and lightweight nature of aluminium, and taking advantage of the fact that domestic smelters produce more than half of all aluminium used in North America, Canada’s newly-formed ALTec Industrial research R&D Group is working towards merging the country’s aluminium sector’s research on developing new products for ground transportation applications. “By 2020, […]
U.S. Scientist Develop Improved Method for Bonding Aluminium to Carbon Fiber
Scientist at the United States Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have developed a new, more cost-effective method for joining carbon fiber composites and aluminium. This new process could make it even easier to utilize these materials in the process of lightweighting consumer cars and trucks. The technique for bonding aluminium and […]
Magna to Open Aluminium Casting Facility in United Kingdom
Canadian automotive supplier Magna International Inc. announced this week the opening of an aluminium casting facility in Telford, United Kingdom. The facility is intended to supply British multinational automotive company Jaguar Land Rover. Magna’s planned facility is expected to be roughly 225,000 ft2 in area and is slated to employ 295 individuals when ramped up […]
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 ...
