An increase in ultra-high voltage projects across China during the year’s opening quarter prompted an increase in domestic production of aluminium wire and cable last month. Such was the story told by a survey of manufacturers by SMM reported late last week....
Acting on a petition by two domestic wire makers, the United States Commerce Department yesterday announced the affirmative preliminary determination...
Yesterday the Vietnamese government announced the beginning of an anti-dumping investigation against certain value-added aluminium products imported from the People’s...
Russian Federation aluminium behemoth U.C. Rusal announced yesterday the execution of a cooperation agreement with German engineering titan SMS Group...
The United Arab Emirates is home to another aluminium concern after Ducab Aluminium Company (DAC) opened operations in Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad) yesterday. The firm, which is a AED220-million (US$60 million) joint venture between state-owned UAE cable producing company Dubai Cable Company Pvt. Ltd. and prominent local holding company Senaat General Holding Corporation, […]
Russian Federation aluminium behemoth U. C. Rusal announced yesterday the approval of two 8xxx-series aluminium alloys by the Russian government for use in electrical wiring. According to the firm’s press release, the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation approved the use of 8030 and 8176 aluminium alloys in electrical applications, permitting their use in […]
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$5.6 million project in March 2016, which included the installation of a series of four state-of-the-art furnaces specially designed for hardening 6101-T4 aluminium […]
Russian Federation aluminium behemoth UC Rusal hasn’t wavered from its goal of converting entirely to clean energy by the end of the decade, despite the recent departure of the United States from the 2015 Paris climate accord. In remarks to the South China Morning Post, Deputy CEO Oleg Mukhamedshin reaffirmed his company’s commitment to the […]
At least three companies (including Swiss commodity trader Glencore and German Trimet Aluminium) have expressed interest in buying Rio Tinto’s aluminium assets in Iceland, Sweden and the Netherlands, priced at up to US$ 350 million, news agencies reported earlier this month. A ...
Battery enclosures for electric vehicles (also called frames, housings or battery packs) have a pretty straightforward purpose: holding and protecting ...
Base metals prices continued to slide in May and early June, with metals traded on the LME witnessing some serious ...
Base metals prices tumbled in the last week of April and at the start of May, with the aluminium price ...
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