Rusal Inks Agreement with SMS Group to Develop Continuous Aluminium Casting Equipment
Russian Federation aluminium behemoth U.C. Rusal announced yesterday the execution of a cooperation agreement with German engineering titan SMS Group...
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Turkish Aluminium Wheel Maker Cevher Jant Sanayii Joins ASI
Trade group Aluminium Stewardship Initiative announced the addition of Turkish aluminium casting firm Cevher Jant Sanayii A.S. With this addition, the ASI’s membership now stands at 190. Originally founded by Hüseyin Özyavuz in 1955 as a technical school, Cevher accomplished several firsts...
Rusal Completes US$7.6-Million Modernization Project at Irkutsk Aluminium Smelter
Russian Federation aluminium titan UC Rusal announced yesterday the completion of a US$7.6 million project to modify its Befesa-2 line...
Auto Parts Manufacturer Magna Opens US$60 Million Aluminium Casting Expansion in Alabama Plant
Canadian auto parts supplier Magna International Inc. cut the ribbon on a US$60-million expansion of its plant in Birmingham, Alabama...
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British Firms Announce Collaboration to Develop Aerospace Aluminium Alloy for 3D Printing
Two British firms have announced a partnership to collaborate on efforts to utilize a new aluminium alloy in additive manufacturing. Gloucestershire’s Renishaw plc and Worcester’s Aeromet International Limited are working together to develop new processing techniques for the latter firm’s A20X aluminium alloy powder in heat-treatment processes as well. The alloy, which was debuted at […]
Michigan Lightweighting Firm Develops Lightweight Aluminum Cast Rear Solid Beam Axle Housing
Michigan lightweighting firm Shiloh Industries, Inc. debuted a new, lighter cast aluminium rear axle last week. According to the firm, the new solid rear beam axle is 24 pounds lighter than previous models. Shiloh says its proprietary casting technology allowed the firm’s engineers to shave off 40 percent of the weight of a standard cast […]
MIT Researchers Develop Method for More Uniformly Structured Aluminium Casts
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say they have developed a method of casting aluminium in a more uniform manner. Such an improvement would lead to significant gains in the casting’s strength and reliability. In order to produce industrial aluminium slabs, small amounts of manganese and copper are mixed in with the molten […]
Architect Utilizes Hand-Bent Aluminium Shingles for Small Forest Chapel
In a forest on the outskirts of Tokyo is a small chapel where people are invited to pray for the souls of those interred in the cemetery nearby. The award-winning chapel, made from steeply-angled timbers, is clad in a roof composed of thousands of hand-formed aluminium shingles. Japanese architect Hiroshi Nakamura designed the Sayama Forest […]
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 ...
