LOTTE Aluminium Materials USA LLC announced this week a new US$238.7 million project in Kentucky to construct an aluminium foil production plant for use in EV batteries. Per the state governor’s office, LOTTE Aluminium is partnering with LOTTE Chemical on the project,...
Anglo-Australian metals titan Rio Tinto Group and American automaker Ford Motor Company have partnered to work together on developing more...
Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB announced an expansion this week to its Newport, Arkansas production facility to begin production...
Japanese mining and smelting firm Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd (SMM) said yesterday that it hopes to increase its output...
Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis announced this week the expansion of its partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) on the Novelis Innovation Hub. The partnership will explore new areas in materials and process research with an eye toward increased sustainability and zero-carbon production by mid-century. Novelis says the partnership will continue building […]
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 board the e-tron GT. The aluminium supplied under the deal would be ASI-certified […]
American automaker General Motors Co said last week that it is testing out a variety of new technologies to cut costs of electric vehicles, including increasing the use of aluminium and aluminium alloys. While speaking to an investor conference on Wednesday, GM President Mark Reuss said the firm continues to explore various technology solutions for […]
Norwegian aluminium smelter Norsk Hydro ASA announced a memorandum of understanding with technology firm Panasonic and international energy company Equinor to explore the possibility of collaborating on a sustainable and affordable business in batteries in Europe. The trio agreed to investigate the possibility of building a battery operation in Norway through the upcoming summer. Any […]
Amsterdam rolled and extruded aluminium leader Constellium N.V. announced yesterday that it will head a £15-million project with a consortium of automakers and suppliers to build aluminium battery enclosures for electric vehicles. The project, christened Aluminium Intensive Vehicle Enclosures (ALIVE) will be carried out in the United Kingdom as a research project partially funded by […]
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 ...
