India’s Railway Board Approves Purchase of Aluminium Coaches
India’s railroads will soon see rolling stock made from lightweight aluminium after the country’s railway authority approved of a plan...
Indian Railways
Indian Government Funds Technology Transfer For Transition To Aluminuim Rail Coaches
India’s government has taken steps to obtain technology for producing all-aluminium railway coaches, phasing out heavier and less efficient conventional rolling stock. Commenting to India’s Lok Sabha last week, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said that, from the current fiscal year forward, Indian...
Indian Railways to Debut Aluminium Trains on Overnight Routes by 2020
Indian Railways will soon be introducing 15 aluminium-bodied trainsets to certain routes by the end of this decade according to...
Indian Railways to Build Aluminium Coach Plant
Indian Railways indicates that it will soon issue a tender to build an aluminium coach factory in the southern portion...
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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 are intended to reduce travel time between cities. The plan is part of an initiative launched by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu to make passenger and freight travel on the rails faster. Named the Raftaar Mission, […]
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 ...
