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...
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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 to purchase aluminium coaches from a domestic manufacturer last week. According to officials, India’s Railway Board has approved of a plan to...
Brunel University London Partners with Industrial Leaders to Develop Crash-Protecting Aluminium Alloys
Brunel University London announced a second new partnership this week, this one with lightweight castings firms to develop high-performance cast...
Aluminium use in the production of trains steams ahead
Much like in the auto industry, steel and aluminium are the dominant materials used in the construction of train bodies,...
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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 ...
