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Revolutionary Aluminum-Air Battery Travels 1,000 miles, Gas-Free! To date, electric cars have achieved limited adoption partly due to “range anxiety” – consumer concern that their battery will die before reaching their destination. A recent announcement by Association member company Alcoa and clean technology firm Phinergy could change all that. Commented Phinergy CEO Aviv Tzidon, “Compared to other batteries, the fundamental difference is energy density – the aluminum-air density allows you to do more with less weight. With greater energy density, you are creating electric vehicles with travel distances, purchase prices and life-cycle costs that are comparable to fossil-fuel cars.”
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Revolutionary Aluminum-Air Battery Travels 1,000 miles, Gas-Free!
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Metro International Trade Services — the dominant London Metal Exchange warehouse operator in Detroit but also with depots across the US, Italy, South Korea and Malaysia — was ever the stand out contrarian operator.
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Metro International is Up to No Good in Aluminum Warehousing Again
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Company achieves 49 percent recycled aluminum inputs and has doubled its recycling capacity since 2010.
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Novelis reports progress in aluminum recyclingCompany achieves 49 percent recycled aluminum inputs and has doubled its recycling capacity since 2010.
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CiAL (Consorzio Imballaggi Alluminio in Italian) was created by aluminium producers and users in 1997, and officially recognized by the Italian government in 1998, to promote the reduction of waste and develop the collection process for recycling aluminium products so as to better protect the environment. By 2000, the consortium had already formed 210 agreements with environmental companies and 2,500 partnerships with local municipalities, covering 46% of the Italian population. At that time, however, only 30% of aluminium on the market was being recovered and only 26% recycled. That is how recycling process works: In order to promote public knowledge of the importance of recycling and sustainability, CiAl offered the Riciletta as the main prize for an online poll called "Riciloamatore - Who Reduces, Wins!" during the European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) in November 2012. Over the course of the past decade, the Ricicletta has steadily attained a high level of recognition within Italy. A number of Italian and international celebrities and public figures have been associated with the Ricicletta, including professional cyclist Vincenzo Nibali, actors Danny DeVito, Isabella Ferrari, and Pierfrancesco Favino, singers Giorgia Todrani and Lorenzo Fragola, and writer Beppe Severgnini. In 2015, even professional cycling's Astana Pro Team teamed with CiAl to help put on the third edition of the Riciloamatore contest, recording a YouTube video to explain how recycled aluminium can be given a new life: five recycled cans can produce a biker's water bottle, 37 provide enough aluminium to make one of Italy's famous Moka coffee pots, and 800 can be transformed into the famous Ricicletta.
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Produced out of approximately 800 recycled 33cl aluminium cans, the Ricicletta has served as CIAL's poster child for the infinite recyclability of aluminium for the past decade.
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The Brazilian Aluminium Association (ABAL) and the Brazilian Association of Highly Recyclable Cans Manufacturers (ABRALATAS) has reported that in 2014 the country recycled 289,500 tons of aluminium beverage cans out of the 294,200 tons available in the market, a growth of 12.5% over the previous year.
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The Brazilian Aluminium Association (ABAL) and the Brazilian Association of Highly Recyclable Cans Manufacturers (ABRALATAS) has reported that in 2014 the country recycled 289,500 tons of aluminium beverage cans out of the 294,200 tons available in the market, a growth of 12.5% over the previous year.
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The Indian Ministry of Mines announced today that it has reserved the bauxite mines in Odisha for the National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), the government-owned aluminium mining and refining firm.
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The Indian Ministry of Mines announced today that it has reserved the bauxite mines in Odisha for the National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), the government-owned aluminium mining and refining firm.
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Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) clarified the reason for the delay in its first shipment from a Tasmanian mine on Tuesday, indicating that the cost of the mineral is the culprit.
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Australian Bauxite Limited (ABx) clarified the reason for the delay in its first shipment from a Tasmanian mine on Tuesday, indicating that the cost of the mineral is the culprit.
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The Andhra Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee (AOBSZC) released a letter on Tuesday urging for Andhra Odisha Border (AOB) tribes to engage in a general protest against bauxite mining in the Visakhapatnam agency during the week of December 21.
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In a letter released to the Visakhapatnam media by the AOBSZC official spokesman Jagabandhu, tribes are urged to take up arms and fight against state and central government leaders who have promoted bauxite mining, allegedly against the people’s interests and in order to enrich themselves. Jaganbandhu called on these leaders to resign from their parties, and urging the people to drive them from the area if they didn’t resign.
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As we entered the final month of 2015, what we’ve known for some time became all but cemented: 2015 will go down as one of the worst years on record for metals producers. Great news for buyers, sure, but was it ever lean to be a producer this year. Our final MMI report of the year showed another batch of all-time low prices and not a single sub-index showed positive growth. The best any of our metals could do was hold steady. You may remember us saying something similar — all-time low prices and little, if any, upward movement in the sub-indexes — in November, October and September… andJune… and March. Commodities’ Bad YearHow bad is it? The last time raw materials like copper and oil were this cheap, an economic depression loomed. the Bloomberg Commodity Index, which tracks a wide swath of raw materials, plummeted to its weakest level since June 1999. The last time US oil reserves were this flush with crude was 1972. What’s a major miner to do as raw materials are historically low, too? Well, If you’re Anglo American, this week, you announce you’ll cut jobs, sell mines and retrench. 85,000 Of Anglo American’s 135,000 workers’ jobs are on the line. There will be less loading of iron at Anglo American mines next year. Source: Adobe Stock/nikitos77. It’s not surprising and no one can really blame Anglo American for finally cutting jobs and production. It’s now more expensive, depending on where it’s mined, to pull iron ore out of the ground than to sell it at these prices. Alcoa‘s move to shut down smelters came from the same economic conditions. Steel ReelsFor steelmakers, it’s the worst downturn in 15 years. US steel shipments were down about 11% through the first nine months of 2015 compared with the year-ago period, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI). The industry, which employs about 150,000, has announced 12,000 layoffs the past year, the group says. What’s most disturbing is this downturn is nothing new and it’s been afflicting producers since last year. It would be great to say that the overproduction problem and supply gluts are being curtailed and the shutdowns are having their desired effect. Except that’s not true. So far, oversupply still exists and producers are still in the same boat. So things could, indeed, get a lot worse in 2016. Umm, Happy New Year?
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As we entered the final month of 2015, what we’ve known for some time became all but cemented: 2015 will go down as one of the worst years on record for metals producers. Great news for buyers, sure, but was it ever lean to be a producer this year.
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WHAT IS ALUMINIUM?
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The most common form of aluminium found in nature is aluminium sulphates. These are minerals that combine two sulphuric acids: one based on an alkaline metal (lithium, sodium, potassium rubidium or caesium) and one based on a metal from the third group of the periodic table, primarily aluminium.
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Rio Tinto announced today that it would increase aluminium output by ten percent, citing productivity improvements. The targeted output Rio Tinto announced for 2016 is 3.6 million metric tons.
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Rio Tinto announced today that it would increase aluminium output by ten percent, citing productivity improvements. The targeted output Rio Tinto announced for 2016 is 3.6 million metric tons.
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Brussels — The European Commission’s proposal is a pivotal step towards a resource-efficient economy based on best-in-class collection, sorting and separation technologies. It is vitally important to now build on momentum to secure Europe’s status as a leader in recycling and driver of sustainable growth in the global marketplace.
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Brussels — The European Commission’s proposal is a pivotal step towards a resource-efficient economy based on best-in-class collection, sorting and separation technologies. It is vitally important to now build on momentum to secure Europe’s status as a leader in recycling and driver of sustainable growth in the global marketplace. European Aluminium Director-General Gerd Götz issues the following statement on the proposal: “To build a European circular economy, we have to think global. Every year, about one million tonnes of aluminium scrap leave Europe to be recycled in other parts of the world. This is an economic waste that makes us reliant on imports and could be avoided through greater investment in collection and sorting infrastructure. Exporting scrap is also exporting the energy embedded in the metal. Recycling these one million tonnes of aluminium scrap in Europe would be equivalent to saving the annual energy consumption of countries such as Latvia or Luxembourg.” In addition to a global mind set, achieving a real Circular Economy requires a clear and ambitious EU legal framework. European Aluminium supports the Commission’s consistent recycling definitions and its proposal to move the measurement of recycling to after the sorting phase rather than at the point of collection. This is essential to ensure that Member States report real recycling results.
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Key members of the aluminium industry and academics alike, descended upon the Intercontinental Hotel in Doha, Qatar for leading aluminium producer Qatalum’s Annual Aluminium Symposium. Titled “Aluminium The Engine for Growth in the Region”, the event was led by the remarks of key Qatalum executives Christian Stette, Khalid Laram and Olaf Wigstoel. Each executive addressed the importance of the aluminium industry in the Middle East during a period of stagnation in the energy sector, whilst stating the importance of educational research in helping to bolster their respective aims.
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MetalMiner welcomes commentary from Heidi Brock, president and CEO of the Aluminum Association. It is absolutely true that this is an extremely challenging time for parts of the domestic and global aluminum industry — particularly in the upstream segment of the business. The recently announced curtailments of US smelting capacity have real-world consequences on hardworking families and rural communities. But, let’s keep a couple of things in mind. First, a curtailment is not a closure. In better market conditions, these curtailed smelters could be brought right back into production. Second, we’re working together as an industry to do everything we can — improving trade conditions, supporting transparency in the financial trading of aluminum, promoting common-sense regulations — to create an environment where these smelters can reopen. Despite these obvious challenges, what’s also important to remember is that many parts of the domestic aluminum industry are as healthy — or healthier — than they’ve ever been. Let’s start with the fundamentals. End User DemandAluminum is a product virtually every person in the US, and indeed most of the world, uses every single day. The metal is so ubiquitous that many of us don’t even realize how often it touches our lives. The car you drive to work most likely has an aluminum hood and other lightweight parts to drive fuel efficiency and improve performance. Your house or office building likely uses aluminum windows and doors, or maybe even a cool roof to improve insulation and decrease heating and cooling bills. That airplane you fly in to visit family and friends over the holidays would literally not be possible without lightweight aluminum as a key component. Increasingly, even the high-tech gadgets you use to stay connected make major use of aluminum. Shipments Are UpThe recent history of industry shipments bears out the strength of the metal. In 2014, demand for aluminum in the US and Canada totaled more than 25 billion pounds, approaching record levels last seen in the mid-2000s. This is more than five times the aluminum demand in 1960, despite the fact that the population has not even doubled during that time period. And that doesn’t even take into account global demand, which has seen half a decade of 5-to-8% year-over-year demand growth. Bullish projections five years ago had global aluminum demand doubling between 2010 and 2020. Midway through the decade, we’re on track to exceed that forecast. The Bottom LinePeople use more aluminum today than ever before and this shows no sign of abating. Today, nearly 80% of aluminum industry jobs are either in making recycled aluminum or in downstream parts of the business like rolling mills and foundries. This value-added segment, in particular, has seen significant investment in recent years to meet projected demand growth in auto and aerospace. Indeed, since 2013, our member companies have announced investments north of $2.5 billion in domestic plant expansions. Just a few weeks ago, one of our members broke ground on a $240 million project in Kentucky that will add 200 jobs to an aluminum rolling facility there. At the same time, the US industry increasingly makes recycled (secondary) metal. We make twice the amount of secondary aluminum today as we did in 1980 — about 8.5 billion pounds last year — and more recycled aluminum than any other country besides China. Since recycling aluminum requires 92% less energy to make than new aluminum, this has a major – and positive – impact on the industry’s environmental footprint. No market stands still and we fully expect to see continued shifts in this dynamic yet growing sector of the manufacturing economy. Some of these changes may create challenges and we will work together as an industry to overcome them. But we also know the fundamentals — and the facts — support a continued vibrant aluminum business in the United States. Heidi Brock is the President & CEO of the Aluminum Association, based in Arlington, Va. The Aluminum Association represents 111 US and foreign-based companies and their suppliers throughout the value chain, from primary production to value-added products to recycling. The aluminum industry helps manufacturers produce sustainable and innovative products, including more fuel-efficient vehicles, recyclable packaging, greener buildings and modern electronics. For more information visit www.Aluminum.org, on
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MetalMiner welcomes commentary from Heidi Brock, president and CEO of the Aluminum Association. Like many industries in the global commodities sector, 2015 has been a bit of a roller-coaster for the North American aluminum industry. From highs, such as the release of the aluminum-intensive Ford F-150, to lows like the announced curtailment of some domestic production, this has unquestionably been a year of ups and downs.
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Aluminium anodising provides a number of benefits that can help to provide protection against the elements, increase longevity, and enable a product to be coloured. Anti-Corrosive Properties One of the most important advantages of anodised aluminium is that it is highly resistant to corrosion. This is accomplished by adding a protective layer to prevent oxygen from reacting with the surface of the metal. So, it should only make sense that products such as mobile phone cases, aluminium cans, spray bottles and bottle tops (such as those used with perfumes and soft drinks) will often utilise anodised aluminium. Durability and Longevity As opposed to simply polishing aluminium, the anodising process is able to extend the lifespan (and therefore the reliability) of many safety products. This can be commonly seen in modern climbing equipment. Not only will vital items such as carabiners and tools be protected from corrosion, but their physical strength is not sacrificed. The Difference Between a Simple Coating and an Anodised Product One common misconception is that the anodising process involves coating the surface of an aluminium object such as a bicycle wheel or a piece of jewellery. On the contrary, the anodised finish is completely integrated with the metal substrate. This is important for a number of reasons. In reference to items such as nuts and bolts that experience physical stresses, the surface layer will remain intact under duress. Additionally, anodised aluminium objects such as cans are completely recyclable and they retain their physical properties remarkably well. A Scientific Process Anodising a product such as a plumbing pipe or a necklace is a highly exacting process that begins with aluminium polishing on an industrial scale. Trust a metal polishing and anodising company such as Badger Anodising (Birmingham) Ltd to produce a longer-lasting finish that is also much more pleasing to the eye. Although anodising may be taken for granted by the bulk of the population, society would not enjoy so many modern amenities without it. It is often the lesser-known innovations which truly revolutionise our existence!
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Aluminium anodising provides a number of benefits that can help to provide protection against the elements, increase longevity, and enable a product to be coloured. The process of anodising can be traced as far back as 1923 when it was employed to protect certain parts of planes from the corrosive nature of salt water. In these modern times, anodised aluminium is a product that is often taken for granted due to its ubiquitous nature within society. What are some of the benefits associated with anodised aluminium?
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Alcoa, with headquarters in New York and Pittsburgh, has announced that it has entered into a three-and-a-half year agreement with New York state to increase the competitiveness of the Massena West smelter. The company had previously announced plans to curtail the facility amid prevailing market conditions; however, the agreement will help maintain hundreds of jobs in New York’s North Country, improve the cost position of the smelter and support growth projects for the casthouse, Alcoa says.
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New York state’s incentive package will help maintain approximately 600 jobs at the Massena West facility through the term of the agreement. The plant has 130,000 metric tons of smelting capacity.
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Aluminum Association releases ‘Green Building Guidelines’ November 30, 2015 Recycling Today Staff “Aluminum in Green Buildings: A Guide to Green Building Development and Certification with Aluminum Products” is intended to assist and support aluminum end-users—architects, designers and engineers—in understanding how aluminum contributes to green building development and achieving certifications, such as the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC’s) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building certification program, according to the Aluminum Association. The association says key information in the guide includes: The Aluminum Association says the guide is based on key requirements of the current, most commonly adopted green building certifications systems and construction codes. The Green Building Guidelines guide elaborates how those requirements can potentially be met or exceeded through the use of aluminum products and systemic aluminum solutions. The guide incorporates the most up-to-date understanding of aluminum’s technological solutions to challenges of the building and construction industries, according to the Aluminum Association. Additionally, the results of the aluminum industry’s extensive sustainability research and studies are featured, the group says. Lightweight, strong and infinitely recyclable, aluminum products can help lower energy costs and carbon emissions in building and construction applications, according to the Aluminum Association. Properly coated aluminum roofs can reflect up to 95 percent of sunlight, helping improve building energy efficiency. Aluminum framing systems and curtain walls can accommodate highly insulating glass and enhance the balanced functioning of heating and cooling, the association says. This allows for the systems to serve as the best solution for building energy efficiency improvements and “net zero” energy performance, the group adds. Aluminum in Green Buildings: A Guide to Green Building Development and Certification with Aluminum Products is available on the Aluminum Association’s website at www.aluminum.org. The Aluminum Association says it represents U.S. and foreign-based companies and their suppliers throughout the value chain, from primary production to value-added products to recycling. The association is one of the industry’s leading voices, providing global standards, business intelligence, sustainability research and industry expertise to member companies, policymakers and the general public. The aluminum industry helps manufacturers produce sustainable and innovative products, including more fuel efficient vehicles, recyclable packaging, greener buildings and modern electronics.
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Lightweight, strong and infinitely recyclable, aluminum products can help lower energy costs and carbon emissions in building and construction applications, according to the Aluminum Association. Properly coated aluminum roofs can reflect up to 95 percent of sunlight, helping improve building energy efficiency. Aluminum framing systems and curtain walls can accommodate highly insulating glass and enhance the balanced functioning of heating and cooling, the association says. This allows for the systems to serve as the best solution for building energy efficiency improvements and “net zero” energy performance, the group adds.
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Moncks Corner-based electric utility Santee Cooper is staying mum about Monday’s planned discussions on the future of its power deal with Century Aluminum’s Mount Holly smelter. But state Sen. Paul Campbell, R-Goose Creek and a former top executive at the plant, said he’s confident a solution will be reached to keep the smelter open beyond the Dec. 31 expiration date for the current electricity contract that supports about 600 jobs. “I expect there’s going to be a bona-fide effort to see if there’s something that can be done to make this work,” Campbell said. “We’ve been looking at several different options to keep those jobs.” Santee Cooper’s board will hold a special meeting via telephone conference at 9 a.m. at the utility’s headquarters. The board will meet in closed session at first, and a public announcement will be made afterward. Mollie Gore, the utility’s spokeswoman, said she does not know what will be discussed other than what’s on the agenda. That document states the board will meet to talk about “contract negotiations and receive legal advice with regard to the Century industrial contract.” Michael Bless, Century’s CEO, said he doesn’t know what the board will be considering. “All we know is they called that board meeting and we’re on the edge of our seat to hear what they have to say,” Bless said. “But we don’t know any more than that.” Bless is hoping the utility accepts a proposal he made earlier this month that would reimburse Santee Cooper for any electric transmission capacity the utility loses if Century buys all of its power from an out-of-state supplier. Century currently buys 75 percent of its power from out of state and the remaining 25 percent from Santee Cooper, which then transmits all of that electricity over its power lines to the plant off Highway 52. The aluminum company wants to buy 100 percent of its power from out of state and pay Santee Cooper about $60 million over five years to transmit it. Santee Cooper says it can’t accept such a deal because it would force other customers to subsidize Mount Holly’s electric supply. However, Bless said he’s willing to pay Santee Cooper for any of the transmission capacity the utility actually needs but can’t get if it transmits 100 percent out-of-state power to Mount Holly. “Tell us every month, every quarter, every six months or whatever ... send us a calculation of that import capacity, that 25 percent that you wanted to use but couldn’t because Mount Holly is using it, and we’ll pay the incremental amount,” Bless said. “If you can prove to us after the fact that you really did need it, no problem, we’ll pay the additional amount.” Bless said Santee Cooper’s projections show its transmission capacity needs will decrease in coming years. Gore said such calculations are difficult and the utility needs available capacity for growth — Myrtle Beach, one of its key markets, is among the nation’s fastest-growing areas — and future development, such as a Volvo car factory in Berkeley County that ultimately will get its power from Santee Cooper. “I thought it was a winner,” Bless said of the proposal, adding that Santee Cooper rejected it. It’s not clear if that proposal will come up again during Monday’s meeting. Gore said Century has not presented any plan that would not affect other ratepayers, adding that if there had been such a proposal, “we would have done it a long time ago.” This week, New York officials said they would give $30 million in power concessions and $38 million more for facility expenses to keep Alcoa’s Massena West smelter open. Alcoa previously had announced the facility would close after the first of next year. Campbell, a former Alcoa executive who oversaw plants in several states, including the Mount Holly smelter when it was co-owned with Century, said he doesn’t believe the money exists for a similar deal in South Carolina. Century bought out Alcoa’s majority ownership a year ago. “It’s up to them to make it happen,” Campbell said, referring to Century and Santee Cooper. “It is in everybody’s best interest to keep jobs, not to lose jobs. There’s a solution if both sides will negotiate.”
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“I expect there’s going to be a bona-fide effort to see if there’s something that can be done to make this work,” Campbell said. “We’ve been looking at several different options to keep those jobs.”
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China's aluminum and nickel producers have asked Beijing to buy up surplus metal, sources said, the first coordinated effort since 2009 to revive prices suffering their worst rout since the global financial crisis.
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China's aluminum and nickel producers have asked Beijing to buy up surplus metal, sources said, the first coordinated effort since 2009 to revive prices suffering their worst rout since the global financial crisis.
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Constellium N. V. based in Amsterdam, has announced that it will construct a new greenfield manufacturing facility in Bartow County, Georgia, in response to growing demand for its automotive structures in North America.
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“The new Georgia plant demonstrates Constellium’s commitment to work in partnership with automakers in North America and to be near their assembly plants,” says Paul Warton, president of Constellium’s Automotive Structures and Industry business unit. “This expansion of our footprint in the Southeast United States will allow us to better serve our automotive customers and to respond the industry’s growing demand for aluminium structural parts to lighten vehicles, improve fuel economy and reduce environmental impact.”
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The development of the downstream aluminium industries in the region will have positive implications for the aluminium sector as a whole, said a senior Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) official at a major conference.
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Today, the UAE’s downstream sector has a production capacity of around 380,000 tonnes per annum, of which more than 63.5 per cent of annual production is exported internationally. The predominant aluminium product type consumed by the downstream sector in the UAE is billets, which are used to manufacture construction, kitchen, industrial and automotive profiles as well as scaffolding tubing, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) and automobile applications; and heat exchangers. Increased demand is expected from the local end-user market, driven by new local infrastructure development projects; as well as in international markets.
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State-owned Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) is participating in a high-level meeting focusing on ‘Aluminium Industry Challenges and Strategy for Executives’, which opened today (November 25) in Dubai, UAE.
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The Aluminum Association has released Aluminum in Green Buildings: A Guide to Green Building Development and Certification with Aluminum Products.
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The Guide is intended to assist and support aluminium end-users – architects, designers and engineers – in understanding how aluminium contributes to green building development and achieving certifications like Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design. |
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