Aluminium International Today News
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Silicon – a ticking clock for Aluminium?
Is the clock ticking for aluminium cans and alloy wheels? The answer is yes unless real progress is made on shoring up supply chains for certain critical raw materials and not least supply chains for silicon metal.
09 August 2023 -
Exclusive: Flat Rolling and a 50th Anniversary: Primetals Technologies
Primetals Technologies’ global headquarters is located in Chiswick, London, United Kingdom. The company functions with a strong entity, venturing across continents whilst maintaining leadership, and influence from the UK base.
Zahra Awan* interviewed Grant Shoebridge** on the latest developments and news from Primetals Technologies aluminium business. Meeting at the METEC, GIFA, ThermProcess and NewCast event, where Primetals Technologies were exhibiting, the company hosted several innovative sessions covering topics from green steel, digitalisation and presented technology solutions for the steel and aluminium rolling industries.
03 August 2023 -
EXCLUSIVE: Metals for the future
David Sneddon, Non-executive Director of BACALL spoke with Aluminium International Today on the latest from BACALL.
As one of the most recyclable materials on the planet, aluminium offers us one of the most direct ways to decarbonise our lives – it is almost infinitely recyclable like gold, without degrading like steel, and in the process of recycling, it can be turned back into useable products with a tiny proportion of the energy of new material, again unlike glass and steel.
However, the UK is currently reliant on an unsustainable material and energy-intensive supply chain based on a practise of exporting scrap and slabs and importing huge quantities of sheet and billet.
With manufacturers increasingly concerned about scope 3 emissions and the security of their supply chains, the UK must reconsider its approach to aluminium production and recycling; we must create a closed-loop, circular economy for aluminium sheet in the UK for UK industry and consumers.
We have a solution, and it’s backed by some of the biggest companies in the world. We are the British Aluminium Consortium for Advanced Alloys (BACALL), and we will localise aluminium recycling and manufacture.
26 July 2023 -
ALUMOBILITY Project
Alumobility will present findings of a recent study at the Automotive Circle Car Body Xperience in Rochester, Michigan on April 26. The project focused on converting all the steel parts on a mixed material production body-in-white (BIW) to a full aluminum BIW, which resulted in a 40% weight savings for the sum of the converted parts while also maintaining or improving the specified BIW attributes for safety, noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH).
31 May 2023 -
Waste or Raw-Material
The challenges of production wastes and the chances born within. An interview with Mr. Patrick Pollmann - Group CEO of TAHA International S.A.
25 May 2023 -
Cooperation for CO2 optimised aluminium and battery materials recycling
Porsche AG and Norsk Hydro ASA will work together to further reduce the carbon footprint of Porsche's car models by using low-carbon aluminium and extrusions from Hydro. In addition, the two companies will collaborate on an innovative value chain concept for battery materials and its recycling. The German luxury sports car maker and the Norwegian industrial company have signed an agreement in Oslo today, to strengthen the sustainability strategies of both companies.
22 May 2023 -
Hydrova enables production of the first low-carbon cement
... made with its zero-waste aluminium dross recycling technology.
09 May 2023 -
Closed Loop Aluminum Recycling is a Key Driver in the Circular Cars of Tomorrow
A revolution in automotive sustainability is underway in the industry. The World Economic Forum and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) have jointly formed the Circular Cars Initiative, which is charting the course towards a zero-emission future through new technology, materials innovation, efficient vehicle usage and full life-cycle management. [1] The use of aluminum, both primary and recycled, can be a key driver in this multi-year initiative to reduce carbon emissions and improve resource efficiency.
12 April 2023 -
Matalco announce completion on new facility
Matalco is proud to announce the completion of their newest facility located in Franklin, Kentucky.
22 March 2023
