The year 2019 marks the 15 th anniversary of Aluminium China. Building on the success of the past 14 editions, Aluminium China 2019 will keep focusing on raw materials, semi-finished and finished products, machinery and solutions for the complete industry chain in the fields of construction, building, automotive, transportation and consumer durables.As the leading aluminium exhibition in Asia, it gathered 600 leading exhibitors and 24,789 trade visitors and buyers from 91 countries at its las

Vallourec Soluçoes Tubulares do Brasil has been awarded by TechnipFMC in Brazil to supply around 12,000 tons of seamless steel rigid line pipe with outside diameters 8” and 10”. The pipe will be used in the fabrication of the riser and flowline system for interconnecting 13 wells (6 production wells and 7 water alternate gas injection wells), to be installed in the pre-salt field Mero 1, which is part of the giant Libra reservoir. Libra covers an area of 1,550 squ

Novelis Inc., the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, today announced it is supplying Toyota Motor Corporation with premium aluminum automotive body sheet for the all-new 2019 Toyota RAV4. The RAV4 is Toyota's number-one-selling vehicle and the best-selling non-pickup-truck in the country. With a new-and-improved design that includes Novelis aluminum in the hood, fenders and lift gate, the fifth-generation model of the RAV4 is four percent lighter than previous models.

Today, the Aluminum Association released its first new material registration record in nearly 20 years. The “purple sheets” will provide clear chemical designations for aluminum powder used in 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing. The purple sheets are the newest addition to the Aluminum Association’s long-running “rainbow sheet” series, which provides alloy designations and chemical composition limits for various types of aluminum. Aluminum is the f

Today, Braidy Industries, Inc. ("Braidy") and London Stock Exchange listed En+ Group plc, announced the execution of a Letter of Intent ("LOI") specifying basic terms for a potential $200 million lead investment for its Braidy Atlas mill by En+ Group subsidiary, United Company RUSAL plc ("Rusal"). Rusal is the world's largest producer of aluminum outside of China and historically, has been the U.S.' number two non-domestic supplier of prime alum

PyroGenesis Canada Inc., a TSX Venture 50® high-tech company, (the "Company", the “Corporation” or "PyroGenesis") that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes plasma atomized metal powder, plasma waste-to-energy systems and plasma torch  products, announced today that its DROSRITE™ System has been validated by a world leading primary aluminum smelter (the “Smelter”) as part of the process towards adopting the technology for

Insteel Industries, Inc. today announced that Anne H. Lloyd has been appointed to its board of directors effective April 16, 2019. Ms. Lloyd will be replacing Charles B. Newsome, who retired from the Company effective February 12, 2019. Ms. Lloyd previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. from 2005 until her retirement in 2017. She joined Martin Marietta in 1998 as Vice President and Controller and was named Chief Acc

Tata Sponge Iron Limited, a subsidiary of Tata Steel Limited, has acquired the steel business of Usha Martin Limited (UML). A meeting was organised today between the senior management of Tata Sponge and UML followed by a Town Hall meeting with all the officers of UML. Addressing the gathering, Mr. Sanjay Pattnaik, Managing Director, Tata Sponge, welcomed the UML officers to Tata Sponge family and said: ‘It is indeed a moment of great pride for all of us in Tata Sponge that tod

Harsco Corporation  announced today that its Metals & Minerals division has further expanded an existing agreement with Egyptian Steel, the manufacturer of rebar and wire rods in the Middle East and North Africa. Under the terms of this expanded agreement, Harsco will provide scrap and slag management, material handling, and metal recovery services at Egyptian Steel’s Beni Suef plant. Harsco has provided similar services to Egyptian Steel’s Al Ain Al Sokhna site since lat

NLMK Group, a global steel company, has begun hot testing of its accelerated cooling system at NLMK DanSteel's hot-rolling plate mill in Denmark. The new equipment will fundamentally change the company's product mix and increase the share of niche plate, including for offshore wind power generation and pressure vessels. The new accelerated cooling system is in-line with the hot-rolling mill. After rolling to the final thickness, the plate is fed into the cooling system and c