Today staying competitive means investing permanently in new technologies, helping to reducing operational costs. Not only the technology itself, also the way that you can purchase it will make a difference in the profitability of your operations. At the background of demographic and political changes and in a complex market which – above all – […]
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Alba: the largest smelter in the world ex-China
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) is the world’s largest aluminium smelters ex-China with a production of 1,365,005 metric tonnes (2019). Listed on both the Bahrain Bourse and London Stock Exchange, the Company’s shareholders are Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (69.38%), SABIC Industrial Investment Company (20.62%) and the General Public (10%). Established in 1971 as a 120,000 […]
Continue readingPrice study on Indian primary aluminium producers in May-June, 2019
India became the second largest aluminium producing country in the world excluding China in 2018. With the strength of its integrated business model, excellent operational capabilities, stable operations and enriched product portfolio, Hindalco (plus Utkal Alumina) made significant profits in FY19. They are focusing on downstream segment for its domestic output. Primary aluminium productions from […]
Continue readingNorth American Primary aluminium industry at a glance in the first five months of 2019
The 10% tariffs on all imported aluminium imposed by Trump in March 2018 have generated ample interest in the North American aluminium sector, more so because Trump’s tariffs also included Canada and Mexico, Canada remaining the top aluminium supplier to the U.S. so far. While major part of the industry players opposed the tariffs, claiming […]
Continue readingAGV’s – A new vision on safety and increased production efficiency
Hencon: The first operating AGV’s in Aluminum Industry When Hencon started as a company, the focus was on building quality machines for Aluminum Industry. Together with increasing experience and know-how, Hencon felt that industries were more looking for suppliers who are able to think with them about strategic choices, about how to facilitate in their […]
Continue readingA Brief History of Aluminium (Part 1): From Early Ages to Discovery
“Aluminium’s sixty-year reign as the world’s most precious substance was glorious, but soon an American chemist ruined everything.” –Sam Kean, The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements. From being a most precious substance to being a most widely used […]
Continue readingHow Do the Fed Rates and Crude Oil Price Impact Aluminium Prices?
The U.S. Federal Reserve began its two-day monetary policy meeting yesterday and commodity markets across the world are already anticipating a rate hike of at least 25 basis points- the first rise in a year. The Fed last increased rates in December 2015. Global aluminium market, which has witnessed a lot of volatility this year […]
Continue readingChanging face of aluminium smelting industry in a sustainable global environment
Aluminium, as a metal has been with mankind for about 200 years, it is one of the most modern metals in the world. Despite the fact, today, more aluminium is produced than all other nonferrous metals put together. The total annual world production of primary aluminium was about 58 million metric tonnes in 2015, and […]
Continue readingGet Your Range of SMM Aluminium Prices through AlToolz
China plays a dominant role in world aluminium. Any aluminium industry player would know the importance of China aluminium prices in international business. In fact, pricing movements of the raw materials (that go into the process of aluminium making) and downstream products in China major markets are referred to with great inquisitiveness by almost all […]
Continue readingAlToolz Presents a Range of LME Aluminium Prices
AlToolz, offers LME Official Prices for Aluminium (High grade primary aluminium) and Aluminium Alloy (A380.1, 226 or AD12.1 aluminium alloy) Contracts as a part of its premium services. Each of the reference prices published by the London Metal Exchange is derived directly from trading and provides transparent pricing for the global metals market. Below are […]
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