Global Metal Cutting Machine Industry

Contributed by: Anonymous May 07, 2021

Metal cutting machines are used to cut metal frames in various sizes and shape. They are extensively used in various application industries to cut different types of ferrous and non-ferrous metals to produce a finished product of desired geometry. It provides multiple advantages to the finished products, including surface texture or finish, closer dimensional accuracy, complex shaping, and required size...show more

Recycled Metal Market

Contributed by: Anonymous May 04, 2021

There are primarily two sources of supply of metals - extraction from natural resources and secondarily by recycling of used metals. Recycling of metals not only supports sustainability but also provides environmental and industrial benefits, such as it saves energy, minimizes waste volume and reduces pollution. Recycling of metals also reduces cost. There are different types of metals that can be recycled without changing their original properties, for instance, steel, aluminium, cobalt, lead, copper, etc. In some metals, recycling is considerably cheaper than extraction from natural resources such as in case of aluminium. Due to all these ...show more

Metal Fabrication Process & Its Applications – Part 2

Contributed by: Anonymous April 30, 2021

Metal fabrication has widespread application in the world today. Humans have been mining and machining metal for the past 10 millennia, as evidenced by a copper pendant archaeologist found in northern Iraq that dates back to about 9,000 BCE. Fabrication shops as we know them today began to exist around the Industrial Revolution, when sheet metal was in much higher demand than before. The invention of the hydraulic press, which allowed manufacturers to apply unprecedented pressures to pieces of metal, transformed the metal fabrication industry. Below ...show more

Metal Fabrication Process & Its Applications – Part 1

Contributed by: Anonymous April 27, 2021

Metal fabrication is the process of manufacturing metal sheet to make it conform to specific shapes. It takes place through cutting, stamping, shaping, folding and welding. Metal fabrication industry has broad applications across a great many industries and consumer products. Standard raw materials used include plate metal, fittings, castings, formed and expanded metal, sectional metal, flat metal, and welding wire. Below are the different processes & their applications...show more

Digital Transformation in Metals and Mining Industry (Part 2)

Contributed by: Anonymous April 16, 2021

In the second part of the series "Digital Transformation in Metals and Mining industry" we cover some use cases in the downstream value chain...show more

Digital Transformation in Metals and Mining Industry

Contributed by: Anonymous April 14, 2021

The In recent years, Metals and mining organizations across the world has started to follow in the footsteps of other industry players like Retail and Consumer to embark on their digital transformation journeys spanning across the entire value chain – from raw material sourcing to manufacturing, distribution and overall ecosystem development. In this two-part series on "Digital Transformation in Metals and Mining industry" we cover some of the interesting use...show more

Different Types of Aluminium Foils

Contributed by: Anonymous April 12, 2021

The origin of aluminium foil can be traced back to early 1900s when a popular candy brand was first packaged in aluminium foil in 1913. To this day, the candies are still being used with aluminium foil packaging. The uses of foil have grown manifold over the past 100 years and its growing use in different sectors and industries are constantly improving the products as well as our...show more

Aluminium and Its Alloys Used in Electrical and Electronics Industry

Contributed by: Anonymous April 2, 2021

Nowadays aluminium and aluminium alloys are used in a large number of electrical & electronic applications. The metal is highly non-magnetic, ductile and cheaper. It has fairly high structural strength and acceptable levels of conductivity, which makes it one of the most used metal in the electrical and electronic industry worldwide...show more

How Aluminium Cans Are Recycled?

Contributed by: Anonymous March 26, 2021

When we recycle aluminium, we can use only around 5% of the energy and its emission is needed to make it from the raw material bauxite. The metal can be recycled again without loss of properties, & thanks to recycling it's estimated that nearly seventy-five percent of all aluminium ever produced is still in use today. So, the aluminium recycling habit is one of the best things we can do...show more

Features of AlCircleBiz

Contributed by: Anonymous March 22, 2021

AlCircleBiz is the world's first online marketplace that connects millions of buyers and sellers across the entire aluminium value chain. It's the online ecommerce platform of the AlCircle Group that has been providing news about the industry & facilitating global trade opportunities for the past 10 years. Connecting buyers and sellers through enquiries against listed products and business leads are the primary features of AlcircleBiz. We are driven by the mission to create robust supply chains through increased transparency and reduced ...show more

How Aluminium Can Solve the Plastic Pollution Problem in the World

Contributed by: Anonymous March 15, 2021

The environmental impact of plastics has been receiving increased attention recently however the problem has been identified long back. Plastics came into use in 1950's and by 1970-80's the issue of plastic waste came into existence. Globally it has been one of the most pressing concerns in recent times and the growing use & manufacturing of “virgin plastics” are actually adding to it.

Plastics are mostly used in packaging and manufacturing industry and typically there are two types of issues that have made the matter worst. First of all, plastics cannot be recycled, they can technically be downcycled only. This actually uses ~90% virgin-based plastics & hence most plastic that finally gets recycled is often made into carpet, clothes or other fibres. Secondly, even that downcycling to happen, the plastic waste has to be extremely clean & uncontaminated. This has been the reason of ...show more

15 Uses of Aluminium and its Alloys in Tranportations Industry

Contributed by: Anonymous March 10, 2021

For many years the biggest end-use market for aluminium has been the transportation sector. More than a quarter of all aluminium is used in the global transportation & associated industry.

• Aluminium supports the need to develop cleaner and more sustainable means of transportation. It is lightweight, yet super flexible: meets customer demand for improved safety and comfort, stricter environmental legislation. Because of these properties, aluminium is indispensable for the upcoming EV (Electric Vehicle) revolution in the world.
• In Aviation around 70-80% aluminium is needed. The composition of aluminium alloys has changed over time, but the main goal of aircraft designers remains the same: build a plane that is as light as possible with the maximum possible capacity that uses the least possible amount of fuel and whose body doesn’t rust over time. It’s aluminium that allows aviation engineers to hit all these targets...show more

Advanced Technology Used in Scrap Metal Recycling

Contributed by: Anonymous March 08, 2021

Metal recycling industry is not an old industry and it was actually built on innovation. Scrap metal recycling was one of the ideas that came into existence during the Second World War when the demand for metal products for the production of guns, airplanes, tanks and ships became much higher than the available supply from mining and smelting ores. Very soon, the concept of recycling became very famous in some countries like US, Canada, UK etc. With time, more and more countries are adopting to this and the industry is... show more

Use of Aluminium and Its Alloys in Automobile & Health Industry

Contributed by: Anonymous March 01, 2021

As the AUTOMOBILE industry started to focus on fuel efficiency, reducing CO2 emission and design, Aluminium is playing a pivotal role in modern cars. Let us look at some of the applications of Aluminium or its alloys in this sector.

• Aluminum is the most used material in automobiles and commercial vehicles as it provides excellent safety and durability coupled with increase in fuel efficiency and reduced...show more

Aluminium, the metal for the future

Contributed by: Anonymous February 26, 2021

Aluminium has been one of the very few industries where the global production and consumption has constantly been increasing since past decade and in 2020-21 production has reached 65.2 million metric tonnes worldwide. Fitch forecasts that global aluminium consumption will increase from 64.2-million metric tonnes in 2021 to 78.4-million tonnes by 2029, averaging 2.6% annual growth. The use of aluminium in different existing and upcoming sectors are growing...show more

Unknown / Interesting Facts About Aluminium

Contributed by: Anonymous February 18, 2021

Aluminium is the most abundant mineral on Earth after oxygen and silicon. By mass it represents 8% of the earth's crust, however, it was not discovered until 1824, as it only occurs naturally in compounds, not as a pure metal...show more

Benefits Of AlCircleBiz

Contributed by: Anonymous February 15, 2021

AlCircleBiz is the world's 1^st online marketplace, connecting millions of buyers and sellers in the global aluminium value chain. AlCircleBiz is all set to revolutionize the aluminium industry & there are many advantages that comes with AlCircleBiz...show more

Current Trends & Scenario of B2B & B2C Ecommerce

Contributed by: Anonymous February 10, 2021

With the global B2C eCommerce sales growing exponentially in the last decade, the B2B industry has also followed suit. Not only is the B2B market gradually increasing its online presence, but it is also doing so by mirroring some key B2C eCommerce strategies. 73% of B2B executives agree that customer expectations for personalized experiences and end-to-end solutions are "significantly higher than they were just a few years ago "Back in 2014, Gartner predicted that more than 70% of B2B companies would offer some form of personalization on their website by 2018. By 2019, 77% of companies believe personalization should be a bigger priority for their organization than it previously had been. B2B companies have begun personalizing their customers' online experiences — but...show more

How Aluminium Industry is Recovering Post COVID19

Contributed by: Anonymous February 8, 2021

"The aluminium industry – like all industrial sectors – is still facing a testing future in the short term, but there should be cause for optimism."

The aluminium industry has seen a dip in demand and impact on aluminium production in 2020 due to the pandemic, especially the automobile, aerospace & construction industries has taken probably the maximum hit in the first two quarters of 2020. By late Dec'20 the industry is already seeing the signs of recovery. The LME (London Metal Exchange) 3 months aluminium price stayed consistently above $2000/T in Dec, compared to $1800/T a year back. It is also expected that this resurgence will continue in the first couple of quarters in 2021 as well, because it has been observed that a lot of smelters are already sold out...show more

Importance of Ecommerce Platform in Aluminium Industry

Contributed by: Anonymous February 2, 2021

Ecommerce has transformed how business is done globally in the last 20 years. In this digital era, going online is the way forward. This trend has been widespread mostly in the B2C space, though the B2B world is catching up pretty fast. Having said that, many studies show that particularly the metal industry is not moving at the same pace as others globally. There have been some companies who are adopting to the digital way of doing business but this has not been accepted across so far...show more

The Top Mergers and Acquisitions from Aluminium Industry in 2019

Contributed by: Heena Iqbal Content Writer December 5, 2019

The year 2019 proved to be a robust one for mergers and acquisitions for the global aluminium industry. Mergers and acquisitions played a key role in expanding businesses of the industry players across aluminium value chain. The companies continued to invest in acquisitions to capitalize on the growing demand despite world aluminium price volatility and continuous market uncertainty. The biggest acquisitions of 2019 include Press Metal Aluminium’s acquisition of PT Bintan Alumina, Novelis’ proposed acquisition of Aleris and Endurance Technologies’ purchase of aluminium die... show more

Price study on Indian primary aluminium producers in May-June, 2019

Contributed by: Sandip Paul Program Manager July 5, 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 Hindalco’s smelting operations (Renukoot in Uttar Pradesh, Aditya Aluminium in Odisha at Hirakud, and at Mahan Aluminium in Madhya Pradesh) stand at around 1.3 million tonnes... show more

How downstream aluminium sector performed in first four months of 2019

Contributed by: Debanjali Sengupta Content Writer June 6, 2019

Four months from the current year (2019) have passed, and here we are to take an opportunity to retrospect the notable developments and phenomena that occurred across the downstream aluminium sector in the said period of time. The increasing demand and use of downstream aluminium across the globe, including China, in various industries like the construction, packaging, and transportation was one of the most significant things that grabbed our attention in the first four months. The enthusiastic purchase kept the downstream aluminium pricing low and resulted in weak inventor... show more