India’s industry body FICCI has called for an increase in the import duty on aluminium and aluminium products to at least 12.5% in the upcoming Union Budget 2023–24. The move is aimed at curbing the dumping of aluminium products and encouraging the growth of the domestic manufacturing and recycling industry. The current import duty on...
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Aluminium Dunkerque, one of Europe’s largest aluminium smelters, has begun to relaunch production capacity that was idled last year due to soaring electricity costs. According to a spokesperson for the company the site, which halted around a fifth of its output in the fourth quarter, should reach full capacity by the end of May. The...
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A new recycling facility is set to turn the Finnish town of Heinola into an aluminium and copper processing hub. The plant, whose construction costs are estimated at 7 million euros, will begin operating next year. The facility consists of a pre-crushing line and a separation line. The operations will have a production capacity of...
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Impression Technologies Ltd (ITL) and fischer group have presented novel forming solutions for ultra-high-strength aluminum structures. The developments have the potential for widespread application in automotive production, especially in electric vehicles. Who Since becoming ITL’s first globally accredited HFQ (Hot Form Quench) partner in December 2020, fischer has invested in a dedicated state-of-the-art high volume...
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