Aluminum booms and busts: More volatility ahead?
Wednesday, 11 January 2023
With increasing use in the energy and automotive sectors, aluminum sales could reach $238 billion by 2028, according to estimates, up from $142 billion in 2021.In an interview, Harbor Aluminum's founder says excess inventory is a
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Aluminum crisis shakes the metal industry in Spain
Monday, 19 September 2022
The metal and steel industries are having real problems to carry out their production in Europe and Spain. These are sectors that make intensive use of energy in their metalworking processes, so the high prices of recent months are triggering closures and shutdowns in the metalworking and iron and steel industries.
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Researchers investigate a low-cost aluminum storage system capable of storing energy for months or years
Friday, 26 August 2022
Inexpensive, months-long energy storage in an aluminum system Although renewable energies can offer a clean and secure future for Europe, issues such as their intermittency mean that their possibilities are somewhat limited in some applications. Now the European Reveal project is seeking to develop an alternative that uses aluminum to store energy in an aluminum system.
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XATACA: Getting copper is becoming increasingly difficult. The solution may lie in aluminum
Thursday, 21 July 2022
The world is transitioning to renewable energy, and that is causing the demand for conductive metals for motors and wiring to grow dramatically. Copper has been the traditional choice, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to extract and produce, so people are trying to offer alternatives. One of the most curious
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Facing the heat...ALUMINIUM!
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
It's so hot in the UK that they've started wrapping their bridges in aluminum foil A 135-year-old Victorian bridge wrapped in albal paper to try to keep it from overheating and cracking. It's the result of a timeless heatwave in the UK that has put a country not just in the middle of a
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Transporters decide not to reactivate the strike and to negotiate with the Government the law prohibiting work at a loss
Monday, 27 June 2022
The vote, which took place yesterday, obtained 41% of votes in favor of reactivating the strike and 45% against. Finally there will be no strike. The hauliers have decided not to go on strike in the vote held yesterday, Sunday, by the Platform for the Defense of the Road Freight Transport Sector. In this way, they choose
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French transport unions call drivers' strike for June 27th
Thursday, 23 June 2022
France's road freight sector is on the warpath. After a long dispute that started at the end of 2021 and led to a national strike last February 10, the French unions signed an agreement with the employers to set a 5% wage increase for the
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Aluminum is everywhere!
Tuesday, 21 June 2022
Today we see it everywhere, and the truth is that we have been using it in various forms for millennia. But the curious thing is that aluminum was not identified as a substance in its own right until the 19th century. It is difficult to look around today and not see something made of aluminum. This material is
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Aluminum shortage in Europe leads to further decline in LME stocks
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
LONDON - Aluminum inventories in London Metal Exchange (LME) warehouses, already at their lowest level in nearly 17 years, will likely continue to fall in the coming days and weeks as more metal moves out of the LME system and into Europe, where supplies are tight. The
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Truckers threaten government with a new strike in July
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
IF SÁNCHEZ DOES NOT FULFILL HIS PROMISES The Platform for the Defense of the National and International Road Freight Transport Sector is threatening to call a new strike in July to protest the working conditions of trucks and resume the protests started in March.
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