Professional and student designers focused on aluminium’s environmentally sound characteristics in their entries for the ET Foundation’s 2008 International Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition.

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National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has cut prices of its rolled products by Rs 3500/t ($83.15/t); rolled products account for 10% of its annual metals sales.

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Aleris Rolled Products Europe recently announced a 3% price increase on the total conversion price of coil and sheet delivered to the Specialty Product segments of Multi Layer Tubing and 5005 Anodised & Anodising Quality.

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Nalco has signed a preliminary agreement with Iran's Kerman Development Organisation for a joint venture (51% owned by Nalco) to build an aluminium smelter in Iran with a capacity of 250kt/y-500kt/y in two phases.

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Rio's aluminium division recorded another round of big output jumps, as a result of last year's US$38.1bn takeover of Alcan.

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China's National Development and Reform Commission has given approval to Aluminum Corp of China Ltd (Chalco), to expand alumina output capacity at its Zhongzhou plant in Henan province by 700kt/y to 3Mt/y – no financials or commissioning date has been released.

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India-based Nalco (National Aluminium Co) – the country’s largest alumina maker – which recently cut production because of a coal shortage, plans to import a further 100kt of the fuel to prevent another disruption at a time when prices of aluminium are still high.

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Chalco (Aluminium Corp of China) is considering setting up a $2.2bn refinery near Bowen on the coast of North Queensland, Australia.

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