Japan’s Showa Denko is doubling capacity at its Oyama Plant to produce aluminum heat radiators for power modules (PMs) to be installed in electrified vehicles (xEVs), including battery electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

Both the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and the Aluminum Association voiced support for Senate passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The $550 billion federal investment in infrastructure includes $110 billion in new funds for roads, bridges and other major projects.

By 2030, electric vehicles will comprise 30% of total autos sold globally, up from 3% in 2020. As a result, EVs and hybrids will be two out of every three autos sold globally by 2030.

The Government of Canada committed up to $420 million to help Algoma Steel become the “greenest” flat-rolled steel producer in the country. The money will facilitate Algoma Steel’s proposed transformation to electric-arc-furnace (EAF) steelmaking.

Engineers have succeeded in building an industrial-scale levitation melting system. The special design allows casting of various reactive metals and alloys up to 500 g with high purity and short cycle times.

This 20-minute video shows how rockets are 3D printed. This process saves on up-front tooling, enables rapid iteration, decreases part count and facilitates radically new designs.

Sintavia LLC developed proprietary printing technology for GRCop-42, the preferred copper alloy used by NASA and private space-flight companies for rocket thrust chamber assemblies.

In an effort to reduce dependence on imported materials and technology, especially from China, India is investing in a battery technology that uses aluminum rather than lithium as the key ingredient.

Rio Tinto began construction on the first commercial-scale prototype cells of ELYSIS’ inert-anode technology at its Alma smelter in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec.

Shell’s in-house 3D-printing capability started 10 years ago in 2011 with a metal laser-printing machine to fabricate testing equipment for lab experiments at the Shell Technology Centre Amsterdam (STCA). Today, the company has about 15 metal, polymer and ceramic 3D printers at its technology centers in Amsterdam and Bangalore.