Aluminum castings refer to equipment and components made of pure aluminum or aluminum alloys obtained by casting. Generally, sand molds or metal molds are used to pour heated liquid aluminum or aluminum alloy into the mold cavity, and the obtained aluminum parts or aluminum alloy parts of various shapes.

The rapid development of the new energy vehicle market has boosted the demand for aluminum foil. As a new application market, aluminum foil for battery will drive the demand for aluminum foil to show a rapid growth trend.

Aluminum processing plants usually melt primary aluminum ingots, secondary aluminum ingots, process wastes with master alloys or alloying element additives to produce aluminum alloy melt and then cast into slab ingots, round billets or casting-rolled coils as required for subsequent rolling or extrusion production.

There are signs that the supply shortage that disrupted the commodity market and pushed aluminum prices to a 13 year high this week is unlikely to be alleviated in the short term - a consensus reached by producers, consumers, traders and transporters at the North American aluminum conference ended on Friday.