The venture will feature research and development of technologies using new materials, special electronics materials, nonferrous metals and alloy materials with high performance.

该合资企业将以新材料、特种电子材料、有色金属和高性能合金材料的技术研发为特色。

Under the leadership of Hengdian , DMEGC Magnetics has developed a product line from ferrite magnets to solar cells, solar modules, motor housings, hard alloys, batteries and copper-clad laminates, and has become a high-tech enterprise with two major areas of focus: magnetic materials and devices, and photovoltaic and lithium power.

The company is active in the production, sales, research and development of alumina, primary aluminum and aluminum alloy products.

One of Elkem's goals is to use 20 percent biochar in the production of silicon and ferrosilicon alloys in Norway by 2021, and up to 40 percent by 2030.

For example, the appetite for silicones in electric automobiles, batteries, 3D printing and additive manufacturing is soaring, while the demand for casting materials in construction and alloys, and the demand for carbon in smelting and materials applications are on the rise.

It has also successfully developed high-quality nickel-based alloy products and exported the products to Europe.

Nanshan Aluminum, located in east China's aluminum hub of Longkou, is an industrial giant in high-end aluminum alloy plates and advanced aluminum coils and sheets.

Gao said China does not want to see the World Trade Organization trade remedy measures abused or used for protectionism, after the US launched anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures against Chinese steel wheels and claimed on Wednesday that general-purpose aluminum alloy plates from China received government subsidies.

Raw iron, nickel or chromium have little value individually, but once they are mixed together, the alloy will acquire special characteristics such as being stainless or very strong.

"In September 2017, BSMC's Ni36LNG alloy, which is used on liquefied natural gas or LNG ships, was authenticated by the France-based marine engineering company Gaztransport et Technigaz SA, making it the world's second supplier of the thin-filmed alloy for LNG ships.

The alloy later won the accreditation certificates issued by two major ship classifiers, the Beijing-based China Classification Society and France-based Lloyd's Register, the world's oldest ship classifier, marking another step for the application of the special steel in LNG ships.

"The technical team of our company has made great efforts to ensure the alloy's physical and mechanical stability at super low temperature," said Zhao Xin, deputy director of the company's technical department.

"Zhu said China is currently oversupplied with low-end commodity-grade metals such as aluminum, but in supply deficit for high-end products, such as high-end aluminum alloy for auto, airplanes, yachts and others.

The company, located in Chinese aluminum hub Longkou county, boasts an annual capacity of about 100,000 tons of high-end aluminum alloy plates and 250,000 tons of advanced aluminum coils and sheets.

"The project will help to advance the domestic manufacturing level of high-temperature alloy materials and core components for aircraft engines, and push forward the localization of aircraft components.

According to the agreement, NIO's electric SUV ES8 models will adopt Novelis' aluminum alloys to create a wide range of structural vehicle components and parts.

"Indonesia is a key area for our foreign business because Shenwu's technologies are the right fit for helping to explore the country's resources," said DengLast year, the company jointed forces with Sangai Raya Nickel Alloy Co Ltd from Indonesia to help build a $700 million plant to process low-grade red ore of nickel and brown coal.

The amount of homemade alloy used in the C919 is not much because Chinese special steel and alloy makers' research, quality control and cost control processes are not as mature as foreign competitors', according to a report in China Metallurgical News.

Most of the materials in the plane are alloys and nonmetals," said Yang.

The Long March 7 Y2 included TISCO's stainless steel, electromagnetic pure iron, high-strength alloy structural steel and other materials.

A worker makes alloy wheel at a CITIC Dicastal Co Ltd plant in Qinhuangdao, Hebei province.

A worker checks quality of alloy products at Dongguan Eontec Co Ltd in Guangdong province.

[Photo provided to China Daily]Mention of "amorphous alloys" may not immediately ring a bell, but think frames of mobile phone hinge of Huawei or door-lock cases of Tesla cars, and you will get a sense of how widespread their applications are－something Dongguan Eontec Co Ltd is well aware of and keen to exploit on a global scale.

Eontoc is the only company in the world that can produce molding bulk metallic glasses (another name for amorphous alloys), which are used in consumer electronics, automotive and healthcare sectors.

The alloys combine a number of desirable material features, including high tensile strength, excellent corrosion resistance, very high coefficient of restitution and excellent anti-wearing characteristics.

A typical alloy is almost 1.5 times harder than stainless steel and about 2.5 times stronger than titanium.

Since Eontec is capable of manufacturing larger parts, their partnership will create a more diverse range of parts made of amorphous alloys as well as a large base of customers.

We'll expand the application of amorphous alloys to areas like consumer electronics, automotive, medical equipment and sports goods," said Li.

According to Liquidmetal, Apple Inc recently extended its 2015 deal to keep the rights to an innovative alloy that the tech giant needs for its production processes.

For example, it took the company one year to find a way to replace its steel chassis with an aluminum alloy alternative to make the trailer lighter and thus more fuel efficient, he said.

Other adjustments include reducing import tariffs on consumer and industrial goods such as coffee machines, hair dryers, and wood and paper products as well as adding export tariffs on aluminum and aluminum alloys.

XI'AN - In the production workshop of Sirui Advanced Copper Alloy Technology Co Ltd, based in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, a batch of high-tech metal materials was ready for export.

"We decided to ship the batch of products to Germany, France, and other places via Chang'an China-Europe freight trains after making a comprehensive evaluation of customers' price terms and logistics conditions," said Ma Guoqing with Sirui Advanced Copper Alloy Technology.

He entered the workforce in 1982 at the Northeast Light Alloy Fabrication Plant in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, and was transferred to the Southwestern Aluminium Fabrication Plant in Chongqing in 1999.

"Since the RCEP agreement took effect, the tariff rate of alloy steel plates we imported has declined from 3 percent to zero, with a total tariff concession of over 300,000 yuan, which has greatly reduced our production and operation costs," said Qu Xiaoqun, business manager of Yantai Tiezhongbao Steel Processing Co Ltd, a marine engineering platform equipment manufacturer which imports alloy steel plates from Japan.

Qu said that the company benefits from the RCEP agreement and other supportive policies, and domestic trade orders of the company are expected to increase dramatically this year and alloy steel imports from Japan will increase by about 70 percent.

Zhong Jun, general manager of Zhongtai Group, another Shenyang-based private company producing titanium alloy parts, said that the firm's sales revenue has doubled for four consecutive years as market demand for such industrial parts has surged, in particular from companies in China's aerospace, maritime engineering, chemical and rail transit sectors.

Apart from use in shipbuilding and high-speed train manufacturing, many important parts of high-end vehicles can be replaced with titanium alloys, Zhong said, adding such materials enjoy more room for growth in improving people's livelihoods in coming years.

"A variety of long-term anti-corrosive materials, such as titanium alloy pipes, heat-resistant alloy pipes and super duplex stainless steel pipes, have been used," Pan said, emphasizing that these made the Bacalhau a low-maintenance vessel and would allow it to meet its 30-year designed life without any dry-docking requirements.

By 2025, the number of data center racks, which consist of a physical frame made of steel and other alloys to house electronic servers, cables, networking devices, cooling systems and other computing equipment, are expected to reach 720,000 in Ningxia, and the utilization rate of renewable energy to increase by up to 65 percent, he noted.

Output value, exports surge amid demand for novelty vehiclesAt the production workshops of Guizhou Winning Toys Co Ltd, a toy manufacturer based in Bijie, Southwest China's Guizhou province, employees are busy making a large number of high-end alloy model vehicle toys such as excavators and formula racing cars.

In October, the government introduced a policy regulating the import of recycled brass, copper and cast aluminum alloys to better manage the purchase of certain recycled metals and supply more reclaimed production goods to factories across the country.

The policy measure took effect on Nov 1 and clearly stipulates that recycled brass raw materials, recycled copper raw materials and recycled cast aluminum alloys that meet the requirements of relevant national standards are not categorized as solid waste and can therefore be imported without legal restrictions, said Pan Cheng, director-general of the department of policy and legal affairs at the General Administration of Customs.

The country's annual demand for stainless steel is expected to rise to 30 million tons in 2025, given its 24-million-ton consumption in 2019, according to participants at a recent forum on stainless steel and special alloy materials held in Jiangsu province.

"With the advantage of traditional manufacturing, we now take scientific and technological innovation as the core driving force," said Liu Haifu from a plant of Northeast Light Alloy Co. Ltd. in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang Province.

In the first half of this year, orders for its high-end alloy increased 26.3 percent year on year, while sales of high-end alloy products soared 59.8 percent.

Although China produces most types of stainless and special alloys that meet its large-scale special material demand, certain types of materials for high-end manufacturing still rely on imports, and it is important that Chinese companies across the industry chain cooperate to meet market-oriented demand and coordinate innovation and technological development, experts said.

Zhang Xiaogang, former president of International Organization for Standardization, said the development of new products and new technologies in new materials of stainless and special alloys must consider the needs of strategic emerging industries, and the development of new materials should be synchronized with the development of new material standards.

He made the remarks at a recent event celebrating the establishment of the Zhongguancun Stainless and Special Alloy New Material Industry Technology Innovation Alliance, a non-profit organization jointly formed by 59 institutions and enterprises in stainless and special alloy sector, including research institutes, universities, raw material suppliers, stainless and special alloy product manufacturers, users and logistics companies.

Gan Yong, director of National Advisory Committee of Experts on New Material Industry Development, and former vice-president of Chinese Academy of Engineering, said the development of stainless and special alloys are critical for China's manufacturing update, and he hopes the establishment of the alliance will boost innovation and new material research and development in China's stainless and special alloy industry to ensure domestic supplies.

For instance, the application of 5G mobile phones will result in higher demand for precise copper alloy sheets.

By then, it had been listed on the Oslo bourse for almost 90 years, and was mainly producing ferro alloys and aluminum products.

Elkem acquired Norwegian solar photovoltaic panels company REC Group in May 2015, which leads in Europe, and then took over Bluestar Silicones International or BSI in August, becoming a vertically integrated silicon and silicone player with a fully integrated value chain, from upstream quartz mining and silicon to downstream silicone special-ties, and specialized foundry alloys and carbon materials.

The aluminum-magnesium alloy supply chain program signed between Jingang Energy Group Co Ltd and the Shanxi Transformation and Comprehensive Reform Demonstration Zone was the biggest deal, involving a 10-billion-yuan investment.

"Currently, the nano cemented carbide produced by PM is mainly used for the processing of sophisticated materials such as high-temperature alloys, titanium alloys and carbon fiber composite materials in the aerospace field, as well as the processing and coating of motor shells and shafts for new energy vehicles.

Data center racks consist of a physical frame made of steel and other alloys to house electronic servers, cables, networking devices, cooling systems and other computing equipment.

Ningbo Xusheng Group, a Chinese supplier of components for Tesla, plans to replicate its industrial chain in Mexico to produce aluminum alloy auto parts after Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk decided to build a new Tesla factory near Monterrey in northeastern Mexico.

Apart from featuring up to 24 intelligent driving assistance functions, the new Mufasa customized editions offer personalized enhancements for users, including a black roof luggage rack and sporty black alloy wheels.

Its 19-inch and 20-inch alloy wheels are offered to Chinese customers exclusively.

It can sprint from zero to 100 km as the model uses the lightweight aluminum alloy to make suspension front and rear control arm.

Doctorate holder Hu Bin at the technical center has developed a high-performance cast aluminum alloy, which has greatly improved ductility and tensile strength.

Compared with conventional cast aluminum alloy used by General Motors, the HuCrAlloy is 40 percent lighter.

Its main car body is made of carbon fiber reinforced polymer, about 250 to 350 kg lighter when compared with an aluminum alloy body, which helped BMW reduce the i3's weight to 1,224 kg.

Its electric SUV ES8 models will adopt Novelis' aluminum alloys to create a wide range of structural vehicle components and parts.

Aluminum alloy and high-strength steel parts were applied to reduce the weight while also strengthening the body.

This generation brought about the first large-scale production car in the world to be made almost completely of light alloy.

The company prints 3D products for construction, medicine, automobiles and other fields, using more than a dozen materials such as resin, nylon, stainless steel and aluminum alloys.

Each set includes three 8-gram gold commemorative coins, five silver coins and one two-color copper alloy coin.

The two-color copper alloy coin has a par value of 10 yuan.

The PBOC assigned eight commercial banks to issue the copper alloy commemorative coins, according to Luo Rui, head of the Currency, Gold and Silver Bureau, PBOC.