Li Auto's Magnesium One-Piece Rear Floor Wins Gold Casting Award and Enters Mass Production
Li Auto's magnesium alloy one-piece die-cast rear floor has won a Gold Casting Award at CHINA DIECASTING 2026 in Shanghai and is already in series production, according to reports published on July…
Precision Die Casting Finds a New Growth Engine in AI Data Centers
A research report from Guoxin Securities, published July 22, 2026, puts hard numbers on a shift many in the die casting industry have been watching: precision die casting is moving into AI data…
Zhijie V9 Electromagnetic Thermal-Control Die Casting Wins Gold at CHINA DIECASTING 2026
On July 16, 2026, Zhijie Auto announced that its electromagnetic thermal-control integrated die casting won the Gold Casting Award at CHINA DIECASTING 2026 in Shanghai, selected from 88 entries. The…
Haitian Ships First 9,000T Die Casting Cell to Lexus Shanghai BEV Plant
On July 15, 2026, Haitian Smart Solutions shipped the first of two 9,000-ton HDC9000T ultra-large die casting cells to the wholly-owned Lexus battery electric vehicle plant in Jinshan, Shanghai. The…
US Aluminum Supply Shifts: Magnitude 7 to Restart Missouri Smelter Under 50% Tariff
The US primary aluminum map is changing again. On July 1, 2026, Magnitude 7 Metals confirmed it will restart part of its idled smelter in Marston, Missouri, before the end of the year. The plant has…
Europe Rebuilds Zinc Supply: Boliden's Odda Smelter Ramps Up as Garpenberg Gets $430M
While zinc buyers spent the first half of 2026 watching LME warehouse stocks drain, something else was happening on the supply side. Boliden's expanded Odda smelter in Norway started feeding…
Global Zinc Market Squeeze Hits Die Casting Costs — LME Stocks Below One Day of Demand
LME zinc is trading around $3,472 per metric ton as of late June 2026 — up roughly 25% year-on-year. But the headline price only tells part of the story. What matters more for zinc die casting buyers…
Aluminum Prices Swing From 4-Year Highs to 3-Month Lows in June 2026 — What It Means for Die Casting Costs
LME aluminum prices swung wildly in June 2026. After hitting a four-year high of $3,769 per metric ton in early June — driven by the Strait of Hormuz closure and attacks on Gulf smelters — prices…
Aluminum Casting Consolidation Accelerates — Pursuit Aerospace Completes 5th Acquisition in 3 Years
On June 9, 2026, Pursuit Aerospace announced the acquisition of Leesta Industries, a Montreal-area manufacturer of flight-safety-critical aeroengine components. It marks the fifth acquisition by…
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