Aluminium “not set to replace steel” anytime soon, says Novelis

Numerous models have boosted aluminium’s profile in automotive manufacturing over the last five years, including the Ford F-150, the Audi Q7 and the BMW 5 Series. Research from Novelis, the world’s biggest provider of rolled aluminium, shows demand from the automotive industry has risen from 0.2 megatons (Mt) in 2010 to a predicted total of 1Mt in 2015. Further growth will see this rise to 2.2Mt by 2020.