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Apex Aluminum Extrusions rejects US relocation as tariffs threaten exports
14 SEPT 20264MINS
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Apex Aluminum Extrusions rejects US relocation as tariffs threaten exports

A Canadian aluminium extruder is refusing to move its production to the US despite facing a sharp increase in tariffs that could effectively shut it out of one of its largest markets. Apex Aluminum Extrusions, based in Langley, British Columbia, says more than 40 per cent of its sales previously...

Quaker Houghton to launch EMDUR™ Biotechnology at Aluminium Düsseldorf 2026
14 SEPT 20263MINS
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Quaker Houghton to launch EMDUR™ Biotechnology at Aluminium Düsseldorf 2026

Quaker Houghton (NYSE: KWR), the global leader in industrial process fluids, will exhibit at Aluminium Düsseldorf 2026 (6–8 October), where it will introduce its EMDUR™ biotechnology alongside a portfolio of rolling fluids, maintenance lubricants, and automated digital technologies for the...

12 SEPT 20267MINS
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AL Circle Analysis: Import rise meets demand growth on aluminium extrusion chessboard

Aluminium’s downstream trade network is getting more fragmented as import dependence, changing end-use demand and trade-policy interventions reshape regional markets. From North America and Europe to Asia-Pacific, the aluminium industry is navigating a market where access to supply, competitive...


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Global Aluminium Associations applaud G7 Trade Ministers joint commitment to stronger international rules on market-distorting policies and practices
01 JUN 20212MINS

Global Aluminium Associations applaud G7 Trade Ministers joint commitment to stronger international rules on market-distorting policies and practices

The global aluminium associations, which incorporated the United States, Europe, Canada and Japan, applaud G7 Trade Ministers’ commitment to “stronger international rules on market-distorting industrial subsidies and trade-distorting actions by state enterprises.” On 28th May 2021, following the...

Russia’s exports of crude metals and alloys to the US stand higher at 17,500 tonnes in March 2021
01 JUN 20211MINS

Russia’s exports of crude metals and alloys to the US stand higher at 17,500 tonnes in March 2021

Russia’s exports of crude metals and alloys to the US stood at 17,500 tonnes in March 202, an increase of 222.28% year-on-year. The Russia had exported 5,430 tonnes to the US in March 2020, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey. In the first three...

Operating rates of China’s major aluminium processors dip 0.6 percentage point last week: SMM
01 JUN 20212MINS

Operating rates of China’s major aluminium processors dip 0.6 percentage point last week: SMM

Decline in operating rates of primary and secondary aluminium alloy enterprises last week pulled down the operating rates of major aluminium processors by 0.6 percentage point, found the Shanghai Metals Market. Some construction extrusion companies were affected by electricity curtailment, while...

Netherlands import of aluminium powder and flakes during 2018-20 remains unstable
01 JUN 20212MINS

Netherlands import of aluminium powder and flakes during 2018-20 remains unstable

The Netherlands is known as a trading country, as it inflows millions of euros in earnings every year which supports the Dutch economy to be stronger. The country earns most of the money from exporting products such as machinery, chemicals, agricultural products and many more. The north-western...

ASI welcomes aluminium slug and disc producer ALUMAN SA as 171st Production & Transformation member
01 JUN 20211MINS

ASI welcomes aluminium slug and disc producer ALUMAN SA as 171st Production & Transformation member

Aluminium Stewardship Initiative has welcomed ALUMAN SA as a new Production & Transformation member, bringing the total number of members to 171. Headquartered in Athens, ALUMAN SA produces aluminium slugs and discs with an annual production capacity of 35,000 tonnes. It exports 100 per cent of its...

AMAG ships ASI certified sustainable aluminium to Audi plant in Neckarsulm
31 MAY 20212MINS

AMAG ships ASI certified sustainable aluminium to Audi plant in Neckarsulm

The leading Austrian manufacturer of premium quality aluminium cast and flat-rolled products, AMAG that supplies to highly diversified industries such as the automotive, aircraft, sports equipment, lighting, mechanical engineering, construction and packaging industries, has shipped the first...

Maan Aluminium’s profit jumps 533.73% to INR 5.26 crore in March quarter 2021
31 MAY 20211MINS

Maan Aluminium’s profit jumps 533.73% to INR 5.26 crore in March quarter 2021

Maan Aluminium reported sales of INR 163.27 crore in the March quarter 2021, up 65.74% from INR 98.51 crore during the previous quarter ended March 2020. Net profit jumped by 533.73% to stand at INR 5.26 crore in March quarter 2021. The company had reported net profit of INR 0.83 crore in March...

Malaysian aluminium extruder P.A. Resources plans to increase production capacity
30 MAY 20213MINS

Malaysian aluminium extruder P.A. Resources plans to increase production capacity

P.A. Resources Bhd, the low profile aluminium extruder in the previous three years has driven to the profitability path from a decade of losses the company went through. The Malaysian aluminium firm boosted it production in three times, while it transpired as a supplier to one of the largest global...

Weekly Downstream recap: Hindalco to resume on-hold projects, plans for INR 2700 crore investment; Hydro signs NOK 200 million contract with Innovation Group for casthouse technology
29 MAY 20215MINS

Weekly Downstream recap: Hindalco to resume on-hold projects, plans for INR 2700 crore investment; Hydro signs NOK 200 million contract with Innovation Group for casthouse technology

The aluminium downstream sector remained quite happening in the week around the world, with Hindalco to resume on-hold projects due to the pandemic, now plans for INR 2700 crore investment to get it on track. On the other hand, the global aluminium giant, headquartered in Norway, Norsk Hydro has...

Novelis to supply sustainable, lightweight aluminium body sheet to Nissan for all-new Qashqai SUV
28 MAY 20212MINS

Novelis to supply sustainable, lightweight aluminium body sheet to Nissan for all-new Qashqai SUV

Novelis, the world leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, has announced today, May 28, that it will supply sustainable, lightweight aluminium body sheet to Nissan for the all-new Qashqai SUV and create a closed-loop recycling system in Europe. Novelis aluminium body sheet will be used in the...

Anil Agarwal led Vedanta plans to invest INR 10,000 crore to set up ‘Aluminium Park’ in Odisha
28 MAY 20212MINS

Anil Agarwal led Vedanta plans to invest INR 10,000 crore to set up ‘Aluminium Park’ in Odisha

Anil Agarwal led Vedanta Ltd., a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Limited, counted as one of the world's leading diversified natural resource companies plans to invest INR 10,000 crore in setting up an aluminium park in Odisha, an eastern state in India to encourage companies that use the metal to...

China’s aluminium billet inventories inches down by 200 tonnes on May 27
27 MAY 20211MINS

China’s aluminium billet inventories inches down by 200 tonnes on May 27

According to Shanghai Metals Market, stocks of 6063 aluminium billet across five major consumption areas in China declined by 200 tonnes from previous week to stand at 88,300 tonnes as of Thursday, 27 May 2021. Aluminium billet Shipments out of warehouses reduced by 13,700 tonnes on the week to...

Rio Tinto, Comptech collaborate to deliver a new generation of aluminium alloys for use in advanced technologies
27 MAY 20212MINS

Rio Tinto, Comptech collaborate to deliver a new generation of aluminium alloys for use in advanced technologies

The global aluminium giant, Rio Tinto partnering with aluminium semi-solid castings solution provider Comptech to drive in a new generation of aluminium alloys to the market towards the usage in advanced technologies such as electric vehicles and 5G antennas. The metallurgical experts of Rio Tinto...

Jydsk Aluminum Industri: The Corona crisis forced Europe’s largest aluminium gravity die-casting firm to change strategy, resulted to see profits
27 MAY 20212MINS

Jydsk Aluminum Industri: The Corona crisis forced Europe’s largest aluminium gravity die-casting firm to change strategy, resulted to see profits

In 2020, Europe´s largest aluminium gravity die-casting companies with customers worldwide, Jydsk Aluminum Industri (JAI) booked DKK 0.6 million profits before tax and it is counted as significantly better than the loss of DKK 5 million in 2019. The far better result has brought some fresh air to...

Hydro signs NOK 200 million contract with Innovation Group for casthouse technology
27 MAY 20211MINS

Hydro signs NOK 200 million contract with Innovation Group for casthouse technology

Hydro has signed a NOK 200 million contract for the supply of new state-of-the-art casting lines. In total, four new casting lines will be supplied to the customer. Hycast, a fully owned subsidiary of Hydro, and Innovation Group, the leading manufacturer of extrusion ingots in China, have inked an...

Ivory Coast: The aluminium bar rods and profiles importation market during 2018-20 denotes a positive trend
27 MAY 20212MINS

Ivory Coast: The aluminium bar rods and profiles importation market during 2018-20 denotes a positive trend

The economy of the Ivory Coast was severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it remained amongst the few Sub-Saharan African economies that maintained growth. According to the IMF, GDP growth decelerated to 2.3% in 2020, from 6.2% in 2019. Assuming global conditions to normalize gradually, growth...

Jiangsu Zhongji Lamination Materials Co., Ltd bags ASI’s Chain of Custody Standard Certification
27 MAY 20211MINS

Jiangsu Zhongji Lamination Materials Co., Ltd bags ASI’s Chain of Custody Standard Certification

Aluminium Stewearship Initiative has successfully certified Jiangsu Zhongji Lamination Materials Co., Ltd against the Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard certification for material conversion activities at the Anhui Maximum Aluminium Industries Co., Ltd. plant in Anhui Province, China. The plant’s main...

Liberty Aluminium Technologies, Liberty Pressing Solutions is now acquirable: Liberty Steel Group
25 MAY 20211MINS

Liberty Aluminium Technologies, Liberty Pressing Solutions is now acquirable: Liberty Steel Group

Sanjeev Gupta owned Liberty Steel Group has confirmed that their complex manufacturing facilities Liberty Aluminium Technologies and Liberty Pressing Solutions are in process of the sale. The disquiet was raised in the previous month, following the collapse of their vital lender, Greensill Capital....

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