Across Europe, aluminium extrusion has become closely woven into some of the region’s biggest industrial and construction markets. From automotive and transport to buildings and industrial applications, extruded profiles are finding demand across a wide range of sectors. This is reflected in Europe’s position in the global market: the region accounted for 12 per cent of global aluminium extrusion capacity, making it the second-largest regional contributor after China. At the same time, Europe represented 10 per cent of global aluminium extrusion usage, out of total global usage of 35.35 million tonnes . With production capacity and usage shares relatively close, Europe’s extrusion capacity and consumption are broadly at par. If we break down Europe’s 10 per cent share of global aluminium...
Taber Extrusions has launched a $70 million expansion in Russellville featuring North America’s largest aluminum extrusion press, with production scheduled to begin Wednesday and 70 new jobs expected at the facility. The company marked the grand opening of the expanded facility Tuesday, unveiling the new 10,000-metric-tonne aluminium press. Taber Extrusions has operated in the Russellville community for more than 50 years, making the latest investment a significant addition to its long-standing local presence. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders attended the ceremony and said the project would strengthen manufacturing employment in the River Valley while supporting the US industrial base. "This will be another major employer for Russellville and the entire River Valley. It will further...
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According to Shanghai Metals Market, all aluminium rod plants in Jiaozuo of China’s top aluminium-producing province Henan are required to halt production, as the city has escalated smog alert to the highest level from 18: 00 CST December 23, 2019. Under the red alert for heavy air pollution, industrial enterprises are asked to cut pollution emission by no less than 30 per cent. When the anti-smog measures will be lifted is, however, still not known. As per another report from SMM yesterday, on December 23, Tangshan has begun to implement level II smog control measures. This comes after the city lifted its last round of anti-smog measures of the same scale last Tuesday, December 17, which lasted for four days. A production cut of at least 50 per cent is imposed on blast furnaces of steel...
According to the United States Aluminium Survey, the country in September imported 105,000 tonnes of aluminium plates, sheets and bars, down by 8.69 per cent from 115,000 tonnes in August. In June and July, US imports came in at 131,000 tonnes and 117,000 tonnes, representing the fact that its import volume had been incessantly declining month-on-month. In July, the US aluminium plates, sheets and bars imports dropped by 10.68 per cent M-o-M, while that in August inched down by 1.70 per cent. The United States total aluminium plates, sheets and bars imports in the first nine months of the year totalled at 1.15 million tonnes, compared with 1.05 million tonnes during the same period last year. This represents the total import amount from January to September this year stood down by 9.52...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) has certified Jiangsu Dingsheng New Materials Joint-Stock Co., Ltd. against ASI Performance Standard for responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium. The Certification covers re-melting, continuous casting, cold rolling, coating, slitting and oxidation process for the company, which manufactures aluminium alloy sheets, strips and aluminium alloy foils at three locations in China. The ASI Certification covers Jiangsu Dingsheng New Materials Joint-Stock Co.,Ltd (China), Hangzhou Five Star Aluminium Co.,Ltd (China) and Hangzhou Teemful Aluminium Industry Co., Ltd (China). Fiona Solomon, Chief Executive Officer at ASI said “ASI warmly congratulates Jiangsu Dingsheng for their successful achievement of ASI Certification, as one of the...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday, December 20, that the United States would not levy tariffs on aluminium and steel imports from Brazil. Bolsonaro said, "A little while ago, I had the great satisfaction of receiving a phone call from Trump. (Trump) was convinced by my arguments, and he decided to tell all Brazilians that our steel and our aluminium will not have tariffs placed on them. I repeat there will be no tariffs." After the US President had threatened to apply aluminium and steel import tariffs on Brazil and Argentina, claiming that those countries weak currencies made it harder for the US food exports to compete, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and Argentine production minister Dante Sica had said that they would seek talks with Mr Trump. Mr Bolsonaro had said...
On Friday, December 20, Atlanta-based rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Incorporation confirmed the receipt of approval from China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) for its acquisition of Aleris Corporation for US$2.6 billion. As per the firm, this was the final approval required for the purchase, as Novelis already received a sign-off on the transaction from the appropriate United States and European Union regulatory agencies. Earlier this month, the firm announced that Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance already reached an agreement with Novelis to buy Aleris’s Duffel aluminium rolling mill in Belgium, allaying the Commission’s fears of an anti-competitive scenario had Novelis retained the plant. Novelis’ President and CEO Steve Fisher noted, “This is a significant...
Clean TeQ announced it would collaborate with Panasonic Corporation Global Procurement Company to develop applications for scandium aluminium alloys for the latter’s consumer and electronics products. Clean TeQ and Panasonic have also signed a binding scandium offtake heads of agreement. Under the agreement, Clean TeQ will supply up to five tonnes per annum of scandium oxide from its Sunrise Project in Australia. Clean TeQ’s Chief Executive Officer, Sam Riggall, said, “We are seeing strong interest in scandium-aluminium alloys from a range of industries. Scandium allows us to create a new generation of aluminium alloys with unrivalled functionality – alloys that are stronger, lighter, corrosion-resistant and weldable. As the largest resource in the world of this rare metal, Clean TeQ...
India’s exports of total aluminium including crude metal and alloys and semi-finished products to the US in the first three quarters of 2019 stood 8.19% lower than the same period of 2018. India exported 164,800 tonnes of aluminium to the US in January-September, from 179,500 tonnes in January-September 2018, as updated by US Census Bureau. In September, aluminium exports amounted to 7,390 tonnes, less 58.41% from September 2018’s export volume of 17,770 tonnes. On a month-on-month comparison, exports declined by 31.64% from 10,810 tonnes in August. Crude metal and alloys export fell 70.64% or 9,890 tonnes year-on-year and 36.48% or 2,360 tonnes month-on-month in September 2019. Exports stood at 4,110 tonnes, down from 14,000 tonnes in September 2018 and from 6,470 tonnes in August. India...
Tianjin Zhongwang Aluminium Co., Ltd. has become a new Production & Transformation member of the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI). This brings the total number of ASI members to 109. “Sustainable development’ is the goal that Zhongwang Aluminum has always advocated. Joining ASI is both a major challenge and a firm commitment. We make our contribution to building a sustainable society by responsibly producing aluminium processed products. We look forward to being part of the ASI family and benefiting from the sharing of experiences and exchanges with other members, enabling our customers to provide end consumers with aluminium products that meet the highest sustainability standards,” Wang Fei, chairman of Tianjin Zhongwang Aluminium Co., Ltd. Tianjin Zhongwang Aluminium Co., Ltd.,...
As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, inventories of aluminium billet fell for the tenth consecutive week. Stocks of 6063 aluminium billet across five major consumption areas in China declined by 2,100 tonnes from Thursday December 12 to stand at 52,300 tonnes as of Thursday December 19, after dipping 22,400 tonnes in the previous week. The chart below indicates the current status of aluminium billet inventories across China in more details: Inventories of aluminium billet in Wuxi, Jiangsu and Changzhou, Jiangsu stood at 12,400 tonnes and 4,600 tonnes, down 3,600 tonnes and 600 tonnes from December 12. Huzhou, Zhejiang stocks dropped 2,000 tonnes from 13,000 tonnes to 11,000 tonnes. But the inventories of aluminium billet in Foshan, Guangdong and Nanchang, Jiangxi increased by 3,400...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced that seven additional Hydro Aluminium Extruded Solutions operations have been certified against its standards for responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium. The certification includes operations for ingot casting, extrusion, fabrication and surface finishing of aluminium profiles, and manufacture of aluminium tubes at the production sites in Atessa (Italy), Drunen (Netherlands), Feltre (Italy), Ghlin (Belgium), Harderwijk (Netherlands), Ornago (Italy) and Raeren (Belgium) “This is an important accomplishment by our extrusion team in Europe, and very good news for their customers, who want sustainable materials from companies that do business the right way,” said executive vice president Egil Hogna, who leads Hydro’s...
JW Aluminum Company will increase the annual intake of UBCs and other forms of recycled aluminium by at least 100 million pounds when it finishes an expansion project in the Southeast U.S. next year. JW Aluminum laid out details of the US$225 million expansion of an existing manufacturing site in Goose Creek, S.C. and the company said this will lead to increase in scrap consumption. “Our new melting technology will allow us to input a broader range of chemistry for scrap, including UBC, extrusions, old sheet and 5xxx series alloy,” a JW Aluminum spokesperson said. “We expect overall scrap consumption to increase by 100 million pounds or more.” The company expects to be consuming about 300 million pounds of scrap material annually by the second half of 2020. JW Aluminum, which operates...
The US imports of aluminium semi-finished products (plates, sheets, bars, etc.) totalled 105,000 tonnes in September, unchanged from September 2018’s data. On a month on month comparison, the import volume decreased 8.7% or 10,000 tonnes from August total of 115,000 tonnes, according to the latest Mineral Industry Survey report from the US Geological Survey. This marked the sixth straight month of declines. Imports of aluminium semi-finished products from the global market stood at 1,150,000 tonnes in the nine months, indicating an increase of 9.52% or 100,000 year-on-year. The US had imported 1,050,000 tonnes in the first nine months of 2018. The US imports of total aluminium (crude metal and alloys, aluminium semi-finished products and scrap) in September edged lower by 56.45%...
ASI is pleased to welcome Sunberg Limited as a new Downstream Supporter member, bringing the total number of ASI members working toward a responsible aluminium value chain to 108. Sunberg Limited, based in United Kingdom, started exports of recyclable metal 20 years ago from Russia, Europe and USA for processing by small to medium sized industries in South East Asia. As a passionate, dedicated promoter of recycling and a belief in the need for a Circular economy, Sunberg soon became a trusted partner of its clients in managing the entire supply chain with procurement, logistics and finance of not just Aluminium scrap, but also of ingots as finished goods. Efficiency, reliability and accuracy of contractual obligations became the hallmark of the company. With fast changing economic...
Continued from Part I Almost all major aluminium producers are expanding into downstream and independent semi-finished aluminium projects are coming up to cater to the growing aluminium demand in recent years. The steady growth in aluminium demand was mostly driven by automakers’ focus on making lightweight, fuel-efficient vehicles, which can adhere to stricter carbon emission standards leading to material substitution, i.e. aluminium instead of steel. It was further enhanced by growing expansion of high speed transport systems and a shift towards electro-mobility. Though currently the automotive market is down because of the slowdown in global economy, China is forecasted to produce 35 million vehicles by 2025 and electric vehicles would account for about seven million or 20% of the...
As updated by Shanghai Metals Market, inventories of aluminium billet fell for the ninth consecutive week. Stocks of 6063 aluminium billet across five major consumption areas in China stood at 54,400 tonnes as of Thursday December 12, down 22,400 tonnes from December 5 . Inventories dropped 1,100 tonnes in the previous week. The chart below indicates the current status of aluminium billet inventories across China in more details: Inventories of aluminium billet in Foshan, Guangdong and Wuxi, Jiangsu stood at 16,200 tonnes and 16,000 tonnes, down 11,100 tonnes and 7,700 tonnes from December 5. Stocks in Changzhou, Jiangsu declined by 1,500 tonnes to stand at 5,200 tonnes. Nanchang, Jiangxi inventories fell by 2,100 tonnes from 6,100 tonnes to 4,000 tonnes on Thursday December 12....
Constellium’s casting and rolling operations in Singen, Germany, have been certified against Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s (ASI) Chain of Custody Standard for responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium. The facility, one of Constellium’s largest sites, serves the automotive and the packaging markets. Singen facility is equipped with high-grade cold mills and integrated hot/cold rolling line. The ASI Certification program is the only comprehensive voluntary sustainability standard initiative for the aluminium value chain. The independent, third-party audit of Constellium was carried out by GUTcert (AFNOR Group). ASI Chief Executive Officer, Fiona Solomon, said “We applaud Constellium for their commitment to ASI’s mission since joining as a founding member, and for...
According to the international trade data, Norway’s aluminium wire exports to Sweden are likely to stand lower at the end of this year, while its exports to the Netherlands are likely to amount higher. Norway in 2019 is estimated to export 27,521 tonnes of aluminium wire to Sweden, down 15.44 per cent from 2018. The country’s export volume to Sweden in 2018 was also slightly lower from its previous year at 31,771 tonnes. In 2017, Norway’s aluminium wire exports to Sweden were approximately 32,008 tonnes. To the Netherlands, Norway’s aluminium wire exports in 2019 are likely to come in at 18,183 tonnes, up 20 per cent from 15,212 tonnes in 2018. In 2017, the export amount was 16,701 tonnes, which means the country’s aluminium wire exports to the Netherlands in 2018 were down by about 9 per...
Metals.com, a leader in retail metals sales, celebrated its 10th anniversary with the new aluminium division. This aluminium division will serve the automobile, aerospace and construction industries. Metals.com Vice President Walter Vera said: "Aluminium is widely acknowledged as one of the most versatile materials available today. The broad application of aluminium is something our team understands and will uniquely compliment our enterprise customers in the manufacturing sector." "Aluminium is an essential element to the American manufacturing future, There are over 692,000 jobs and $174 billion dollars in economic output equivalent to 1% of the United States GDP." Metals.com will offer aluminium long bar, tube, pipe, sheet, coil, and plate metal products. "People use more aluminium...
