ABB has secured two orders from China’s Southwest Aluminum to supply integrated automation and digital technologies for two six-high aluminium cold rolling mills, supporting the manufacturer’s wide-strip production expansion and upgrade. The projects involve a 2,500 mm two-stand mill and a 3,000 mm single-stand mill, with both lines expected to be fully commissioned and operational by the end of 2027. Chongqing-based Southwest Aluminum is a subsidiary of the Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco). The orders build on the longstanding cooperation between ABB and the aluminium producer, with the latest projects focusing on process stability, control precision and production performance. Explore insights and forecasts for the aluminium flat rolled products (FRP) market from our...
India-based PG Foils Limited plans to establish a downstream aluminium manufacturing facility in Bahrain, focusing on electric vehicle (EV) battery foil and pharmaceutical foil production. The proposed investment is expected to expand the kingdom’s aluminium downstream capabilities and strengthen its manufacturing base. Bahrain’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce signed a letter of intent with PG Foils for the project. The agreement was signed by Industry and Commerce Minister Abdullah bin Adel Fakhro and PG Foils Joint Managing Director Sahil Shah during the fourth edition of the Gateway Gulf expo, which opened on November 1 in Manama. Explore: The most comprehensive and forward-looking industry-focused report – Aluminum Foil Market Report Forecast Till 2035 Hosted by the Bahrain...
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An iron-casting foundry in the township plans to expand into aluminium casting with a $52 million investment that will create 34 new jobs, according to the company’s application for tax abatement. Ellwood Engineered Castings, 7158 Hubbard Masury Road, has plans to expand into the aluminium casting business with Ellwood Aluminum and was given approval Monday by Hubbard trustees for a 10-year, 60-percent tax abatement, said trustee Fred Hanley. Even with the tax abatement, the township can expect about $50,000 more a year in tax revenue, Hanley said. “This is a win for the township, a win for the county. We thank the company for being such good neighbours and for entrusting the community with such a sizeable investment,” Hanley said. Trumbull County commissioners at their Sept. 19 meeting...
China Customs data revealed on Saturday, September 8, that the country’s total aluminium export recorded a slight drop in August. Including both unwrought aluminium and aluminium products, China exported a total amount of 517,000 tonnes in August, slightly down from 520,000 tonnes in July, which was the highest in more than three years. In June, China’s exports of unwrought aluminium and aluminium products had come in at 510,000 tonnes, 1.9 per cent down from July and 1.3 per cent down from August. {newsStudioGallery} Thus, the above data shows shipments exceeded 1.5 million tonnes in June through August, a record for a three-month period, and were up 15 per cent in the first eight months of the year. Aluminium prices jumped in April after the United States’ sanctions on Rusal, the top...
According to the report by Shanghai Metals Market, China plans to increase the value-added tax (VAT) rebates on exported aluminium products from September 15, 2018. The notice came from the Ministry of Finance and State Administration of Taxation on September 5. The VAT rebate rates on the exports of aluminium alloys bars and rods (HS code 76042910) have been decided to be 13 per cent. In 2017, China’s export of the two categories of materials had come in at around 200,000 tonnes, showed China Customs data. However, this increased rebate on aluminium products are hoped to encourage domestic companies to export more of such products and therefore, would expectedly buoy up the total export volume. In the United States, aluminium extrusion, foil and common alloy plates from China are all...
UACJ Corporation announced that will construct a new battery foil production facility through its subsidiary Ruyuan Dongyangguang UACJ Fine Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd in Guangdong province, China. The Group will collaborate with Guangdong Hec Technology Holding Co., Ltd., to further expand its business in China. Demand for automotive lithium-ion batteries is expected to increase for automotive lithium-ion batteries in China, spurring a sharp rise in demand for aluminium battery foil. “In response to this demand growth, Ruyuan Dongyangguang UACJ Fine Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd. is conducting capital investment, constructing a structure for the integrated production of foil stock, current collectors and foil for battery exteriors. As a result, the Group aims to provide a timely supply of...
On September 6, 2018, New Wave Holdings Ltd. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary MSC Aluminium Holdings Pte. Ltd. signed a joint venture agreement with Mr Seow Heng Keong, an independent third party, for the purpose of facilitating the Group’s business of aluminium products distribution in Malaysia. New Wave Holdings Ltd. is engaged in the distribution of aluminium products and components in Singapore, Malaysia and the People’s Republic of China. The company operates through two segments, Components Distribution and Aluminium Products Distribution. “Twin Metal (Penang) Sdn. Bhd. (the JVCo) has been incorporated by the Company on 11 July 2018 for the purpose of undertaking the Joint Venture. The JVCo remains dormant from incorporation up to the date of the announcement”, the company...
Aluminum wire rod is produced by several different processes namely extrusion, rolling and coiling, or drawn directly from molten aluminium. It is also produced through continuous casting technique. The aluminium wire rods are then used as raw material for making aluminium cables and overhead conductors that yield excellent mechanical and electrical cable properties. The Middle East Aluminium sector was mainly known for its primary aluminium companies. The seven major aluminium producers of the region namely Emirates Global Aluminium (the UAE), Aluminium Bahrain (Bahrain), Ma’aden Aluminium (KSA), Qatalum (Qatar), Sohar Aluminium (Oman), Iran Aluminium Company, and Egypt Aluminium have positioned themselves to capture the aluminium growth and produced about 5.3 million tonnes of primary...
On September 5, Constellium, a global producer of aluminium semi-products with headquarters in Amsterdam, announced about its recently-signed multi-year advanced aerospace aluminium solutions contract with The Boeing Company. The Boeing Company is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide. Under the contract, Constellium will supply a broad range of advanced aluminium rolled products to Boeing to further strengthen its longstanding partnership with Boeing and confirm its leadership position for aerospace aluminium products and solutions. This advanced aluminium rolled product will mostly come from Constellium’s plant in Ravenswood, West Virginia. “This new contract reflects the strong...
The rapid growth in the building and construction sector across the world is found to continually increase the electrical applications over the years driving demand for aluminium products like rod, wire, cable, and conductor. Among some of the major aluminium wire producing and exporting countries, Bahrain is a notable one that has been witnessing a growth in aluminium wires market over a period of time. The country houses Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), the oldest and the most profitable aluminium producer in the Middle East and a number of aluminium wire and cable manufacturers that export their products around the world. {newsStudioGallery} Here we are analysing the export data of aluminium wires by Bahrain over the past three years. According to the international export-import data, the...
According to the preliminary estimates from Aluminum Association, aluminium demand in the United States and Canada (shipments by domestic producers plus imports) stood at an estimated 6.4 million tonnes through June 2018, up 2.0 per cent over the same period of 2017. Demand for semi-finished products totalled 4.6 million tonnes, up 2.6 per cent from YTD 2017. Apparent consumption (demand less exports) in domestic markets totalled an estimated 5.6 million tonnes, slightly up year-over-year. Aluminum net shipments (including exports) by domestic U.S. and Canadian facilities totalled an estimated 858,196 tonnes during July, an increase of 5.8 per cent over the July 2017 total of 811,023 tonnes. Shipments of aluminium mill products rose 4.2 per cent over the previous year to 622,328 tonnes....
The city of Binzhou in Shandong province, east China, has stepped further to provide support to the high-end aluminium industry by developing five new projects, Reuters report. According to a local government document, Shandong province, home to top aluminum producer China Hongqiao Group, has already initiated the plan. One of the projects includes building an aluminium alloy plant with production capacity of 10,000 tonne-per-year (tpy) by Huachuang Metal, according to the document dated Aug. 30 on the Binzhou city government website. A second aluminium alloy project, to be built by Hangqiao Technology, will target the automotive and aerospace industries and a third project, to be built by Yangxin Taihe New Material, will make aluminium formwork used in construction. The production...
According to the recent report, South Africa is not included in the list of countries who have received a reprieve from the United States . This news came after Trump reportedly signed proclamations permitting targeted relief from steel and aluminium quotas from countries including South Africa, Brazil, and Argentina. South Africa was among the developing countries affected by 25 per cent tariff on steel imports and 10 per cent on aluminium imports introduced by Washington in March 2018. Recently, Trump tweeted that he had asked his secretary of state “closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large-scale killing of farmers” – apparently drawing on an inaccurate Fox News report. The South African government, however, did not take kindly to the tweet...
The current challenge that the auto industry is facing is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Braidy Industries LLC Craig Bouchard’s opportunity of forming aluminium sheet products from his company's new rolling mill in Ashland, Kentucky, through 2026. The project was already at 140 per cent of output that's expected when the $1.6 billion facility opens in 2020. But in the meanwhile, President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on imported aluminium that resulted in purchasers’ subscription level standing at 200 per cent at the present, said Bouchard. However, he expressed his positive outlook, saying this first ever aluminium-rolling mill designed specifically for the auto industry would be beneficial, especially when there’s already a shortage of aluminium in North...
According to Reuters report, China’s Ministry of Commerce has asked domestic aluminium foil makers to participate in the discussion on an anti-dumping probe launched by Mexico, on Monday, September 3. Mexico on August 28 said it initiated the probe into Chinese aluminium foil, a day after the US President Donald Trump declared to reach a deal with Mexico on a revised North American Free Trade Agreement. In May, Mexican aluminium foil firm Almexa Aluminio had filed a complaint to Mexico’s Secretariat of Economy alleging unfair trade practices. The company was of opinion that aluminium foil coils exported from China were taking a toll on Mexican domestic industry, according to a statement published on the website of Mexico’s official government journal. The United States also singled out...
According to the latest report from US Geological Survey, U.S. Trade Total imports of aluminiumfor consumption in the first half of 2018 stood at 3.37 million tonnes, 7% less than 3.61 million tonnes in the same period in 2017. {newsStudioGallery} Imports of crude metal and alloys dropped 11% and scrap import decreased by 4%. But imports of semi-fabricated products increased by 10% in comparison to the same period of 2017. Canada continued to be the leading source of imported aluminium materials, supplying 45% of all aluminium imports during the first 6 months of 2018, followed by the United Arab Emirates (10%), Russia (7%), China (6%), Mexico (4%) and Indonesia (3.6%). Canada accounted for 51% of crude metal, 18% of semi-fabricated products, and 56% of scrap imports. The United Arab...
The German association of the aluminium industry (GDA) found that the development of business activity in German aluminium sector remained positive in H1 2018. The production reportedly increased up to 0.9 per cent. But the output from aluminium converters saw a drop by 1.3 per cent. Nevertheless, the overall market in the German aluminium industry as a whole is expected to remain positive for the rest of the year. GDA’s executive director Christian Wellner explains: “Despite political uncertainties, the German economy has developed well so far this year. On top of these favourable general conditions, there are the positive economic forecasts for aluminium, which are pointing upwards for nearly all product sectors in Germany and the rest of Europe.” As far raw aluminium was concerned,...
The Aluminum Association responded today to the Government of Mexico’s recent initiation of an antidumping investigation on imports of certain Chinese aluminium foil. In a statement, Aluminum Association president & CEO Heidi Brock said: “The Aluminum Association is pleased by the Government of Mexico’s decision to launch an antidumping investigation on imports of certain Chinese aluminum foil. The North American aluminum market is highly integrated, and it is vital the region work together to combat unfair trade practices and enforce rules-based trade. The U.S. aluminum industry has already seen real results from targeted and durable trade enforcement actions, and we are glad to see trading partners like Mexico demonstrate their commitment to rigorous and timely enforcement of global...
After experiencing difficulties in the United States market, China’s aluminium extrusion giant China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd is eyeing the Chinese domestic market as well as the market in Europe to expand sales presence. So said the company’s managing director in an interview published on August 28. As per Amada Xu Jing’s report to the South China Morning Post, the firm has had continual problems marketing to the United States because of initial tariffs on Chinese aluminium imports in addition to the late trade unpleasantness between the two countries. Earlier, the firm used to generate a significant portion of its sales from the United States buyers, accounting for 42 per cent of the company total sales in 2009. But just in two years of time, it dropped to as low as 4 per cent, thanks to...
The 8th International Aluminum Congress, which is taking place on September 3 and 5, simultaneously with ExpoAlumínio – International Aluminum Exhibition, at São Paulo Expo, would highlight the theme “Global Trends on aluminium and the insertion of Brazil in this scenario.” Under the Associação Brasileira do Alumínio – ABAL [Brazilian Aluminum Association] curatorship, the congress would host professionals from the Brazilian and global industry, academy representatives, researchers and students. The three days of the Congress will approach the global and national scenario, presenting Brazil and the global market, trends and technical discussions with the presence of exponential speakers and companies. More than 50 Keynote Speakers have confirmed their presentations during the three days...
