Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced that Saint Jean Industries S.A.S has been certified against the ASI Performance Standard V3.1 (2023). The facility produces aluminium automotive chassis components, using melting, foundry, forging, machining and assembly processes, with annual...
Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO), a subsidiary of Vedanta Aluminium Metal Limited, has issued a public advisory urging citizens, employees, business partners and other stakeholders to remain alert to cyber fraud involving the unauthorised use of the company's identity. The company warned...
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According to a recent report, the slowdown in the automobile sector in India could not resist the rise in aluminium scrap imports during April-September of the financial year 2019-20. As per the data submitted to the Ministry of Finance, citing figures from the Society of Indian Automobile...
According to a recent report, the Aluminium Association of India has urged the government to raise basic customs duty across all aluminium products in a range of 2.5 per cent to 5 per cent for restricting metal scrap imports. The association suggests the duty to be incorporated in the upcoming...
Leaders from the domestic aluminium industry met with policymakers in Washington including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, White House Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro and members of Congress to discuss some trade issues. They also discussed U.S-Mexico-Canada Agreement...
The US, Mexico and Canada have finalised a trade deal (USMCA) that will replace the 25-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta). Representatives from the three countries signed the deal in Mexico yesterday. The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will be "the best and most important...
The Aluminum Association has objected to the request for exclusion to Section 301 tariffs applied to imports of Chinese-origin aluminium body stock and end stock. The trade association submitted a letter of objection to the office of United States Trade Representative (USTR). Lauren Wilk, Vice...
According to the preliminary estimates from Aluminum Association, aluminium demand in the United States and Canada (shipments by domestic producers plus imports) totalled an estimated 9.6 million tonnes from January to September 2019, a slight decrease over YTD 2018. Demand for semi-fabricated...
According to a recent report, The Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC) together with Aluminium Association of India (AAI), Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) and Aluminium Secondary Manufacturers Association is organising a three-day event...
During its general assembly in Montreux (Switzerland), industry association European Aluminium introduced three new member companies and stressed the importance of workplace safety by awarding the three winners of its Safety Solutions competition. “Our growing membership sends a strong signal:...
According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, estimated net shipments of aluminium sheet and plate by U.S. and Canadian producers stood at 750.1 million pounds during October 2019, down 5.0% year-on-year. Net shipments increased by 3.1% from September 2019. Year-to-date net shipments...
Ongoing uncertainty in global aluminium markets and the US-China trade dispute were found to take a toll on European aluminium foil rollers in the September quarter. The overall demand had gone down by 2.2 per cent to 228,685 tonnes with year to date figures, while the total production remained...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced that the Japan Aluminium Association has joined ASI as an Associations member. This brings the total number of ASI members working toward a responsible aluminium value chain to 102. Japan Aluminium Association (JAA) was established in 1947. JAA...
Senior leaders from the aluminium associations of Canada, Europe and the United States gathered at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Global Trade Forum in Paris, France and urged the governments for taking concrete steps toward rules-based trade. They requested for...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced that International Bauxite, Alumina & Aluminium Society (IBAAS) has joined as an Associations member. This brings the total number of ASI Members to 102. “The benefit of joining ASI is the opportunity for networking, access to research material and...
The Aluminum Association hosted leaders from the fellow aluminium associations around the world in a meeting in Nashville, TN on the concluding day of the ALUMINUM USA trade show. The group discussed opportunities to highlight the report from earlier this year by the Organisation for Economic...
The Aluminum Association, in cooperation with the Aluminium Association of Canada, reported primary aluminium production in North America (U.S. and Canada) was at an annual rate of 3,949,088 tonnes during August 2019, declining -0.3% from the July 2019 rate of 3,959,885 tonnes. The production rate...
A report from the Aluminium Association and the Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) showed early last week that aluminium cans outperformed other competitive packaging types and materials based on several sustainability metrics. The report - “The Aluminium Can Advantage: Key Sustainability...
According to a recent report, the federation of aluminium vessel manufacturers said on Sunday, September 8, that it should appeal to the Union Government for the reduction of the GST on aluminium vessels. Deputy Speaker Pollachi V. Jayaraman told the media that in the recent years, this industry...
Aluminium consumption in Brazil is expected to match the record levels of 2013 by the end of 2019 or the beginning of 2020, backed on better sales in the aluminium packaging industry. According to the industry association Abal, apparent consumption will grow by some 7.5 per cent this year compared...
