
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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European aluminium foil production has registered a modest increase of close to 1% in H1 2019 compared to the same period of 2018, according to the figures released by the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA). While European demand was slow, exports remained strong. Overseas sales have...

U.S. Court of International Trade has affirmed virtually all of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s final antidumping determination on certain aluminium foil imported from China. The Aluminum Association has welcomed the court’s decision in a statement. Aluminum Association Vice President for Policy...

The UK’s systems supplier Epwin Window Systems has announced the joining of the Council for Aluminium in Building (CAB), the largest UK aluminium in building trade association. CAB’s mission is to promote the use of aluminium in building by being the recognised voice of the sector. CAB members...

Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) in cooperation with the Aluminum Anodizers Council (AAC), the Aluminum Association (AA), and the Aluminum Recyclers Council (ARC) has organized a New Aluminum Safety Summit to provide information related to safety in the aluminium industry. The Aluminum Safety...

As a European industry association, our focus for 2020 is ensuring that new policymakers in the reconstituted European Commission and Parliament understand our industry. Our agenda features a comprehensive set of policy recommendations across four domains: circular economy, trade, energy & climate,...

According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, “Index of Net New Orders of Aluminum Mill Products” in the U.S. declined consecutively in June and July. The Association’s “Index of Net New Orders of Aluminum Mill Products” for June 2019 declined 6.4 per cent from May 2019. In July, the...

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 3,991,956 tonnes during June 2019, down 13,354 tpy (-0.3%) from the May 2019 rate of 4,005,310 tonnes. Actual...

Vietnam’s aluminium profile manufacturers from the north have formed an association and it made it first public appearance in Hanoi on July 23. It was during a workshop on the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) held in Hanoi that the announcement was made regarding the Association. The...

Aluminum associations from the United States, Europe, Japan and Canada came together and published a joint statement ahead of a summit of the G7 group of rich nations in Biarritz, France on Aug. 24-26. The aluminium groups urged the G7 leaders to curb state subsidies that they regard as distorting...

According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, Aluminum net shipments (including exports) by domestic U.S. and Canadian facilities totalled an estimated 934,853 tonnes during May, a slight increase over the May 2018 total of 933,493 tonnes. Shipments of aluminium mill products or...

Ahead of the budget, aluminium producers in India have reportedly urged the government to increase import duty on primary aluminium, aluminium scrap, and downstream products. Besides, they have also sought steps from the government to rationalise the costs of raw materials. Industry bodies such as...

The U.S. Commerce Department launched a new portal for Section 232 exclusion requests on Thursday, June 13. The companies looking for tariff exclusion need to submit and post all Section 232 exclusion requests in that new portal and the treasury department will post all related objections and...

The Aluminum Association announced yesterday that the Association’s President and CEO Heidi Brock is resigning from the chair later this year to become President and CEO of the American Forest and Paper Association. The Aluminum Association Board of Directors has started the search for a successor...

According to the latest figures from the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) aluminium foil deliveries from European rollers dropped in the first quarter of 2019. The drop is attributed to the reduced stock levels in the domestic market by consumers and converters. The total volume dropped...

The Aluminum Association has added four new member companies – Matalco, Page Material Management, Real Alloy and Texarkana Aluminum. Page Material Management joins the association as an associate member – an organization that supplies goods and services to the industry. The three companies join as...

According to the preliminary estimates from Aluminum Association, aluminium demand in the United States and Canada, including shipments by domestic producers plus imports stood at an estimated 3.25 million tonnes from January to March 2019, slightly up from the same period of 2018. Demand for...

The Aluminum Association, in cooperation with the Aluminium Association of Canada, reported primary aluminium production in North America (U.S. and Canada) in April stood at 330,667 tonnes. Production is Canada was 235,778 tonnes, down about 2% YoY. US produced about 94,889 tonnes of aluminium in...

The US administration has announced the complete and permanent lifting of tariffs on aluminium imports from Canada, as well as a commitment to jointly address potential issues of transshipment, dumped or subsidized metal and surges that could impact the North American value chain. According to Jean...