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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Following the request by the aluminium industry to increase import duties on both primary aluminium and aluminium scrap, the Indian government is now reportedly thinking to take it into consideration, sources said. The aluminium industry players have demanded a hike in import duties because of the...
Last Friday, the Aluminum Association’s Transportation Group (ATG) submitted comments urging the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to pursue data-driven decision making in its final vehicle fuel economy rulemaking. 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 3.83 million tonnes during September 2018, advancing 11,272 tpy (+0.3%) over the August 2018 rate of 3.82 million...
Aluminum Association president and CEO Heidi Brock issued a statement expressing disappointment as the Section 232 aluminium tariffs were not addressed during United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). She opined that this was the perfect opportunity for the U.S. to work with Canada and Mexico...
Aluminium Association of Canada president and chief executive officer Jean Simard hopes the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) reached on Sunday September 30 will lead to a swift resolution of the dispute over 10% US tariffs imposed beginning June 1. A side letter aiming to prevent...
According to the latest reports from Aluminum Association, shipments of Aluminium Powder and Paste to domestic markets by domestic producers, including imports by domestic producers stood at 7.03 million pounds during August 2018, up 28.3% from August 2017 total of 5.47 million pounds. On a month...
The Gulf Aluminium Council or GAC is a coordinating body that represents, promotes and protects the interests of the aluminium industry within the Gulf region. GAC, for a while has been organizing a series of special industry focused seminars for the members in the Gulf. Recently, the organization...
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,...
In a letter to Treasury Department Under Secretary David Malpass, the Aluminum Association called on the Trump administration to address China’s structural aluminum overcapacity when meeting with Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen this week. Malpass will lead the U.S. delegation in...
Aluminium Association of India (AAI) has urged the government to increase the duty on imports of aluminium scrap as the domestic sector may become a victim of escalating trade war between the US and China. The statement comes in the wake of Washington imposing 25 percent duties on USD 34 billion of...
The Indo-Italian MetalHub event, to be held in Milan on July 2, is expected to mark a new definition of cooperation between the intellectual inquiry and industrial districts of Italy and India as it is going to witness a significant moment of interaction between the two countries in the field of...
According to the presentation made by the Aluminium Association of India (AAI) and reviewed by Business Standard, the Indian aluminium industry has been suffering over the years because of the unfavourable Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) that allowed China to dump a huge amount of aluminium in India....
European Aluminium welcomes the G7’s communication stressing the “urgent need to avoid excess capacity” in the aluminium sector and the push to develop a stronger international rules on market-distorting industrial subsidies and trade-distorting actions by state-owned enterprises. European...
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) has updated the Aluminum Extrusion Manual, one of the Council’s most important and popular resources on the AEC website. The revised Aluminum Extrusion Manual version 4.2, features new and previously unpublished content, as well as expanded and updated...
The national aluminium associations’ leaders from Canada, the United States, Europe and Japan have called for the creation of a Global Multilateral and Governmental Forum on Aluminium Overcapacity based on a robust international monitoring system. The national aluminium associations' leaders have...
National Aluminum Associations, government officials and major industry players would gather in Montreal to discuss overcapacity “Roadmap” during a summit. The leaders from the Aluminium Associations of Canada, the United States, Europe and Japan will host a summit in Montreal on June 3rd and 4th...
More than 135 design, engineering and extrusion professionals attended Extrusion Design University, or EDU ’18, the new event produced by the Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC), held May 14-16, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. EDU ’18 included more than 25 hours of educational sessions, a general session,...
AlCircle had an opportunity to talk to Ms MARIE LAPOINTE, the Chief Executive Officer of AluQuébec; the Quebec Aluminium cluster . She obtained more than 25 years of senior executive experience at Rio Tinto before joining AluQuébec . She is a marketing and strategic analysis specialist and leads...
