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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Indian aluminium industry seeks a safeguard duty of at least 15 per cent covering all product categories from primary to value-added, said Satish Pai, Vice President of Aluminium Association of India, in a recent interview. Pai said, "We have been always asking as you rightfully said about 15-20...
The Aluminum Association of Canada reported that primary aluminum production in Canada continued its upward trend by increasing for the tenth consecutive month. Production in March 2016 increased 1.6 percent to an annual rate of 3,202,689 metric tonnes, up 49,145 tonnes over the February 2016 rate...
The Aluminium Association of Canada (AAC), consisting of Alcoa, Alouette and Rio Tinto, is thrilled with the decision of the United Steelworkers (USW) to withdraw its petition for the imposition of a 50 per cent tariff on aluminium imports. "We share the USW's determination to find solutions to the...
The Aluminum Association looks forward to carefully reviewing the Section 201 petition on primary aluminum filed by the United Steelworkers on 18th April. The Association assured to work with their membership to better understand the impacts of such an action on the entire aluminum value chain. The...
The People’s Republic of China has agreed to end export subsidies that have helped to drown the aluminium market (among others) in an oversupply of the metal. United States Trade Representative Michael Froman made the announcement regarding an agreement ending the subsidies in question last week...
The Aluminum Association applauds the International Trade Commission for beginning its investigation into the global aluminum industry and the competitiveness of U.S. producers. The federal trade agency announced yesterday it has officially launched its investigation, “Aluminum: Competitive...
The Pahang Mining Operators Association (PPMNP) said Tuesday that it has submitted standard operating procedure proposals on bauxite mining to Pahang’s Mentri Besar (chief executive) and Kuantan Port authorities, but they have yet to receive a response. PPMNP’s vice president, Yap Soon Huat,...
The newly elected body of Aluminium Association of India (AAI) met Union Minister of Steel and Mines Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday in New Delhi to put forth its plans and press for business safeguards. In the meeting, members of the body expressed concern over extreme sluggish domestic and...
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) has elected Jeff Henderson to be its next president effective April 1, 2016. Henderson succeeds Rand Baldwin, who announced his retirement to AEC’s Board of Directors during the Management Conference last September. Baldwin has been the Council’s President since...
A group of leading U.S. manufacturing associations today announced the formation of a new coalition, Manufacturers for Trade Enforcement, to oppose China’s designation as a market economy at the end of 2016. China has claimed that it should be automatically accorded treatment as if it were a market...
The U.S. aluminium industry is working through multiple channels to address China’s production overcapacity and resulting glut in the global market. The “China Trade Task Force,” a cooperative effort between smelter Century Aluminum and the United Steelworkers, has been the face of the drive to...
Aluminium Association of India (AAI) will approach the Ministry of Mines for the revival of Aluminum Development and Promotion Council, its newly elected President Tapan Kumar Chand has said. "We are in an important phase of growth for the sector. We will emphasize on development of downstream...
Dr. Tapan Kumar Chand, CMD of Navratna CPSE National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) has been unanimously elected as the President of Aluminium Association of India (AAI) in its National Governing Council Meeting, held in Bhubaneswar yesterday. AAI is the apex body representing the entire...
The GAC (Gulf Aluminium Council) is an organization that represents, promotes and protects the interests of the aluminium industry within the Gulf region. One of the main objectives of the Council is to provide a forum for the aluminium industry, such as the recent Meeting in Brussels, which was...
The House Committee on Ways & Means has requested a formal investigation by the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) into the global competitiveness of the U.S. aluminum industry. The request initiates an inquiry by the U.S. government into the competitive conditions of the aluminum industry...
The Aluminum Association has published a multi-chapter manual that details the range of commercially available production processes for joining aluminum components in automotive applications. Developed in collaboration with the European Aluminium Association (EAA) and theAluminum Extruders Council...
Debnarayan Bhattacharya, managing director at Aditya Birla Group company Hindalco Industries, sounded genuinely concerned about Indian government's role in reducing the worries of the domestic aluminium industry players who are badly hit by Chinese imports and aluminium price freefall. In a recent...
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) commends the U.S. House of Representatives for supporting American manufacturing by voting to approve the conference report to H.R. 644, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015. AEC has asked the U.S. Senate take up this important issue and...
