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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Roland Scharf-Bergmann, Head of Recycling in Hydro's Primary Metal business, has been elected chairman of the Recycling Division of European Aluminium by the organization’s General Assembly. European Aluminium represents the interests of the entire value chain of the aluminium industry in Europe....
The Aluminum Association is the leading voice for aluminum industry in Washington, DC that promotes the production and use of aluminum as the sustainable material of choice. The Association provides global standards, industry statistics and expert knowledge to its members and policy makers....
The current imbalance in the aluminum supply/demand relationship inside China has spurred an oversupply which is resulting in two negative outcomes for the U.S. economy and the aluminum industry as a whole. It encourages illegal trade, trans-shipment, and re-melting of fabricated aluminum products,...
Indian aluminium industry officials are set to meet Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia this week and pitch for a safeguard duty on the lines of one on steel products in a bid to check cheap imports from China and the Middle-East. Following the imposition of 20 per cent provisional safeguard duty on...
The first meeting of ALFED's recently-formed Alutomotive Group took place in September at Morgan Cars in Malvern. The meeting, which featured presentations by Professor David Bailey of Aston University and Patrik Ragnarsson of European Aluminium, was attended by more than 20 Members and guests. The...
Battered by surge in imports from China and West Asia, the domestic aluminium producers under the banner of Aluminium Association of India (AAI) have sought an enabling provision of 15 per cent duty on aluminium imports in the Budget for 2016-17. "We have sought an enabling provision of 15 per cent...
The Aluminum Association has decided to approach the World Customs Organization (WCO) to seek a permanent solution to the problem of rising aluminum product imports from China. Further, the industry body has urged the US government to conduct bilateral talks with Chinese authorities in an attempt...
Distinguished members of the Aluminium Federation (ALFED), the trade association representing the UK aluminium industry recently paid a visit to the London Metal Exchange (LME). The visit was hosted by Oscar Wehtje, LME's Head of Product Development, and guests were able to see the trading ring -...
A U.S. aluminum industry body has called on federal authorities to investigate allegations that Chinese producers of the metal are improperly labeling their exports, flooding the market and driving down global prices. Aluminum producers in the United States have alleged that the Chinese have...
Aluminium India 2015, the largest and the most important trade fair for the aluminium industry and its application fields in India, started today on September 7 at Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. The international exhibition and conference, organized by Reed SI Exhibitions Pvt Ltd, will be held...
The Aluminum Association, in cooperation with the Aluminum Association of Canada, reported primary aluminum production in North America (U.S. and Canada) was at an annual rate of 4,404,055 tonnes during July 2015, down 41,098 tpy (-0.9%) from the previous month's rate of 4,445,153 tonnes. The...
The Government of India has yet again refrained from giving any assurance to the domestic aluminium industry on its demand for an import duty hike. For the second time in a little over a month, on Thursday the top officials of aluminium majors BALCO, Hindalco, Vedanta Ltd and others, under the...
Facing the double whammy of plummeting prices and subdued capacity utilisation, the domestic aluminum industry hinted at resorting to production cuts and retrenchment if the government does not raise import duty to 10% immediately from 5% to protect the home turf from rising imports. “The domestic...
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association, Schaumburg, Illinois, updated and released two documents specific to aluminum finishes: AAMA 612-15 and AAMA 2603-15. AAMA 612 describes test procedures and performance requirements for architectural quality combined finishes of anodic oxide...
The European domestic market for aluminium foil made a welcome return to growth in Q2. It improved by 0.3% compared with the same period in 2014. This means that the shortfall on total deliveries has narrowed to just 0.7%, down markedly from the 2.5% seen in the first three months of 2015,...
Aluminium producers in India seem to be worried with the slump in metal’s price. The aluminum arm of India’s Vendanta Ltd is just about scrambling to keep its business viable. Underutilized capacity is already adding to their cost; sources say any further fall in the metal prices would likely force...
The Aluminium Association of India (AAI), the industry body of Indian aluminium producers, met the Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Chairman of Central Board of Excise and Customs on Thursday, seeking government action to protect the cheap imports and crushing meltdown in global prices by imposing...
The Aluminum Association announced today the addition of three new member companies -- HEICHE GROUP US Surface Technology; Phinix, LLC; and Walter Surface Technologies. The firms join as associate members – firms that supply the North American aluminum industry with goods and services. The new...
