
European aluminium foil deliveries showed a clear improvement in the second quarter of 2026, following a subdued first quarter. EAFA member companies delivered around 238,000 tonnes between April and June, up 0.6 per cent year on year and 5.8 per cent higher than the 225,000 tonnes delivered in Q1....
US-headquartered global manufacturer of advanced electronic components, KYOCERA AVX has launched two new aluminium electrolytic capacitor series, viz., AEVA and AEVB, designed for high-vibration and high-temperature resistance in industrial applications such as robotics, motor controls,...
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According to the report by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Dutch economy is projected to grow by 2.7% in 2021 and 3.7% in 2022, reaching pre-crisis levels at the beginning of 2022. Consumption will drive the recovery as households normalise their saving after the sharp...

MMP Industries, the manufacturers of aluminium powders, pastes, aluminium conductors and aluminium foils has received a large scale order from the Hyderabad based pharmaceutical company Hetero Healthcare Limited to supply aluminium foil products. The Nagpur, Maharashtra headquartered company...

On 27th July 2021, the global leader in aluminium rolling and recycling, Novelis is investing more than $7 million to recruit 37 new employees and resumes the several pieces of idled equipment at its manufacturing facility in Terre Haute, Indiana. The plant with this expansion will produce...

Major aluminium processors in China faced a downfall in operating rates last week by 4.3 percentage points to 66.5 per cent. In Henan, operating rates slumped 24.6 percentage points to 41 per cent, the sharpest decline among all regions, as local enterprises were forced to reduce or suspend...
The Iraqi analysts who support their country stated that Poverty, unemployment, and a lack of local industry continue to plague Iraq's economy, and the resulting public unrest could be dangerous. Oil price volatility and COVID-19 have increased Iraq’s economic distress and deepened existing...

As per the report published by Care Ratings Africa, the economy of Mauritius pursued to plunge for the fifth successive quarter recording a GDP de-growth of 8.7% compared with - 2.9% in Q1 2020. Notwithstanding, there has been a sequential development from the double-digit de-growth of 11.3% in the...
As per the World Economic Outlook report presented by the International Monetary Fund in April, it stated that Azerbaijan’s economy is forecasted to grow at 2.3% in 2021. Meanwhile, the national economy is expected to grow at 1.7% in 2022. The forecast for the current year is improved by 0.3%...

Operating rates across major aluminium processors in China decreased slightly by 0.3 percentage point last week to stand at 73.1 per cent. Decline in orders, particularly in the real estate, transportation, and durable good sectors, with the arrival of traditional off-season contributed to this...

The Covid-19 pandemic has developed a deadly impact. It created an economic slowdown in Oman, compounded by the whimsy of the international oil market, resulting in a series of youth protests in the country. More than hundreds of unemployed Omani youth, protesting mass layoffs, took to the streets...

In the global aluminium end-user segment, the week resembled DGTR -India endorsing finance ministry to impose anti-dumping duty on aluminium foil imports from China, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. While in North Wales, Airbus and Magellan Aerospace deal for aluminium and titanium structural wing...
BBVA Research, which is considered as a benchmark for research and economic analysis in different countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia stated that the economy of Argentina after falling 9.9% in 2020, is recovering faster than expected. Nevertheless, the rebound is heterogeneous across...

The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) of India has endorsed imposing anti-dumping duty on aluminium foils imports from China, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia to counterbalance the dent created to domestic industry from cheaper imports. The finance ministry of India has been recommended...

India’s leading integrated metal company ‘Shyam Metalics’ has revealed its diversification news and stepping its foot in the aluminium foil industry. The company is the largest producer of ferroalloys in terms of installed capacity in India, as of February 2021. While this week also observed Crown...

The leading integrated metal producing company based in India ‘Shyam Metalics’ with a focus on long steel products and ferroalloys is looking to diversify in the aluminium foil business. The company is the largest producers of ferroalloys in terms of installed capacity in India, as of February 2021...

Operating rates across major aluminium processors in China dropped 0.7 percentage point week-on-week to 75.7 per cent in the week ended on Friday, June 11. But aluminium wire and cable outperformed other sectors, buoyed by backlog orders. Aluminium foil companies’ operating rates also grew slightly...
The economy of Tanzania has prospered comparatively better than its regional peers, while the growth lost a bit of pace. The real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate fell from 5.8% in 2019 to an estimated 2.0% in 2020, and per capita growth turned negative for the first time in more than 25...

The Maltese economy is a highly industrialised, service-based economy. It is classified as an advanced economy by the International Monetary Fund and is counted as a high-income country by the World Bank and an innovation-driven economy by the World Economic Forum. The economy is expected to...

Aluminium Stewearship Initiative has successfully certified Jiangsu Zhongji Lamination Materials Co., Ltd against the Chain of Custody (CoC) Standard certification for material conversion activities at the Anhui Maximum Aluminium Industries Co., Ltd. plant in Anhui Province, China. The plant’s main...