Storvik and Charl-Pol have launched Alumotion to bring proven robotic solutions, local engineering and lifecycle support closer to Canada's aluminium smelters. Canadian aluminium smelters are set to gain a new source of automation expertise as Storvik and Canadian technology company Charl-Pol...
Canada imported 195,000 tonnes of aluminium plates, sheets and strip in the first half of 2026, down from 214,000 tonnes during the same period of 2025. Total imports were therefore lower by 8.9 per cent year-on-year, although the second quarter saw a stronger volume of shipments than the first....
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AlCircle has been in a cordial relationship with Bureau du Quebec in Mumbai, mostly attributed to our long time association with Aluminium Association of Canada as well as the Quebec Aluminium Industry, as a portal catering to the global aluminium sector. We had an opportunity to interact with Mr....
According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, imports of aluminium ingot, scrap and mill products into the U.S. and Canada (excluding crossborder trade) totalled 330,215 tonnes in May 2018, off 20.8 per cent from the May 2017 total of 416,851 tonnes. Including scrap, which accounted for...
On Monday, July 16, the United States reportedly brought cases to the World Trade Organisation against the European Union, China, Canada, Mexico, and Turkey, as they had been imposing heavy retaliatory duties on American exports. US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer claimed that these...
Last week, Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on several products manufactured in the United States, including a 10 percent tariff on aluminum doors, door thresholds and windows. These tariffs were issued in response to the tariffs on steel and aluminum imposed by the United States, which were...
The recently imposed tariffs on aluminium it imports from Canada are slowly affecting the small and medium size aluminium product manufacturers in the US creating a concern over supply disruption and cost increase. Ampal Inc., the nation’s most productive aluminium atomizer whose parent company,...
Even after endless criticisms from allies, United States President Donald Trump maintains a defensive stance towards his decision of imposing billions of dollars of tariffs on allies’ aluminium and steel exports. Since May 31, when the US had announced 25 per cent additional tariff on imported...
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told a media briefing on Monday, July 2, that Canada’s measures to impose tariffs on imports of aluminium, steel and other products from US worth C$16.6 billion ($12.63 billion) in response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian aluminium and steel will not help Canada’s...
Beginning on July 1, 2018, Canada imposed tariffs worth C$16.6 billion (US$12.6 billion) on imports of aluminium, steel and other products from the USA. The Government of Canada announced that the move was in response to the USA tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium. “Canada has always been a...
Preliminary estimates from Aluminum Association indicate that the total aluminium demand in the United States and Canada (shipments by domestic producers plus imports) stood at an estimated 4.3 million tonnes through April 2018, up 4.7% over the same period of 2017. Demand for aluminium...
Canada will announce an aid package worth between C$500 million and C$800 million to steel and aluminium companies affected by the U.S. metal tariffs, according to news published by Reuters. Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland will make the announcement in Hamilton on Friday, 29 June 2018. Chrystia...
Rio Tinto announced that it has extended the agreement with Scepter for an additional ten years. Rio has renewed the contract for the treatment of by-product from the aluminium smelting process known as "skims" in Quebec, Canada. Scepter, an internationally recognized leader in aluminium dross and...
The Canadian province of Quebec will offer C$100 million ($77.1 million) in loans and guarantees on loans to steel and aluminum companies hit by recent U.S. tariffs, the province’s economy minister said on Monday. Companies that transform the metals will benefit from the program after the United...
According to Aluminum Association’s latest highlights, imports of ingot, scrap and mill products into the U.S. and Canada (excluding crossborder trade) totaled 397,000 tonnes in April 2018, slightly up from the amount in April 2017. Including scrap, which accounted for roughly 51.7 percent of...
Ohio is one among those many states in the US who are fearful about the impact of prospective US-Canada trade war. Since when the United States declared to impose additional 25 per cent tariff on steel and 10 per cent on aluminium that is imported from Canada to the US, Canadian Prime Minister...
According to the latest report from US Geological survey, total imports aluminium by the US for consumption in the first quarter of 2018 remained unchanged from those in the same period in 2017. Imports of crude metal and alloys, and scrap by the US decreased by 5% and 11%, respectively, but...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stopped at Saguenay, the heart of Canada's aluminium country before heading to the G7 summit — where he repeated his pledge to try to convince Donald Trump about the mistake in imposing tariffs on Canada’s aluminium. Saguenay has a significant connection to what will...
The US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urged President Donald Trump to exempt Canada from additional 25 per cent tariffs on imported steel and 10 per cent on imported aluminium, on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in a trade meeting at White House. This news came from senior administration officials and...
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...
