The aluminium industry stands at a juncture material quality, recycling capacity, cross-border cooperation, carbon compliance and energy security are falling into a network of interconnectivity. The aluminium supply chain is evolving from simply securing enough metal to securing the right quality,...
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...
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According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, shipments of Aluminum Extruded Products (extruded shapes, pipe & tube, and rod & bar) by U.S. and Canadian producers stood at an estimated 204 thousand tonnes during January 2018, up 3.6 per cent over the volume in January 2017. On a month...
Responding to the U.S. Commerce Department’s tariff recommendations on steel and aluminium imports, President Donald Trump has expressed his willingness to impose the hardest of tariffs on steel and aluminium. As told to his confidants Trump is looking a global tariff of 24 per cent on steel...
Canada, the biggest exporter of steel and aluminium to the U.S. is optimistic about being exempted from Trump administration’s crackdown on steel and aluminium import. Though the U.S. Commerce Department didn’t mention any exemption for Canada in its report where possible tariffs and quotas were...
According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, shipments of Aluminum Foil by U.S. and Canadian producers were slightly up YoY to 34 thousand tonnes during January 2018. Compared to the previous month, shipments increased 18.5 per cent over the December 2017 total of 29 thousand tonnes....
According to the latest report from Aluminum Association, imports of aluminium ingot, scrap and mill products into the U.S. and Canada (excluding cross-border trade) stood at 386,000 tonnes in December 2017, up 21.4% over the December 2016 total of 319,000 tonnes. Including scrap, which accounted...
Metals and mining company Rio Tinto has announced that it will invest $250 million in its Vaudreuil alumina refinery, in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. The investment will extend operations at the alumina refinery beyond 2020. Rio Tinto Aluminium chief executive Alf Barrios...
According to latest report from Aluminum Association, shipments of Aluminum Extruded Products (extruded shapes, pipe & tube, and rod & bar) by U.S. and Canadian producers totalled an estimated 358.0 million pounds during December 2017, up 4.8 per cent over the December 2016 total of 341.7 million...
AlCircle team visited Québec Aluminium Cluster on invitation of Quebec’s Ministry of Economy, Science and Innovation in the last part of 2017. AlCircle Content Head Beethika Biswas visited the office and plant of STAS at Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada, one of the world leading equipment manufacturers...
On an operational development, ABI Becancour smelter at Quebec locked out 1,030 unionized employees at around 3 a.m. Thursday. The smelter plans to use non-unionized workers to maintain operations at one of three production lines. The smelter, located halfway between Montreal and Quebec City has...
Equipment manufacturers and technology suppliers are an integral part of any industry and metal industry is no exception. The aluminium industry value chain is one of the most widely spread ecosystem that covers participants from the ore to the end user segments. The entire range of operations...
Preliminary estimates from Aluminum Association indicate that aluminium demand in the United States and Canada (shipments by domestic producers plus imports) totalled an estimated 11.5 million tonnes through October 2017, up 3.3% over the same period last year. Apparent consumption (total demand...
Canada has been operating in the primary aluminium sector since 1901 when the Northern Aluminum Company (now Rio Tinto Alcan) established its first smelter in in Shawinigan, Québec. Canada ranks fourth in world aluminium production after China, Middle East and Russia contributing nearly 6% of world...
STAS INC, the global leader in the supply of refining technologies for aluminium casthouses and crucibles and siphons, has entered into a new commercialization partnership with the Netherlands based HENCON. From now, the Canadian equipment supplier will promote and sell HENCON’s entire range of...
Very recently, AlCircle team visited Québec Aluminium Cluster on invitation of Quebec’s Ministry of Economy, Science and Innovation. AlCircle Content Head Beethika Biswas visited the office of Mecfor and spoke to Ms Eloise Harvey, President of the company, on Mecfor’s present domestic and...
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, today received His Excellency Masud Husain, Ambassador of Canada to the United Arab Emirates, to celebrate a safety milestone by a Canadian company working to build EGA’s Al Taweelah alumina...
The Aluminum Association has released the latest edition of its Aluminum Statistical Review, which shows that aluminium demand in the U.S. and Canada increased 2.6% YoY to stand at 26.4 billion pounds in 2016, registering the seventh straight year of consecutive demand growth. Aluminum demand is up...
Alcoa Corp and the United Steelworkers have agreed to resume contract talks with a government-appointed conciliator, the union said on Thursday, averting a potential strike at the Becancour, Quebec aluminum smelter. The collective agreement for 1,030 unionized workers expired late Wednesday night,...
Unionized workers at Alcoa Corp’s Canadian aluminum smelter in Becancour, Quebec have rejected the company’s contract offer and adopted a strike mandate, the United Steelworkers said on Wednesday. The collective agreement for 1,030 unionized workers expires at 11:59 EST (0459 GMT) Wednesday, after...
